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PXE boot and install ESXi 6.7 U1 - remember to use correct boot files

Feb 12, 2019 (Last modified: Mar 31, 2019)pxe upgrade deployment ·

This is a short revisit of an earlier blog post on automating ESXi installation through PXE booting and Kickstart scripts

Customizing ESXi installation with kickstart files and PXE boot

Jun 9, 2018 (Last modified: Apr 1, 2019)esxi pxe deployment hardware ·

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This blog post will be building on a previous post where I built a small PXE server environment for ESXi installation. In this post we will enhance the PXE install with customized kickstart files specific for the hardware we want to install. There's two new components to discuss here. The kickstart file (ks.cfg) it …

Building a PXE boot environment for ESXi

Mar 27, 2018 (Last modified: Apr 1, 2019)pxe deployment esxi hardware ·

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In our environment we run ESXi primarily on HPE Proliant servers. We use OneView for managing the hardware it self (i.e. monitoring, firmware), but for provisioning ESXi to the servers we have been doing some of it manually and some of it with HPE Insight Control Server Provisioning (ICsp). When preparing for …