Follow the steps below to install the Cryptographic Security Platform ISO image as a VMware vSphere virtual machine.

To create a Cryptographic Security Platform virtual machine on VMware vSphere

1. Log in to your VMware vSphere portal.
2. Right-click on a node of the virtual machine navigation tree.
3. Select the New Virtual Machine command to display the machine creation wizard.
   
4. In each step of this wizard, select the values described below. 
   • 1. Select a creation type
   • 2. Select a name and folder
   • 3. Select a compute resource
   • 4. Select storage
   • 5. Select compatibility
   • 6. Select a guest OS
   • 7. Customize hardware
   • 8. Ready to complete