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(Optional) If you have a reference host in your environment, export the host profile of the reference host
and define a rule that applies the host profile to one or more hosts. See “Setting Up an Auto Deploy
Reference Host,” on page 187.
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Specify rules for the deployment of the host and add the rules to the active rule set.
First Boot Overview
When a host that has not yet been provisioned with vSphere Auto Deploy boots (first boot), the host
interacts with several Auto Deploy components.
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When the administrator turns on a host, the host starts a PXE boot sequence.
The DHCP Server assigns an IP address to the host and instructs the host to contact the TFTP server.
2 The host contacts the TFTP server and downloads the iPXE file (executable boot loader) and an iPXE
configuration file.
3 iPXE starts executing.
The configuration file instructs the host to make a HTTP boot request to the Auto Deploy server. The
HTTP request includes hardware and network information.
4 In response, the Auto Deploy server performs these tasks:
a
Queries the rules engine for information about the host.
b Streams the components specified in the image profile, the optional host profile, and optional
vCenter Server location information.
5 The host boots using the image profile.
If the Auto Deploy server provided a host profile, the host profile is applied to the host.
6 Auto Deploy adds the host to the vCenter Server system that Auto Deploy is registered with.
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If a rule specifies a target folder or cluster on the vCenter Server system, the host is placed in that
folder or cluster. The target folder must be under a data center.
b If no rule exists that specifies a vCenter Server inventory location, Auto Deploy adds the host to the
first datacenter displayed in the vSphere Web Client UI.
7 (Optional) If the host profile requires the user to specify certain information, such as a static IP address,
the host is placed in maintenance mode when the host is added to the vCenter Server system.
You must reapply the host profile and update the host customization to have the host exit maintenance
mode. When you update the host customization, answer any questions when prompted.
8 If the host is part of a DRS cluster, virtual machines from other hosts might be migrated to the host after
the host has successfully been added to the vCenter Server system.
See “Provision a Host (First Boot),” on page 177.
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