Configuration File - VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual

Network adapter with PXE support on the target ESXi host
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IPv4 networking. IPv6 is not supported for PXE booting.
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Use a native VLAN in most cases. If you want to specify the VLAN ID to be used with PXE booting, check
that your NIC supports VLAN ID specification.
Procedure
1 Create the
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
2 On the Linux machine, install PXELINUX.
PXELINUX is included in the SYSLINUX package. Extract the files, locate the
it to the
/tftpboot
3 Configure the DHCP server to send the following information to each client host:
The name or IP address of your TFTP server.
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The name of your initial boot file. This is
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4 Copy the contents of the ESXi installer image to the
5 (Optional) For a scripted installation, in the
following the kernel command, to specify the location of the installation script.
Use the following code as a model, where
installation script resides, and
kernelopt=ks=http://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/esxi_ksFiles/ks.cfg
6 Create a PXE configuration file.
This file defines how the host boots when no operating system is present. The PXE configuration file
references the boot files. Use the following code as a model, where
ESXi installer image.
DEFAULT menu.c32
MENU TITLE ESXi-5.x.x-XXXXXX-full Boot Menu
NOHALT 1
PROMPT 0
TIMEOUT 80
LABEL install
KERNEL mboot.c32
APPEND -c location of boot.cfg
MENU LABEL ESXi-5.x.x-XXXXXX-full ^Installer
LABEL hddboot
LOCALBOOT 0x80
MENU LABEL ^Boot from local disk
7 Name the file with the MAC address of the target host machine:
For example,
8 Save the PXE configuration file in
9 Boot the machine with the network adapter.
PXE Boot the ESXi Installer by Using PXELINUX and an isolinux.cfg PXE

Configuration File

You can PXE boot the ESXi installer using PXELINUX, and use the isolinux.cfg file as the PXE configuration
file.
See also "About Installation and Upgrade Scripts,"
VMware, Inc.
directory on your TFTP server.
directory on your TFTP server.
esxi_ksFiles
.
01-23-45-67-89-0a-bc
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg
.
pxelinux.0
/var/lib/tftpboot
file, add the
boot.cfg kernelopt
is the IP address of the server where the
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
is the directory containing the
XXXXXX
01-mac_address_of_target_ESXi_host
on the TFTP server.
on page 144 and "About the boot.cfg File,"
Chapter 6 Before You Install ESXi
file and copy
pxelinux.0
directory on the TFTP server.
option on the line
file.
ks.cfg
is the build number of the
on page 154
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