Gather Required Information

In an interactive installation, the system prompts you for the required system information. In a scripted installation, you must supply this information in the installation script.

For future use, note the values that you use during the installation. These notes are useful if you must reinstall ESXi and reenter the values that you originally chose.

Information	Required or Optional	Default	Comments
Keyboard layout	Required	U.S. English
VLAN ID	Optional	None	Range: 0 through 4094
IP address	Optional	DHCP	You can allow DHCP to configure the network during installation. After installation, you can change the network settings.
Subnet mask	Optional	Calculated based on the IP address
Gateway	Optional	Based on the configured IP address and subnet mask
Primary DNS	Optional	Based on the configured IP address and subnet mask
Secondary DNS	Optional	None
Host name	Required for static IP settings	None	vSphere Clients can use either the host name or the IP address to access the ESXi host.
Install location	Required	None	Must be at least 5GB if you install the components on a single disk.
Migrate existing ESX or ESXi settings. Preserve existing VMFS datastore.	Required if you are installing ESXi on a drive with an existing ESXi or ESX installation.	None	See information in the ESXi documentation on Installing ESXi on a Drive with an Existing ESX or ESXi Installation or VMFS Datastore.
Root password	Optional	None	The root password must contain between 6 and 64 characters.

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