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    <title>topic Provisioning ESX 4.0 in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Provisioning-ESX-4-0/m-p/820365#M58084</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi there,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; I have successfully scripted installs for RHEL and ESX 3.5, with a setup that relies on the kickstart-related command "kssendmac"; the bootstrap command that makes the installation program request a kickstart file over HTTP with the MAC addresses from all the NICs found in the system put in as POST parameters.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Whilst deploying ESX 4.0, I don't see any MAC's being sent... and I'm not seeing any mention of any such feature using google (please point me in the right direction if you can!).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Here is an example of the current bootstrap commands (url/initrd path omitted):&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; append ks=http-url-here kssendmac ksdevice=vmnic0 vmkopts=debugLogToSerial:1 mem=512M initrd=path-to-ESX4-initrd.img &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Please note that these commands are contained on an IsoLinux CD, in the isolinux.cfg file.  So I boot the CD, type in a label name and then everything kicks off. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What I am expecting, is a request for the Kickstart file with POST parameters like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; x-rhn-provisioning-mac-0: eth0 00:0C:29:11:22:33&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can anybody shed any light on this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Thank you for your time! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>ibibby09</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2009-09-30T15:49:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Provisioning ESX 4.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Provisioning-ESX-4-0/m-p/820365#M58084</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi there,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; I have successfully scripted installs for RHEL and ESX 3.5, with a setup that relies on the kickstart-related command "kssendmac"; the bootstrap command that makes the installation program request a kickstart file over HTTP with the MAC addresses from all the NICs found in the system put in as POST parameters.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Whilst deploying ESX 4.0, I don't see any MAC's being sent... and I'm not seeing any mention of any such feature using google (please point me in the right direction if you can!).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Here is an example of the current bootstrap commands (url/initrd path omitted):&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; append ks=http-url-here kssendmac ksdevice=vmnic0 vmkopts=debugLogToSerial:1 mem=512M initrd=path-to-ESX4-initrd.img &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Please note that these commands are contained on an IsoLinux CD, in the isolinux.cfg file.  So I boot the CD, type in a label name and then everything kicks off. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What I am expecting, is a request for the Kickstart file with POST parameters like:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; x-rhn-provisioning-mac-0: eth0 00:0C:29:11:22:33&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can anybody shed any light on this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Thank you for your time! &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>ibibby09</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-30T15:49:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Provisioning ESX 4.0</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Provisioning-ESX-4-0/m-p/820366#M58085</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ibibby09,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;do you get a answer for your problem ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I work on the same thing and try thinks like IPAPPEND 1 / 2 or PXE - but it seams, that this is not the same feature.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;-js  &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:26:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Provisioning-ESX-4-0/m-p/820366#M58085</guid>
      <dc:creator>jojo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-04-13T11:26:23Z</dc:date>
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