Thanks to Mike Laverick the Ultimate Deployment Appliance now supports ESXi 4.1. – http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/vmware-content/ultimate-da/
I developed a script for automating the installation of ESXi 4.1 on Cisco UCS boot from SAN. The UDA template I setup uses a subtemplate for the host names, management IP and vMotion IP.
Here is my configuration:
- 6 GB Boot LUN hosted on an EMC CX4
- Cisco UCS B200-M1 blades
- Cisco VIC (Palo) adapters
- These vNICs
And these vHBAs
Here is the subtemplate I am using
SUBTEMPLATE;IPADDR;HOSTNAME;VMOTIONIP
UCSESX1;10.150.15.11;ucsesx1;10.150.12.11
UCSESX2;10.150.15.12;ucsesx2;10.150.12.12
Here is the script I am using
accepteula
rootpw –iscrypted $1$NvqID7HA$mkw26HiBQgbso6jk1jX014
clearpart –alldrives –overwritevmfs
autopart –firstdisk=fnic –overwritevmfs
reboot
install url http://[UDA_IPADDR]/[OS]/[FLAVOR]
network –bootproto=static –ip=[IPADDR] –gateway=10.150.15.254 –nameserver=10.150.7.3 –netmask=255.255.255.0 –hostname=[HOSTNAME].domain.com –addvmportgroup=0
%firstboot –unsupported –interpreter=busybox
#Set DNS
vim-cmd hostsvc/net/dns_set –ip-addresses=10.150.7.3,10.150.7.2
#Add pNIC vmnic1 to vSwitch0
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch0
#Add new vSwitch for vMotion
esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1
#Add vMotion Portgroup to vSwitch1
esxcfg-vswitch -A vMotion vSwitch1
#Add pNIC vmnic2 to vSwitch1
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwitch1
#Add pNIC vmnic3 to vSwitch1
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic3 vSwitch1
#Assign ip address to vMotion vmk1
esxcfg-vmknic -a -i [VMOTIONIP] -n 255.255.255.0 -p vMotion
#Assign VLAN to vMotion PortGroup
esxcfg-vswitch -v 12 -p vMotion vSwitch1
#Enable CDP listen and advertise
esxcfg-vswitch -B both vSwitch0
esxcfg-vswitch -B both vSwitch1
sleep 5
#Enable vMotion to vmk1
vim-cmd hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set vmk1
#Set NIC order policy for vMotion port groups
vim-cmd hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy –nicorderpolicy-active=vmnic3 –nicorderpolicy-standby=vmnic2 vSwitch1
#enable TechSupportModes
vim-cmd hostsvc/enable_remote_tsm
vim-cmd hostsvc/start_remote_tsm
vim-cmd hostsvc/enable_local_tsm
vim-cmd hostsvc/start_local_tsm
vim-cmd hostsvc/net/refresh
# NTP time config
echo restrict default kod nomodify notrap noquerynopeer > /etc/ntp.conf
echo restrict 127.0.0.1 >> /etc/ntp.conf
echo server 0.vmware.pool.ntp.org >> /etc/ntp.conf
echo server 2.vmware.pool.net.org >> /etc/ntp.conf
echo driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift >> /etc/ntp.conf
/sbin/chkconfig –-level 345 ntpd on
/etc/init.d/ntpd stop
/etc/init.d/ntpd start
#One final reboot
reboot
The four additional vNICs will be used as uplinks to the Cisco Nexus 1000v dvSwitch.
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