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network (optional)
Configures network information for the system.
--bootproto=[dhcp|static]
--device=
--ip=
--gateway=
--nameserver=
--netmask=
--hostname=
--vlanid=<vlanid>
--addvmportgroup=(0|1)
paranoid
Causes any warning messages to interrupt the installation. If you omit this command, warning messages are
just logged.
part or partition (optional)
Compared to kickstart, the behavior of the ESX 4.0
Carefully edit the
Create service console partitions (except
Creates a partition on the system. Not required if you include the
<mntpoint>
--asprimary
--size=
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Specifies network settings.
Specifies either the MAC address of the network card or the device name, as
in vmnic0. This option refers to the uplink device for the virtual switch created
for the service console. If you omit this option, the installer uses the network
adapter specified with the IPAPPEND PXE configuration option or the
bootstrap command. If you omit this option, the IPAPPEND option,
netdevice
and the
netdevice
network adapter. See
on page 29.
Sets an IP address for the machine to be installed. Required with the
--bootproto=static option.
Designates the default gateway as an IP address. Required with the
--bootproto=static option.
Designates the primary name server as an IP address. Used with the
--bootproto=static option. Omit this option if you do not intend to use
DNS.
The --nameserver option can accept two IP addresses. For example:
nameserver="10.126.87.104,10.126.87.120"
Specifies the subnet mask for the installed system. Used with the
--bootproto=static option. If you omit this option, the default is the
standard netmask for the given IP address.
Specifies the host name for the installed system. Only works with
--bootproto=static.
Specifies a VLAN to use for networking. Set to an integer between 0 and 4095.
Specifies whether to add the VM Network port group, which is used by virtual
machines. The default value is 1.
or command in your existing scripts.
part partition
/boot
Specifies where to mount the partition.
Specifies that the partition must be created as a primary partition and not a
logical partition in the extended partition table.
Defines the minimum partition size in megabytes.
bootstrap command, the installer uses the first plugged in
"IPAPPEND," on page 38 and
or command is significantly different.
part partition
) on the virtual disk and not on the physical disk.
autopart
Chapter 6 Installing VMware ESX
"Bootstrap Commands,"
--
command.
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