Holodeck 5.1.1: Deploy Holo-Console

Holodeck Holo-Console Deployment

Overview

This section details the deployment of the Holo-Console for a Holodeck Toolkit environment.

Prerequisites

Holo-Console ISO has been created and staged to the ESXi host

Deploy Holo-Console

The following steps are performed to bring up a unique instance of Holo-Console. These instructions show the deployment of a Holo-Console called Holo-A-Console. As other Holo-Consoles may need to be deployed to support additional Holodeck pods, the names for the Holo-Console VMs will vary. 

Deploy Holo-Console

  1. On the vSphere Client, click Virtual Machines Create/Register VM

 

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  1. Select Create a new virtual machine
  2. Click Next
  3. Set VM Name. This example uses the name Holo-A-Console-511
  4. Set the Guest OS Family to Windows and the Guest OS Version to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (64-bit)

 

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  1. Click Next
  2. Select a datastore with sufficient free space to host approximately 200GB available and click Next

 

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  1. For Hard Drive 1:  Change the size from 90 to 200 GB (The console will not deploy if its disk is kept at 90 GB for 5.1.1)
  2. The Network Adapter 1 object, select the port group created earlier for the Holodeck pod. Each Holodeck pod would leverage a different port group and there is only one Holo-Console deployed in each pod. This example shows the port group configured to use the VLC-A-PG port group.
  3. Expand the settings for the Network Adapter 1 object.
  4. Put a checkmark for the Status to Connect at power on
  5. Set the Adapter Type to VMXNET3

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  1. Select the dropdown selection for the CD/DVD Drive 1 object and select Datastore ISO file
  2. Select the Holo-Console ISO file uploaded earlier
  3. Click the Select button

 

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  1. Ensure  Connect at power on is checked
  2. Click Next to go to the Ready to Complete page
  3. Click Finish
  4. Click on the newly created VM

 

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  1. Click Power on

 

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  1. Click Console then Open console in new window
  2. The Holo-Console will be deployed and configured automatically. This takes about 30 minutes to complete. The console will reboot several times during setup.

 

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  • When finished, the Holo-Console desktop will look like this

 

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  1. Close the Holo-Console VM console window

 

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