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Deploying Avaya IP Office Servers as Virtual Machines
Mapping the virtual machine DVD to the host DVD drive (vSphere desktop client)
- Insert the DVD into the host server's DVD drive.
- Using the vSphere client, select the Inventory view.
- Locate the required virtual machine in the inventory navigation tree on the left. If not shown, select
- Click on the virtual machine.
- Click on the
Connect/disconnect the CD/DVD device of the virtual machine icon in the toolbar.
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If already connected to a source, the details are shown and the option to disconnect. Select disconnect and then click the icon again.
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- From the drop-down, select CD/DVD and then select Connect to host device.
- From the drop-down list, select the host device to use. For example, a typical entry for a CD/DVD drive is /vmfs/devices/cdrom/mpx.vmhba0:C0T0L0.
- Click OK.
Next steps
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You can now download the ISO to the virtual server using the DVD Primary Server option in the IP Office Web Manager menus. See Downloading the ISO from the primary DVD.