VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 154

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Disk Device Names
The ,
install upgrade
names.
Table 7‑3. Disk Device Names
Format
VML
MPX
N When you perform a scripted upgrade from ESX 4.x to ESXi 5.x, the MPX and VML disk names
OTE
change, which might cause the upgrade to fail. To avoid this problem, use Network Address Authority
Identifiers (NAA IDs) for the disk device instead of MPX and VML disk names.
After you obtain the NAA ID or VML number, typically from the BIOS of the storage adapter, you can
modify the kickstart file (ks.cfg) for each host to identify the disk device by the NAA ID or VML number.
Some devices do not provide an NAA ID. In these circumstances, an MPX Identifier is generated by ESXi to
represent the LUN or disk. The identifier takes a form similar to the canonical name of previous versions of
ESXi with the
mpx.
1014953.
About the boot.cfg File
The boot loader configuration file
that the
mboot.c32
The file is provided in the ESXi installer. You can modify the kernelopt line of the
boot.cfg
specify the location of an installation script or to pass other boot options.
The file has the following syntax:
boot.cfg
# boot.cfg -- mboot configuration file
#
# Any line preceded with '#' is a comment.
title=STRING
kernel=FILEPATH
kernelopt=STRING
modules=FILEPATH1 --- FILEPATH2... --- FILEPATHn
# Any other line must remain unchanged.
The commands in
Table 7‑4. Commands in
Command
title=STRING
kernel=FILEPATH
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option not supported in ESXi 5.x.
--level
Not supported in ESXi 5.x.
, and
installorupgrade
Examples
vml.00025261
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
prefix. This identifier can be used exactly as the NAA ID. See Knowledge Base article
specifies the kernel, the kernel options, and the boot modules
boot.cfg
boot loader uses in an ESXi installation.
configure the boot loader.
boot.cfg
.
boot.cfg
installation script commands require the use of disk device
Description
Sets the boot loader title to STRING.
Sets the kernel path to FILEPATH.
Description
The device name as reported by
the vmkernel
The device name
file to
boot.cfg
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