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TrueNAS

Brianna Guest edited this page Mar 9, 2021 · 6 revisions

Enabling Settings on Nested-LAN

  • On the ESXi server, navigate to the Nested-LAN network
  • Edit the settings and go to the Security Section
    • Press Accept on the Promiscuous Mode, Forged Transmits, and Mac Address Changes
  • Press Save

Deploying and Configuring TrueNAS VM

  • In the Center UI, select the Virtual Machine tab on the side
  • Select Create/Register VM
    • Leave the default selection then press Next
    • Select a name and guest OS
      • Name the new VM TrueNAS
      • Switch the Compatability to ESXi 6.5
      • Select Other for the Guest OS family
      • Select Other for the Guest OS version
      • Press Next
    • Select datastore2-super5 as the Storage, then press Next
    • Customize the Settings to match this:
      Screen Shot 2021-03-08 at 6 28 59 PM

      Make sure to change the Disk Provisioning for the Hard Disks to Thin Provisioning
      and Select TrueNAS for the Datastore ISO file

    • Review the configurations then press Finish
  • Turn on and configure the "behind the scenes" configurations for the VM
    • Select Install/Update
    • Select the first Hard Drive for the installation, then confirm that you want to proceed
    • Then select Fresh Install
    • Then enter a root password to use for logging into the web UI
    • It will also ask at some point how you would like to boot it, select BIOS
  • After rebooting the VM a couple of times, it will take you to a menu with 11 options
Screen Shot 2021-03-08 at 6 40 23 PM
  • Select Configure Network Interfaces and change the IP address to the appropriate one
  • After another reboot, in a browser navigate to the IP Address to access the Web UI
  • This resource can be used for the remainder of the lab to set up ISCSI and NFS shares within TrueNAS and connect them to our ESXi Server

Milestone Completion

Milestone Demonstration

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