Installation of Citrix XenServer 6.2 is pretty simple. Check out the video below or the step-by-step screen shots 🙂
Step 1:
Go to Citrix.com and download the iso for the XenServer
Step 2:
Create a New > Virtual Machine > Guest Operating System “VMware ESX – VMware ESXi 5”
Step 3:
Make sure you enable “Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI”
Step 4:
Mount the ISO into your new Virtual Machine & start the Virtual Machine to get into the XenServer boot loader
Step 5:
Pick Your Keyboard Layout
Step 6:
Click > Ok
Step 7:
Accept EULA
Step 8:
Click > Ok
Step 9:
Click > Ok
Step 10:
Make sure “Local Media” is highlighted
Step 11:
If you have any Supplemental Packs > Click Yes | If not you could Click > No
Step 12:
Highlight > “Skip verification”
Step 13:
Provide a Password to your console. Make sure you remember it because you will need it to connect to your XenServer when you install XenCenter.
Step 14:
From here configure your IP Address or let DHCP assign one for you.
Step 15:
Give your XenServer a host name and assign a DNS, if you don’t want to let your DHCP configure your DNS for you.
Step 16:
Configure your Time Zone
Step 17:
Continue to configure your Time Zone
Step 18:
Configure yout NTP if you have, if not let your DHCP configure it for you.
Step 19:
Continue to configure.
Step 20:
Click on “Install XenServer”
Step 21:
Once the installation is completed, please remove the ISO or the CD and reboot your machine or Virtual Machine.
