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Table 3‑13. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, appliance Subsection
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Name Type Description
n
Set to management-xlarge-xlstorage if you want to deploy a
vCenter Server Appliance with an external Platform Services Controller for up to
2,000 hosts and 35,000 virtual machines with the x-large storage size.
Deploys an appliance with 24 CPUs, 48 GB of memory, and 2110 GB of storage.
n
Set to infrastructureif you want to deploy a Platform Services Controller
appliance.
Deploys an appliance with 2 CPUs, 4 GB of memory, and 60 GB of storage.
image
string Optional. A local file path or URL to the vCenter Server Appliance installation package.
By default the installer uses the installation package that is included in the ISO file, in
the vcsa folder.
name
string The VM name for the new appliance.
Must contain only ASCII characters except a percent sign (%), backslash (\), or
forward slash (/) and must be no more than 80 characters in length.
ovftool_path
string Optional. A local file path to the OVF Tool executable file.
By default the installer uses the OVF Tool instance that is included in the ISO file, in
the vcsa/ovftool folder.
Table 3‑14. Configuration Parameters in the new_vcsa Section, temporary_network Subsection
Name Type Description
ip_family
string IP version for the temporary network of the new appliance.
Set to ipv4 or ipv6.
mode
string IP assignment for the temporary network of the new appliance.
Set to static or dhcp.
ip
string Temporary IP address for the new appliance.
Required only if you use static assignment, that is, if you set the mode parameter to
static.
You must set an IPv4 or IPv6 address that corresponds to the temporary network IP
version, that is, to the value of the ip.family parameter.
An IPv4 address must comply with the RFC 790 guidelines.
An IPv6 address must comply with the RFC 2373 guidelines.
dns_servers
string or
array
IP addresses of one or more DNS servers for the temporary network of the new
appliance.
To set more than one DNS server, use a comma-separated list of strings or a comma-
separated list as a single string to provide the path. For example,
["x.y.z.a", "x.y.z.b"]
or
"x.y.z.a, x.y.z.b"
Required only if you use static network mode for the temporary IP address allocation,
that is, if you set the mode parameter to static.
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