VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A - vSphere Enterprise Plus Setup Manual page 218

vSphere Installation and Setup
What to do next
Request access to a vSphere Web Client that can access the vCenter Server system that will manage the
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Auto Deploy server.
Configure the Auto Deploy and TFTP environment. See
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Environment in the vSphere Web Client,"
Configure the Auto Deploy and TFTP Environment in the vSphere Web Client
You must download a FTP Boot ZIP file from your Auto Deploy server. The customized FTP server serves
the boot images that Auto Deploy provides. You can perform the task in the vSphere Web Client.
Prerequisites
Make sure your system meets the requirements in the preinstallation checklist. See
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Preinstallation Checklist,"
Perform all preceding proof of concept setup tasks. See
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page 212 for the complete list.
Procedure
1 From your Web browser, access the URL of the vSphere Web Client that connects to the vCenter Server
system which manages the Auto Deploy Server.
2 When the Certificate warning appears continue to the vCenter Server system.
3 In the inventory, drill down to the vCenter Server system.
4 Click the Manage tab, select Settings, and click Auto Deploy.
5 Click Download TFTP Boot Log to download the TFTP configuration file.
6 Save the file (
TFTP Server and unzip the file into that directory.
7 Minimize the Web browser you are using with the vSphere Web Client.
What to do next
Prepare the depot from which Auto Deploy retrieves the ESXi software when it provisions the hosts. See
"Prepare the ESXi Software Depot,"
218
on page 212.
) to the TFTP_Root directory that you created when you installed the
Deploy-tftp.zip
on page 219.
"Configure the Auto Deploy and TFTP
on page 218.
"Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup,"
"Proof of Concept
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