ESXi as base for a virtualized NAS/SAN appliance (napp-in-one). For napp-in-one, you. Download ESXi setup ISO and install from CD/DVD to a local disk or USB stick ESXi is a type-1.
Use exist central server to manage your QNAP NAS with Q’center virtual appliance. How to Start 2.1. System Requirements To use Q'center Virtual Appliance, your server needs to match the following requirements: Minimum requirements:108 GB free disk space, 1 GB memory and 4 virtual CPUs Supported platforms: VMware ESXi (ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.5), VMware Fusion 7, VMware Workstation 11, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V 3.0, and Oracle VM Virtualbox (non-official).
Download Q’center Virtual Appliance To obtain the Q’center Virtual Appliance, go to the below link and download one of the different packages depending on your virtual environment. After downloading, extract and put the Q’center folder in your server. Select “Tools” in the top-right corner and click “Hyper-V Manager” to start importing Q’center In the Hyper-V Manager, select a server and choose “Import Virtual Machine”. The system will then ask you to select a folder.
Select the folder that you downloaded and extracted earlier. Follow the wizard to continue. In “Choose Import Type”, select “Copy the virtual machine (Create a new unique ID)”. After the settings are completed, the Hyper-V manager will start importing Q’center to your server.
You will now see Q’center in the “Virtual Machine” list. Right click on it and select “Connect” to start Q’center. Q’center will be displayed in the “Virtual Machine” list, right click on it and select “Connect” to start Q’center.
Please check Chapter 4 to start configure your Q’center. Deploy Q’center in VMware ESXi To deploy Q’center Virtual Appliance in VMware, open VMware vSphere Client and log in to your server. Select “File” “Deploy OVF Template” in the menu bar to start deployment. In the wizard, find the folder that you downloaded and extracted earlier, and select the “Q’center” OVF file to continue. In 'Inventory', right click on 'qcenter' in the left list, select 'Power on' and 'Open Console' to connect.
Use Q’center Virtual Appliance After connecting, a console will display for Q'center. In the console, it will show a http address where you can connect to the Q'center UI. Open your browser and type in the address to start initializing Q'center by changing the password, time zone, set up the IP address and add servers. When all of the settings are completed, you can now use the Q'center Virtual Appliance. Otherwise, you can type in the default account and password admin/admin to login to the console.
#If your browser says that the connections is not private, select “Advanced”, and “Proceed to your Q’center address” first so you can import SSL settings into Q’center.