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Procedure
1 Log in to the console of the Windows system on which vCenter Server is installed with administrator
privileges, either directly or by using RDP.
This task assumes that you installed PowerCLI on the system on which the vCenter Server system is
running.
2 Open the PowerCLI window and list the ESXi image profiles.
Get-EsxImageProfile
3 Create a new rule by running the following cmdlet, replacing ESXi-5.1.0-XXXXX-standard with the
image profile that you want to use.
New-DeployRule -Name "InitialBootRule" -Item "Esxi-5.1.0-
XXXXX
-standard" -AllHosts
4 Add the new rule to the active rule set to make the rule available to the Auto Deploy server.
Add-DeployRule -DeployRule "InitialBootRule"
What to do next
Boot the host and check that Auto Deploy provisions the host and adds it to the vCenter Server inventory.
See “Provision the First Host,” on page 221.
Provision the First Host
You can provision the first host and check its location on the vCenter Server to complete verification of the
image provisioning of your setup.
Prerequisites
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Make sure your system meets the requirements in the preinstallation checklist. See “Proof of Concept
Preinstallation Checklist,” on page 212.
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Perform all preceding proof of concept setup tasks. See “Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup,” on
page 212 for the complete list.
Procedure
1 Open a console session to the physical host that you want to use as the first ESXi target host, boot the
host, and look for messages that indicate a successful iPXE boot.
During the boot process, DHCP assigns an IP address to the host. The IP address matches a name you
specified earlier in the DNS server. The host contacts the Auto Deploy server and downloads the ESXi
binaries from the HTTP URL indicated in the iPXE tramp file that you downloaded into the TFTP_Root
directory earlier. Each instance of Auto Deploy produces a custom set of files for the TFTP Server.
2 With a vSphere Web Client and connect to the vCenter Server system.
In this proof of concept setup, the vCenter Server system is localhost.
3 Click Hosts and Clusters.
4 Check that the newly provisioned host is now in the vCenter Server inventory at the datacenter level.
By default, Auto Deploy adds hosts at the datacenter level when the boot process completes.
What to do next
If you encounter problems, see “Troubleshooting Auto Deploy,” on page 205.
Configure the first host for use as a reference host and save its host profile for use with other hosts. See
“Configure the Proof of Concept Reference Host,” on page 222.
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