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