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6 Depending on the policy option you select, you must do the following:
a If you select Enable stateless caching on the host:
1 Specify the information about the disk to use.
Option Description
Arguments for first disk When configuring a System Image Install disk, you have multiple options
to define the device you want ESXi to be installed to and booted from.
You can use the following arguments to define the disk for the installation:
n localesx – The first disk detected containing a valid installation of
ESXi
n local – The first local disk detected by ESXi after boot
n remoteesx - The first remote disk detected containing a valid
installation of
ESXi
n remote - The first remote disk detected by ESXi after boot
n device model
n device vendor
n vmkernel device driver name
You can get the values for the device model and vendor arguments by
running the command esxcli storage core device list in a console
to the ESXi host, logging in as the root. You get the vmkernel device
driver name argument by running the command esxcli storage core
adapter list. You must then identify the storage adapter to which your
boot device is connected.
By default, the system attempts to replace an existing ESXi installation,
and then attempts to write to the local disk.
You can use the Arguments for first disk field to specify a comma-
separated list of disks to use, in order of preference. You can specify more
than one disk. Use esx for the first disk with ESX installed on it, model and
vendor information, or specify the name of the vmkernel device driver.
For example, to have the system first look for a disk with the model name
ST3120814A, second for any disk that uses the mptsas driver, and third
for the local disk, specify ST3120814A,mptsas,local as the value of this
field.
The first disk setting in the host profile specifies the search order for
determining which disk to use for the cache. The search order is specified
as a comma delimited list of values. The default setting localesx,local
specifies that vSphere Auto Deploy should first look for an existing local
cache disk. The cache disk is identified as a disk with an existing ESXi
software image. If vSphere Auto Deploy cannot find an existing cache
disk, it searches for an available local disk device. When searching for an
available disk vSphere Auto Deploy uses the first empty disk that does not
have an existing VMFS partition.
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