Appendix B: Esxi 6.5 Kickstart File For Grow Cluster - HP Converged Architecture 700 Deployment Manual

Appendix B: ESXi 6.5 Kickstart File for Grow Cluster

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Appendix B: ESXi 6.5 Kickstart File for Grow Cluster
For reference, the kickstart file that was used to build the compute/workload servers for the solution described
in this deployment guide is provided in this section.
# (c) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
# Accept the VMware End User License Agreement
vmaccepteula
# Set the root password for the DCUI and Tech Support Mode
rootpw --iscrypted
"@encrypted_root_password:$1$7z4m7f1z$wliShMhVv2HuCAPmuiQzV1@"
# Choose the first discovered disk to install onto
# Note for more advanced partitioning, you may want to replace and customize
# this section
install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs
# reboot after installation
reboot
# Set the network to DHCP on the network adapater
network --bootproto=dhcp
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Command for server-based licensing
# To use: Set the Custom Attribute for Productkey_ESXi65 and uncomment the
# below 2 lines.
#%firstboot
#vim-cmd vimsvc/license --set @Productkey_ESXi65@
## OV4VC custom values
%firstboot
## This will configure the Management interface per the inputs into OV4VC
VMNIC=$(esxcli network nic list | grep -i @mgmt_mac_address@ | awk -F " " '{
print $1 }')
esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove --uplink-name=vmnic0
--vswitch-name=vSwitch0
## This ensures we still have a vmk that uses DHCP so it can communicate to
ICsp.
## OV4VC Will remove this for us later
esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add -p vmkDeployment -v vSwitch0
esxcli network ip interface add -i vmk9 -p vmkDeployment --mac-address
@mgmt_mac_address@
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set -i vmk9 -t dhcp
## Add solution management ip
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