Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

Sangfor HCI and aSV provide a unified infrastructure combining compute, storage, networking, and built-in security to simplify deployment, operations, and services.
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Windows System Installation

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Description

A new Windows 10  operating system needs to be installed for the virtual machine.

Precautions

It is forbidden to use the image on the external windows shared directory to install the operating system for the virtual machine.

Prerequisites

N/A

Steps

  1. Complete the configuration according to Chapter 5.1.1 Create A New Virtual Machine and enter the console.

  1. After entering the language and other preferences, click Next to continue, click Install Now to enter the installation step, and enter the product key as prompted.

  1. Select the server version to be installed, including the core installation and the installation with GUI. The core installation is that Windows only has a command-line interface, and the installation with GUI exists on the desktop. Let's proceed with the server with GUI installation.

  1. After selection, click Next, and choose to accept the Microsoft license terms. Proceed to the next step and select custom installation.

  1. Enter the select installation location interface. You can see the 120GB system disk we assigned, select it and click Next.

  1. The windows system installation and boot are complete. Please wait patiently for the installation.

  1. Restart and set the account password to enter the system.
  2. After installation, enter the windows interface and install the vmTools. Refer to Chapter 5.2.1 Installing vmTools.