Under Embedded SATA configuration, select SATA AHCI support from the drop-down list. Choose Storage Options, select SATA Controller and press enter. Select BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) and press enter. A USB stick can also be used if you have the right tools, but I ran into issue and didn’t want to spend anymore time on it. During server boot, press F9 (System Utilities) to load System configuration. You will be downloading an ISO that can then be burned to a CD. The install media from ESXi is freely available with VMware account. I have a included another 500GB non-SSD drive in the server for generic storage like install media. I am using a Crutial 500GB SSD to host my virtual machines and a 32GB SD card to boot ESXi. If possible multiple network adapters is a plus. Fast storage will give you better performance for the VMs and more RAM will allow you to have more VMs running at the same time allowing for more complex lab environments. You will want fast storage and as much RAM as possible. Any fairly recent computer could work and it does not need to be server class hardware. My server is a HP M元50 G6 with 2X XEON E5530 Quad Core CPUs and 48GB of RAM. I was planning on installing ESXi 6.7, but they have release new CPU requirements that my lab servers is not compatible with. Installing VMware ESXi 6.5U2 to use as the basis of my home lab.
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