Solution Guide
Active System Manager Solution Guide—Active System 800 (AS800)
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# chmod +w /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New/*
Note:
If the newly added image need to replace the existing image, then execute following commands:
mv /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New
/home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot
E.2 Modifying the ESXi boot.cfg Configuration File
To confirm that the installation source is not in the root of the TFTP server, perform the following
steps:
1. Update the kernelopt parameter to point the kickstart file to the CD-ROM:
# cat boot.cfg
bootstate=0
title=Loading ESXi installer
kernel=/tboot.b00
kernelopt=ks=cdrom:/KS.CFG
modules=/b.b00 --- /useropts.gz --- /k.b00 --- /chardevs.b00 --- /a.b00 ---
/user.b00 --- /s.v00 --- /misc_cni.v00 --- /net_bnx2.v00 --- /net_bnx2.v01 ---
/net_cnic.v00 --- /net_tg3.v00 --- /scsi_bnx.v00 --- /scsi_bnx.v01 ---
/net_bna.v00 --- /scsi_bfa.v00 --- /ima_be2i.v00 --- /scsi_be2.v00 ---
/net_igb.v00 --- /scsi_mpt.v00 --- /ima_qla4.v00 --- /net_qlcn.v00 ---
/scsi_qla.v00 --- /ata_pata.v00 --- /ata_pata.v01 --- /ata_pata.v02 ---
/ata_pata.v03 --- /ata_pata.v04 --- /ata_pata.v05 --- /ata_pata.v06 ---
/ata_pata.v07 --- /block_cc.v00 --- /ehci_ehc.v00 --- /weaselin.t00 ---
/esx_dvfi.v00 --- /xlibs.v00 --- /ipmi_ipm.v00 --- /ipmi_ipm.v01 ---
/ipmi_ipm.v02 --- /misc_dri.v00 --- /net_be2n.v00 --- /net_e100.v00 ---
/net_e100.v01 --- /net_enic.v00 --- /net_forc.v00 --- /net_ixgb.v00 ---
/net_nx_n.v00 --- /net_qlge.v00 --- /net_r816.v00 --- /net_r816.v01 ---
/net_s2io.v00 --- /net_sky2.v00 --- /net_vmxn.v00 --- /ohci_usb.v00 ---
/sata_ahc.v00 --- /sata_ata.v00 --- /sata_sat.v00 --- /sata_sat.v01 ---
/sata_sat.v02 --- /sata_sat.v03 --- /sata_sat.v04 --- /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 /home/delladmin/ISOBootImages/esxi5.1_dell_ISOBoot_New/*
E.3 Creating a Kickstart Configuration File
To create a kickstart configuration file, perform the following steps: