VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 150

vSphere Installation and Setup
serialnum or vmserialnum (optional)
Deprecated in ESXi 5.0.x. Supported in ESXi 5.1. Configures licensing. If not included, ESXi installs in
evaluation mode.
--esx=<license-key>
network (optional)
Specify a network address for the system.
--bootproto=[dhcp|
static]
--device=
--ip=
--gateway=
--nameserver=
--netmask=
--hostname=
--vlanid= vlanid
--addvmportgroup=(0|1)
paranoid (optional)
Causes warning messages to interrupt the installation. If you omit this command, warning messages are
logged.
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Specifies the vSphere license key to use. The format is 5 five-character groups
(XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX).
Specify whether to obtain the network settings from DHCP or set them
manually.
Specifies either the MAC address of the network card or the device name, in
the form , as in
vmnicNN vmnic0
virtual switch.
Sets an IP address for the machine to be installed, in the form
. Required with the --bootproto=static option and
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ignored otherwise.
Designates the default gateway as an IP address, in the form
. Used with the --bootproto=static option.
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Designates the primary name server as an IP address. Used with the
option. Omit this option if you do not intend to use DNS.
bootproto=static
The option can accept two IP addresses. For example:
--nameserver
nameserver="10.126.87.104[,10.126.87.120]"
Specifies the subnet mask for the installed system, in the form
. Used with the
255.xxx.xxx.xxx
Specifies the host name for the installed system.
Specifies which VLAN the system is on. Used with either the
--bootproto=dhcp or
--bootproto=static
to 4096.
Specifies whether to add the VM Network port group, which is used by
virtual machines. The default value is 1.
. This options refers to the uplink device for the
option.
--bootproto=static
option. Set to an integer from 1
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