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.
{{ $t('productDocDetail.guideClickSwitch') }}
{{ $t('productDocDetail.know') }}
{{ $t('productDocDetail.dontRemind') }}
6.11.1R1
Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV) {{ breadTitle }} User Manual Virtual Machine Configuration Guidance Virtual Machine Management Installing VmTools Linux Operating System
{{sendMatomoQuery("Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)","Linux Operating System")}}

Linux Operating System

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-05

Description

Installing vmTools for all virtual machines running on the HCI platform is recommended.

Prerequisites

The virtual machine is powered on.

Prerequisites

The virtual machine has added a virtual optical drive. Check whether there is an optical drive on the edit virtual machine page.

Steps

Take CentOS 6.4 as an example

  1. Click Install Now on the console interface to open the virtual machine console that has just imported or newly installed the operating system. The following prompt pops up on the console.

  1. Mount vmTools: Create a mount point, mount /dev/sr1, and execute install.sh script. After installation, enter yes to restart the virtual machine.

C:\Users\solara\AppData\Local\Temp\ksohtml\wps7BEA.tmp.jpg

  1. Confirm whether the tool is installed: Place the mouse on the virtual machine where the performance vmTools has just been installed, click the drop-down arrow that appears, and click Summary. You can see that the virtual machine vmTools has been installed.