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stewharr
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‎07-17-2015 09:22 AM

Staticall assigning IP in kickstart discovered from DHCP

In ESXi 5.1 and 5.5 kickstarts I would like to discover the IP of the host via DHCP, then statically assign it to the Management Interface for the host.  Any tips on how I can accomplish this?  Thanks.

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vfk
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‎07-22-2015 06:40 AM

William Lam has a good write up regarding kickstart scripts, check the following links VMware Kickstart | virtuallyGhetto

Keep in mind that you have to reserve the IP addresses on your dhcp servers for each esxi host.

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markdjones82
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‎07-22-2015 06:52 AM

You are trying for the host to get the IP from DHCP to get the kickstart file, but then you want the host to switch to using static IP?  What would be wrong with using DHCP on the hosts themselves?  With reservations this shouldn't be a problem and would be the most efficient way.

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