2Proxmox Host Preparation

This section covers the minimal preparation steps on the Proxmox host before creating LXCs, VMs, and storage pools.

Proxmox Basic Setup

  • Proxmox VE installed on bare metal (Installtion Tutorial)arrow-up-right

  • System fully updated (apt update && apt upgrade)

  • Correct timezone and hostname configured

  • Web UI access verified

No additional Proxmox plugins are required for this setup.


Storage Devices Overview

  • Identify all physical disks intended for data storage

  • Verify disk names (lsblk, Proxmox UI → Disks)

  • Ensure data disks are empty if they will be used for ZFS

  • System disk is kept separate from media storage

Disks are prepared later when creating the ZFS pool.


Network Bridges

  • Default bridge vmbr0 is used

  • Bridge is connected to the main LAN interface

  • All LXCs and VMs use this bridge

  • No VLAN configuration required

Static IPs or DHCP reservations are recommended but optional.


Optional: GPU / iGPU Passthrough Preparation

This step is optional and only required if hardware transcoding is planned.

  • Enable IOMMU in BIOS (Intel VT-d / AMD-Vi)

  • Enable IOMMU in Proxmox kernel

  • Verify GPU or iGPU is visible to the host

Actual passthrough configuration is handled later in the Plex LXC.


Result

At this point:

  • Proxmox host is ready

  • Disks are identified

  • Network is functional

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