Before You Begin
Complete all of the preparation procedures in Preparing for ESXi 5 Installation.
BIOS messages appear on the console.
Additional BIOS messages appear on the console.
Initializing USB Controllers .. Done. Press F2 to run Setup (CTRL+E on Remote Keyboard) Press F8 for BBS POPUP (CTRL+P on Remote Keyboard) Press F12 to boot from the network (CTRL+N on Remote Keyboard)
After a delay, a menu appears with a list of boot devices.
Please select boot device: -------------------------------- USB CD/DVD PXE:IBA GE Slot 1000 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 1001 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 4100 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 4101 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 8100 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot 8101 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot C100 v1331 PXE:IBA GE Slot C101 v1331 --------------------------------
Control passes to the OS installation program on the media.
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