Procedure

1. Click Virtual machines and then click Create / Register VM.
2. On the Select creation type screen, click Create a new virtual machine and then click Next.
   
3. On the Select a name and guest OS screen, configure the settings.
   1. For Name, type New Virtual Machine.
   2. For Compatibility, select ESXi 7.0.
   3. For Guest OS family, select Linux.
   4. For Guest OS version, select CentOS 7 (64-bit).
   
4. Click Next.
5. On the Select storage screen, select the destination storage where the virtual machine resides and click Next.
   
6. Configure the settings on the Customize settings screen.
   1. For CPU, select the CPU amount based on the throughput of your Virtual Deep Discovery Inspector license.
      • For 250 or 500 Mbps throughput, select at least 6 CPUs
      • For 1000 Mbps throughput, select at least 12 CPUs
   2. For Memory, select at least 32 GB of memory for the virtual machine.
   3. For Hard disk, select the hard disk size based on the throughput of your Virtual Deep Discovery Inspector license.
      • For 250 or 500 Mbps throughput, select at least 500 GB
      • For 1000 Mbps throughput, select at least 1000 GB
   4. For SCSI Controller 0, select LSI Logic Parallel.
   5. For Network, configure the amount of NICs based on the throughput of your Virtual Deep Discovery Inspector license.
      • For 250 or 500 Mbps throughput, configure at least 2 NICs
      • For 1000 Mbps throughput, configure at least 3 NICs
      1. Set the VMware ESXi server VM Network as the Deep Discovery Inspector Management Network (NIC 1).
      2. Set the Data port group as the Deep Discovery Inspector Data Network (NIC 2).
      

   Note Trend Micro recommends using the VMXNET 3 network adapter on ESXi 7.0 or 8.0.

7. Click Next.
8. On the Ready to complete screen, review the settings and click Finish.
   
9. Enable hardware-assisted virtualization in the VMware Sphere Web Client.
   For details, see Enabling hardware-assisted virtualization in VMware ESXi.
10. In the VMWare vSphere web client, right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
11. Go to VM Options → Boot Options.
12. Ensure Firmware is set to BIOS.