Serial Number: VMware-11 aa bb cc dd ee ff gg-hh ii jj Instead, you’ll get information about the VMware as shown below. If you do dmidecode on one of the virtual machine running on that ESXi, you’ll not get the DELL Service TAG.
If you’ve installed VMWare ESXi, there is no Base OS. Method 2: Identify DELL Service TAG on VMWare ESXi
Refer to View DELL Service Tag and Express Service Code From Linux and Windows for more details. This is just like how you identify service tag for DELL poweredge servers on a normal non-virtual server that is running a Linux OS.
If you’ve installed VMWare server on a base OS, you can login to the base OS, and use dmidecode to get the service tag as shown below. Method 1: Identify DELL Service TAG on VMWare Server That’s it and we are now ready to test our PXE boot installations.Question: How do I find out the DELL service tag and express code of a PowerEdge server that is running VMWare ESXi (or VMWare Server)?Īnswer: Depending on what you are running (i.e VMWare ESXi or VMWare Server), use one of the methods shown below to identify the DELL service tag. Windows DHCP server so you will need to set the following scope options. You will need to make sure that you have your DHCP server setup to Network -bootproto =static -device =vmnic0 -ip =10.0.106.11 -gateway =10.0.106.1 -nameserver =10.0.101.111,10.0.101.112 -netmask =255.255.255.0 -hostname = -addvmportgroup =0Įsxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 1Įsxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/ESXiShellTimeOut -i 1Įsxcli system snmp set -communities COMMUNITYSTRINGĮsxcli system snmp set -enable true # Enter Maintenance ModeĮsxcli network firewall ruleset set -ruleset-id snmp -allowed-all falseĮsxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add -ruleset-id snmp -ip-address 10.0.101.0/24Įsxcli network firewall ruleset set -ruleset-id snmp -enabled trueĮsxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -uplink-name vmnic3 -vswitch-name vSwitch0
# Install on the first local disk available on machine install -firstdisk =usb -overwritevmfs -novmfsondisk # Set the network to DHCP on the first network adapater, use the specified hostname and do not create a portgroup for the VMs # network -bootproto=dhcp -device=vmnic0 -addvmportgroup=0 Pernixdata FVP VIBS and installing to an SD Card. Install some VIBS during the automated install you can do something likeīelow for your ESX_KS.CFG file. Now if you want to get a bit more creative with your deployments and # reboots the host after the scripted installation is completedĮsxcli system snmp set -communities YOUR_STRING Network -bootproto =dhcp -device =vmnic0 -addvmportgroup =0 # Install on the first local disk available on machine install -firstdisk -overwritevmfs # Set the network to DHCP on the first network adapater, use the specified hostname and do not create a portgroup for the VMs
# Set the root password for the DCUI and ESXi Shell # Sample scripted installation file # Accept the VMware End User License Agreement (You will want to tailor this to your specific needs Now the last thing to finish is our actual kickstart scriptĬonfiguration file. Now we are ready to create our Scripted (No user intervention required)ĪPPEND -c /Images/ESXi5.1/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL ESXi-5.1 InstallerĪPPEND -c /Images/ESXi5.1U1/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL ESXi-5.1U1 InstallerĪPPEND -c /Images/ESXi5.1U2/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL ESXi-5.1U2 InstallerĪPPEND -c /Images/ESXi5.5/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL ESXi-5.5 InstallerĪPPEND -c /Images/ESXi5.5U1/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL ESXi-5.5U1 InstallerĪPPEND -c /Images/Dell_ESXi5.5U1/boot.cfg ks = MENU LABEL Dell Branded ESXi-5.5U1 Installer MENU LABEL Dell Branded ESXi-5.5U1 Installer APPEND -c /Images/Dell_ESXi5.5U1/boot.cfg