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VMware ESXi5 PXE/gPXE 网络安装

终于VMware ESXi5发布正式版下载了，下载好以后发现目录结构有了很大变化，像以往一样，研究一下PXE网络安装。

找到一篇参考文章http://www.vcritical.com/2011/07/vmware-esxi-5-interactive-pxe-installation-improvements/

从描述上看，新版本的PXE设置非常简单，具体操作方法如下：

首先解压VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0-469512.x86_64.iso到TFTP服务器的某个文件夹（如/esxi5）

修改配置文件/esxi5/boot.cfg，把modules=后面的/都去掉，增加一个prefix=/esxi5/，如下所示

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bootstate=0
title=Loading ESXi installer
prefix=/esxi5/
kernel=tboot.b00
kernelopt=runweasel
modules=b.b00 --- useropts.gz --- k.b00 --- a.b00 --- ata-pata.v00 --- ata-pata.v01 --- ata-pata.v02 --- ata-pata.v03 --- ata-pata.v04 --- ata-pata.v05 --- ata-pata.v06 --- ata-pata.v07 --- block-cc.v00 --- ehci-ehc.v00 --- s.v00 --- weaselin.i00 --- ima-qla4.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v01 --- ipmi-ipm.v02 --- misc-cni.v00 --- misc-dri.v00 --- net-be2n.v00 --- net-bnx2.v00 --- net-bnx2.v01 --- net-cnic.v00 --- net-e100.v00 --- net-e100.v01 --- net-enic.v00 --- net-forc.v00 --- net-igb.v00 --- net-ixgb.v00 --- net-nx-n.v00 --- net-r816.v00 --- net-r816.v01 --- net-s2io.v00 --- net-sky2.v00 --- net-tg3.v00 --- ohci-usb.v00 --- sata-ahc.v00 --- sata-ata.v00 --- sata-sat.v00 --- sata-sat.v01 --- sata-sat.v02 --- sata-sat.v03 --- scsi-aac.v00 --- scsi-adp.v00 --- scsi-aic.v00 --- scsi-bnx.v00 --- scsi-fni.v00 --- scsi-hps.v00 --- scsi-ips.v00 --- scsi-lpf.v00 --- scsi-meg.v00 --- scsi-meg.v01 --- scsi-meg.v02 --- scsi-mpt.v00 --- scsi-mpt.v01 --- scsi-mpt.v02 --- scsi-qla.v00 --- scsi-qla.v01 --- uhci-usb.v00 --- tools.t00 --- imgdb.tgz --- imgpayld.tgz
build=
updated=0

最后修改pxe的配置文件增加以下内容即可

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LABEL ESXi5
MENU LABEL ^V---- Install VMware ESXi 5
KERNEL /esxi5/mboot.c32
APPEND -c /esxi5/boot.cfg

至此TFTP方式安装ESXi5就完成了，不过我由于早就更换成了gpxe方式，gpxe可以通过http/ftp方式载入镜像（本示例中http://192.168.1.10/tftp目录就是tftp的目录），在跨网段环境下速度飞快，其实gpxe方式也比较简单，只是配置文件不同而已，首先需要更改/esxi5/boot.cfg

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 bootstate=0
 title=Loading ESXi installer
 prefix=http://192.168.1.10/tftp/esxi5/
 kernel=tboot.b00
 kernelopt=runweasel
 modules=b.b00 --- useropts.gz --- k.b00 --- a.b00 --- ata-pata.v00 --- ata-pata.v01 --- ata-pata.v02 --- ata-pata.v03 --- ata-pata.v04 --- ata-pata.v05 --- ata-pata.v06 --- ata-pata.v07 --- block-cc.v00 --- ehci-ehc.v00 --- s.v00 --- weaselin.i00 --- ima-qla4.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v00 --- ipmi-ipm.v01 --- ipmi-ipm.v02 --- misc-cni.v00 --- misc-dri.v00 --- net-be2n.v00 --- net-bnx2.v00 --- net-bnx2.v01 --- net-cnic.v00 --- net-e100.v00 --- net-e100.v01 --- net-enic.v00 --- net-forc.v00 --- net-igb.v00 --- net-ixgb.v00 --- net-nx-n.v00 --- net-r816.v00 --- net-r816.v01 --- net-s2io.v00 --- net-sky2.v00 --- net-tg3.v00 --- ohci-usb.v00 --- sata-ahc.v00 --- sata-ata.v00 --- sata-sat.v00 --- sata-sat.v01 --- sata-sat.v02 --- sata-sat.v03 --- scsi-aac.v00 --- scsi-adp.v00 --- scsi-aic.v00 --- scsi-bnx.v00 --- scsi-fni.v00 --- scsi-hps.v00 --- scsi-ips.v00 --- scsi-lpf.v00 --- scsi-meg.v00 --- scsi-meg.v01 --- scsi-meg.v02 --- scsi-mpt.v00 --- scsi-mpt.v01 --- scsi-mpt.v02 --- scsi-qla.v00 --- scsi-qla.v01 --- uhci-usb.v00 --- tools.t00 --- imgdb.tgz --- imgpayld.tgz
build=
updated=0

再修改pxe的配置文件即可

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LABEL ESXi5
MENU LABEL ^V---- Install VMware ESXi 5
KERNEL http://192.168.1.10/tftp/esxi5/mboot.c32
APPEND -c http://192.168.1.10/tftp/esxi5/boot.cfg

ESXi5开始已经无需配置就可以在安装过程中提示覆盖安装、全新安装和升级安装了。