6.5.1

the reference host with the vSphere Web Client or with vCLI commands.
Security setup includes shared user access settings for all hosts. You can
achieve unified user access by setting up your reference host to use Active
Directory. See the vSphere Security documentation.
Note If you set up Active Directory by using host profiles, the passwords
are not protected. Use the vSphere Authentication Service to set up Active
Directory to avoid exposing the Active Directory password.
Networking and
Storage Setup
If you reserve a set of networking and storage resources for use by hosts
provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy, you can set up your reference host
to use those resources.
In very large deployments, the reference host setup supports an Enterprise Network Manager, which
collects all information coming from the different monitoring services that are running in the environment.
Figure 2‑7. vSphere Auto Deploy Reference Host Setup
Enterprise Network Manager
Auto Deploy
Server
Switch
SAN
Storage
Local
Storage
Reference host setup
DNS
NTP
Syslog
Monitoring
Security
Networking/IO filters
DHCP or static IP
Syslog
Server
NTP
Server
DNS
Server
AD
Server
TFTP
Server
vCenter Server
ESXi
ESXi
ESXi
DHCP
Server
Options for Configuration of a vSphere Auto Deploy Reference Host explains how to perform this setup.
Watch the video "Auto Deploy Reference Hosts" for information about the reference host setup:
vSphere Auto Deploy Reference Hosts
(http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid2296383276001?
bctid=ref:video_auto_deploy_reference_hosts)
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