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vmware-hypervisor


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Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: a7b3c35eebad00db15cb2fe43a060c6687bdb405
Parents: 41a6fda
Author: Paul Angus <pa...@shapeblue.com>
Authored: Thu Mar 26 14:01:15 2015 +0000
Committer: Rajani Karuturi <ra...@gmail.com>
Committed: Mon Mar 30 11:10:07 2015 +0530

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diff --git a/source/hypervisor/vsphere.rst b/source/hypervisor/vsphere.rst
index bc8bcc6..87c29d0 100644
--- a/source/hypervisor/vsphere.rst
+++ b/source/hypervisor/vsphere.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ System Requirements for vSphere Hosts
 Software requirements:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
--  vSphere and vCenter, both version 4.1 or 5.0.
+-  vSphere and vCenter, versions 4.1,  5.0, 5.1 or 5.5.
 
    vSphere Standard is recommended. Note however that customers need to
    consider the CPU constraints in place with vSphere licensing. See
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Requirements" <http://pubs.vmware.com/vsp40/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#hr
 Other requirements:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
--  VMware vCenter Standard Edition 4.1 or 5.0 must be installed and
+-  VMware vCenter Standard Edition 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 or 5.5 must be installed and
    available to manage the vSphere hosts.
 
 -  vCenter must be configured to use the standard port 443 so that it
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Other requirements:
 -  You must re-install VMware ESXi if you are going to re-use a host
    from a previous install.
 
--  CloudStack requires VMware vSphere 4.1 or 5.0. VMware vSphere 4.0 is
+-  CloudStack requires VMware vSphere 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 or 5.5. VMware vSphere 4.0 is
    not supported.
 
 -  All hosts must be 64-bit and must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Other requirements:
 
 -  CloudStack requires ESXi. ESX is not supported.
 
--  All resources used for CloudStack must be used for CloudStack only.
+-  Ideally all resources used for CloudStack must be used for CloudStack only.
    CloudStack cannot share instance of ESXi or storage with other
    management consoles. Do not share the same storage volumes that will
    be used by CloudStack with a different set of ESXi servers that are
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ Other requirements:
 -  Put all target ESXi hypervisors in a cluster in a separate Datacenter
    in vCenter.
 
--  The cluster that will be managed by CloudStack should not contain any
-   VMs. Do not run the management server, vCenter or any other VMs on
+-  Ideally clusters that will be managed by CloudStack should not contain
+   any other VMs. Do not run the management server, vCenter on
    the cluster that is designated for CloudStack use. Create a separate
    cluster for use of CloudStack and make sure that they are no VMs in
    this cluster.
 
--  All the required VLANS must be trunked into all network switches that
+-  All of the required VLANS must be trunked into all network switches that
    are connected to the ESXi hypervisor hosts. These would include the
-   VLANS for Management, Storage, vMotion, and guest VLANs. The guest
+   VLANs for Management, Storage, vMotion, and guest VLANs. The guest
    VLAN (used in Advanced Networking; see Network Setup) is a contiguous
    range of VLANs that will be managed by CloudStack.
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ vCenter Cluster Name      Name of the cluster.
 Networking Checklist for VMware
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-You will need the following information about VLAN.
+You will need the following information about your VLANs.
 
 ============================  ==========================================================================================
 VLAN Information              Notes
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ bring up the networking configuration page as above.
 Configure Virtual Switch
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-A default virtual switch vSwitch0 is created. CloudStack requires all
-ESXi hosts in the cloud to use the same set of virtual switch names. If
+During the initial installation of an ESXi host a default virtual switch
+vSwitch0 is created. You may need to create additional vSwiches depending
+on your required architecture. CloudStack requires all ESXi hosts in the cloud
+to use consistently named virtual switches. If
 you change the default virtual switch name, you will need to configure
 one or more CloudStack configuration variables as well.
 
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ Separating Traffic
 
 CloudStack allows you to use vCenter to configure three separate
 networks per ESXi host. These networks are identified by the name of the
-vSwitch they are connected to. The allowed networks for configuration
+vSwitch they are connected to. The networks for configuration
 are public (for traffic to/from the public internet), guest (for
 guest-guest traffic), and private (for management and usually storage
 traffic). You can use the default virtual switch for all three, or
@@ -1012,4 +1014,4 @@ Applying Hotfixes to a VMware vSphere Host
 .. |vmwareiscsiinitiatorproperties.png: iscsi initiator properties| image:: ../_static/images/vmware-iscsi-initiator-properties.png
 .. |vmwareiscsigeneral.png: iscsi general| image:: ../_static/images/vmware-iscsi-general.png
 .. |vmwareiscsitargetadd.png: iscsi target add| image:: ../_static/images/vmware-iscsi-target-add.png
-.. |vmwareiscsidatastore.png: iscsi datastore| image:: ../_static/images/vmware-iscsi-datastore.png
+.. |vmwareiscsidatastore.png: iscsi datastore| image:: ../_static/images/vmware-iscsi-datastore.png
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