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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:
  
  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

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