Complete the following steps to deploy the NetCloud Virtual Edge:
Log into vSphere Client.
Select the Data Center Tree icon.
Right-click on the ESXi host to open the Context menu.
Click ACTIONS and then select .
Select Local file and click .
Select the NCXE-VMWARE image and click .
Enter a descriptive name for the NetCloud Virtual Edge virtual machine (VM).
Select the location of the VM and click .
Select the destination compute resource (host) and click .
Verify the template details and click .
Select the virtual disk format.
Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed – Reserves all the space designated for the disk when it is created but does not erase the data remaining on the physical device. Data is only cleared when the VM writes new data for the first time to the disk. It is created more quickly but has a lower performance for the first writes.
Thin Provision – Allocates storage on-demand based on user requirements. In thin storage, as the user consumes their allocated storage space, more is allocated.
Thick Provision Eager Zeroed – Creates a VM disk in a default thick format. All of the required space for virtual disk files is reserved when the VM is created.
Note
Either a thick or thin virtual disk format may be selected.
Select the policy per requirements from the VM Storage Policy drop-down menu.
Select the data store from the list and click .
Select the Destination Network for each interface and click .
Note
On the LAN network, the virtual edge broadcasts Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) as the authoritative DHCP server.
Review the selections and click .