Solution Guide

Active System Manager Solution Guide—Active System 800 (AS800)

scsi_aac.v00 --- scsi_adp.v00 --- scsi_aic.v00 --- scsi_fni.v00 ---

scsi_hps.v00 --- scsi_ips.v00 --- scsi_lpf.v00 --- scsi_meg.v00 ---

scsi_meg.v01 --- scsi_meg.v02 --- scsi_mpt.v01 --- scsi_mpt.v02 ---

scsi_rst.v00 --- uhci_usb.v00 --- tools.t00 --- scsi_qla.v01 --- dell_con.v00 -

-- xorg.v00 --- imgdb.tgz --- imgpayld.tgz

build=

updated=0

# chmod +w /var/lib/tftpboot/esxi5.1_dell/*

D.3 Adding a PXE Menu Entry

Create a file named “pxe.cfg” inside the image directory on the TFTP server. The content of the file

displays as follows:

DEFAULT menu.c32

MENU TITLE ESXi-5.1 Boot Menu

NOHALT 1

PROMPT 0

TIMEOUT 80

LABEL install

KERNEL esxi5.1_dell/mboot.c32

APPEND -c /esxi5.1_dell/boot.cfg ks=http://KSFILEPATH +++

MENU LABEL ESXi-5.1 ^Installer

LABEL hddboot

LOCALBOOT 0x80

MENU LABEL ^Boot from local disk

Note:

The value of KSFILEPATH will be replaced dynamically by the Resource Adapter with the TFTP IP

address value defined for the “PXE Repo” repository (assuming the TFTP server and the web server are

running on the same machine). Ifdynamic replacement is not required, place the of the IP address (or

hostname) value of the web server where the ks.cfg file is located.

D.4 Configuring the HTTP Server

HTTP services are enabled, by default, on the appliance.

D.5 Creating a Kickstart Configuration File

To create a kickstart configuration file, perform the following steps:

1. Create the image directory on the HTTP server base location:

# cd /var/www/html

# mkdir esxi5.1_dell

Note:

The name of the directory needs to be same as the image directory created on the TFTP server.