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Chapter 3 Installing and Configuring ESX Server on Blade Servers
7 Create an installation task.
a In the right “task” column of the IBM Director window, choose Remote
Deployment Manager > Custom.
bRight click on Custom and create a new task.
cIn the Advanced tab, there is an editable text box that contains the script that
runs the task. Modify the installation task to match the following.
;This is command list for custom task
BOOTTYPE !LOADBOOTSTRAP environment/esx/pxeboot.0
WAKE
!!setenv
!!SHUTDOWN
END
8 Create a job for the target system using the custom installation by dragging the
target system in the second column onto the new task that you just created. Choose
run system in the pop-up window, and then select execute now.
9 Start the ESX Server installation.
If the target system is set to wake up on LAN or boot from PXE, it should find the
RDM server and load the boot image pxeboot.0 from the D-Server. The boot image
then loads the vmlinuz and initrd.img files and starts the ESX Server installer. The
ESX Server installer downloads files from the NFS server and continues with the
installation.
10 Perform the ESX Server configuration steps in “Installing Additional Hardware on
the Server” on page 61.
11 Repeat this process for each additional blade server in the BladeCenter.
Post-Installation Considerations on IBM Blade Servers
We discuss the following topics in this section:
! Using NIC Teaming on IBM Blade Servers on page 76
! Creating VLANs with NIC Teaming on IBM Blade Servers on page 77
! Configuring Bond Failover on IBM Blade Servers on page 78
N
OTE We recommend you dedicate all Fibre Channel devices to the virtual machines
(VMkernel).
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