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April 11th, 2022 00:00

MX740c esxi auto deploy in stateless mode, secure boot fails

Hello,

we use auto deploy in stateless mode to deploy our esxi servers. using uefi wihtout secure mode works fine, but we would like to activate booting with secure mode, but only get following error message:

UEFI0073: Unable to boot PXE device 1: nic in mezzanine 1a port 1 Partition 1 because of the secure boot policy.

how and where do I have to change the settings for this to work?

cheers

chris

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April 11th, 2022 05:00

MR.C2000,

 

I would start with reviewing this video, and verify you have completed all the steps to enable secure boot for ESXi.

 

Let me know what you see.

 

 

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April 11th, 2022 06:00

Hello Chris Hawk,

I don't see a AHCI Controller in the UEFi Boot Settings, only a PXE Device 1: NIC in Mezzanine. We haven't got a disk in the servers, we install esxi in the stateless mode using vSphere auto deploy.

 

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Chris

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April 11th, 2022 07:00

Thank you, sorry for the misunderstanding. Would you confirm the ESXi version, and that you have loaded the cert, as specified here for ESXi?

 

 

 

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April 11th, 2022 07:00

No worries, the esxi version is a Dell Image: 703-19193900-A02, the bios is the latest from the validated baseline.

I haven't uplaoded the mentioned certificates because I haven't got a local storage to upload this in the submenu for system security / . secure boot custom policy. But in the "authorized signature database" there are two vmware certificates, as default entries.

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Chris

 

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April 11th, 2022 13:00

MR.C2000,


Thank you. 

Would you confirm what you see for the following;

 


What do you have the Secure Boot Policy set for, Standard or Custom?

Have you configured the settings for the UEFI PXE, under Network Settings?

 


Let me know. 

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April 11th, 2022 22:00

Hello Chris,

I've opened a support request, when my request has been solved,

I'ill write a summary of the solution here.

 

regards

Chris

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