Configuring stateless boot using, Dell customized offline image depot – Dell PowerEdge C8000 User Manual
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Troubleshooting
Configuring Stateless Boot Using Dell Customized Offline Image Depot
1 Ensure that you have the following components:
• DHCP Server
• gPXE
• TFTP Server
• VMware vCenter Server package
• vSphere PowerCLI for 5.1
2 Install the following applications:
a
Install VMware vSphere Server on a supported Windows system.
b
Install VMware vSphere Client on the same Windows system.
c
Install VMware vSphere Auto Deploy package on the same Windows
system.
3 Configure the TFTP server.
a
In a vSphere Client connected to the vCenter Server system that Auto
Deploy is registered with, select
Home > Administration > Auto
Deploy tab to display the Auto Deploy page.
b
Click the Download TFTP Boot ZIP link to download the package.
c
Install TFTP server on the same Windows system. VMware also
provides a vCenter server appliance which comes with a preconfigured
TFTP server.
d
Copy the contents of deploy-tftp.zip to the root path of the TFTP
server.
4 Configure the DHCP server.
a
You can use a DHCP server already available in the environment or
install a DHCP server.
b
Modify the DHCP configuration file (dhcpd.conf in linux) with the
TFTP server information as below.
next-server <TFTP server IPAddress>;
filename "undionly.kpxe.vmw-hardwired"
; # File
available as part of deploy-tftp.zip available in TFTP root path.
5 Start the DHCP and TFTP services.