Specifications

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network (optional)
Specify a network address for the system.
--bootproto=[dhcp|
static]
Specify whether to obtain the network settings from DHCP or set them
manually.
--device=
Specifies either the MAC address of the network card or the device name, in
the form vmnicNN, as in vmnic0. This options refers to the uplink device for the
virtual switch.
--ip=
Sets an IP address for the machine to be installed, in the form
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Required with the --bootproto=static option and
ignored otherwise.
--gateway=
Designates the default gateway as an IP address, in the form
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Used with the --bootproto=static option.
--nameserver=
Designates the primary name server as an IP address. Used with the --
bootproto=static option. Omit this option if you do not intend to use DNS.
The --nameserver option can accept two IP addresses. For example: --
nameserver="10.126.87.104[,10.126.87.120]"
--netmask=
Specifies the subnet mask for the installed system, in the form
255.xxx.xxx.xxx. Used with the --bootproto=static option.
--hostname=
Specifies the host name for the installed system.
--vlanid= vlanid
Specifies which VLAN the system is on. Used with either the
--bootproto=dhcp or --bootproto=static option. Set to an integer from 1
to 4096.
--addvmportgroup=(0|1)
Specifies whether to add the VM Network port group, which is used by
virtual machines. The default value is 1.
paranoid (optional)
Causes warning messages to interrupt the installation. If you omit this command, warning messages are
logged.
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