use HP Custom ESXi 5 image for Auto Deploy

[bcoyxp]

hi,

I hope someone could help me understand. I am having HP servers. I have downloaded the ESXi 5 ISO file from HP. How can i load these files into my autodeploy?

Regards,

bcoyxp

[chriswahl]

The image would be loaded on the Auto Deploy server, to be snagged after the host PXE boots and checks against the rules engine.

I often suggest snagging the purpose built VMware AutoDeploy image, which has all the VMware tools removed (50%+ size reduction of the image), and then adding the HP CIM offline bundle to it. This requires knowledge of PowerCLI.

[bcoyxp]

Thanks Chriswahl for your response.

does it mean that the ISO file i have downloaded from HP could not be loaded as an offline bundle? or would there be any way that the ISO file be created as an offline bundle?

Regards,

bcoyxp