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2 When the ESXi installer window appears, press Shift+O to edit boot options.
3 Type a boot option that calls the default installation or upgrade script or an installation or
upgrade script file that you created.
The boot option has the form ks=.
4 Press Enter.
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The installation, upgrade, or migration runs, using the options that you specified.
Performing a Scripted Installation or Upgrade of ESXi by Network Booting the
Installer
ESXi 8.0 provides many options for booting the installer over a network and using an installation
or upgrade script.
n For information about setting up a network infrastructure, see Network Booting the ESXi
Installer.
n For information about creating and locating an installation script, see Installing ESXi by Using a
Script.
n For specific procedures to network boot the ESXi installer and use an installation script, see
one of the following topics:
n Boot the ESXi Installer by Using Native UEFI HTTP
n Boot the ESXi Installer by Using iPXE and HTTP
n Boot the ESXi Installer by Using PXE and TFTP
n For information about using vSphere Auto Deploy to perform a scripted installation by using
PXE to boot, see
Installing ESXi Using vSphere Auto Deploy
.
How to Boot an ESXi Host from a Network Device
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