OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter Version 5.2 User's Guide

Deploy ISO profile (ESXi installation)

1. To launch the deployment wizard, go to Compliance & Deployment > Deployment > DEPLOY.
2. On the System Profile and ISO Profile Deployment Checklist page of the deployment wizard, verify the deployment checklist, and then click GET STARTED.
3. On the Select Server (s) page, select one or more servers.
   The Select Deployment Options page is displayed.
4. On the Select Deployment Options page, select ISO Profile (ESXi installation).
5. From the vCenter Name drop-down menu, select an instance of vCenter.
6. To select the vCenter destination container, click BROWSE, and select an appropriate data center or cluster on which you want to deploy an operating system.
7. From the ISO Profile drop-down menu, select an appropriate ISO profile.
8. Under Installation Target, select any of the following options:
   • First boot disk—deploys an operating system on the Hard Drive, Solid State Drive (SSD), or virtual drive created by RAID controllers.
   • Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)—deploys an operating system on the IDSDM. If an IDSDM is available on at least one of the selected servers, the Internal Dual SD Module option is enabled. If not, only the First boot Disk option is available.
     • If any one of the selected servers does not support an IDSDM or BOSS module, or if an IDSDM or BOSS is not installed in the servers during deployment then the deployment operation on those servers is skipped.

       To deploy an operating system on the first boot disk of the servers, select the Deploy the hypervisor to the first boot disk for servers that do not have an available Internal Dual SD Module check box.

     NOTE The First boot disk installation target is not equivalent to the first entry in the BIOS Hard Drive Sequence or UEFI Boot sequence. This option deploys an operating system on to the first disk identified by the ESXi pre-OS environment. Ensure that the Hard-Disk FailOver or Boot sequence retry option is enabled when the First Boot Disk option is selected.
   • BOSS—deploys an operating system on the BOSS card. If BOSS is available on at least one of the selected servers, the BOSS option is enabled. If not, only the First boot Disk option is available.

     If you are using OMIVV to deploy an operating system on the BOSS controller, ensure that system profile is captured from the reference server along with the BOSS VD configuration and target server must have a BOSS with similar configuration. For more information about creating VD, see Dell EMC Boot Optimized Server Storage-S1 User's Guide at www.dell.com/support.

9. On the Select Host Credential Profile page, perform the following tasks:
   1. To use the same host credential profile for all hosts, click YES, and then perform the following tasks:
      1. Select the host credential profile from the drop-down menu.
      2. Enter password.

         The following are applicable for root user during deployment:

         • For ESXi 6.5 and earlier version, the password that is entered in host credential profile is used.
         • For ESXi 6.7 and later version, the password that is entered in the deployment wizard is used.
         • For ESXi 6.5 and earlier version, if password is not entered in host credential profile, the password that is entered in deployment wizard is used. Update the ESXi credentials at host credential profile to ensure inventory is run successfully after Operating System (OS) deployment.
   2. To select the individual host credential profile for each server, click NO, and then perform the following tasks:
      1. Select the host credential profile from the drop-down menu.
      2. Enter root password. To view the entered password, click the eye icon.

      Ensure that you enter correct password because confirm password option is not available.

   NOTE If AD credentials are used for iDRAC or ESXi in host credential profile, those profiles are not considered for an operating system deployment.

   NOTE In host credential profile, it is recommended that you associate the user that is used to discover the bare-metal, else the discovered user gets disabled in iDRAC after operating system deployment.
10. On the Configure Network Settings page, perform the following tasks:
    1. Enter a Fully Qualified Host Name (FQDN) for the server. A fully qualified domain name for the hostname is mandatory. The use of localhost for the FQDN is not supported. The FQDN is used when adding the host to vCenter. Create a DNS record that resolves the IP address with the FQDN. Configure the DNS server to support reverse lookup requests. The DHCP reservations and DNS host names must be in place and verified before the deployment job is scheduled to run.
       NOTE If vCenter is registered with OMIVV using FQDN, ensure that the ESXi host could resolve the FQDN using DNS resolution .
    2. Select the NIC that is used for management network. Ensure that NIC is in connected state.
       NOTE Ensure that you select the management NICs based on the network connectivity to the OMIVV. The APPLY SETTINGS TO ALL SERVERS option is not applicable for management NIC selection.
    3. Select the OMIVV network instance that has access to vCenter. For more information, see System profile and ISO profile deployment.
    4. Select any of the following networking options:
       • For static, enter the preferred DNS server, alternate DNS server, IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
       • Use VLAN—When a VLAN ID is provided, it is applied to the management interface of an operating system during deployment and tags all traffic with the VLAN ID. Server Identification assigns new names and network identification to deployed servers. For more information, see VLAN support.
       • Use DHCP—The DHCP assigned IP address is used when adding the host to vCenter. When using DHCP, it is recommended that an IP reservation for selected NIC MAC addresses is used.
11. On the Schedule Deployment Job page, do the following:
    1. Enter the deployment job name and description.
    2. To run the deployment job immediately, click Run Now.
    3. To schedule the job to run later, click Schedule later, and then select the date and time.
    4. Select the Go to the Jobs page after the job is submitted check box.
       You can track the status of the job on the Jobs page. For more information, see Deployment jobs.
12. Click FINISH.
    NOTE After performing an operating system deployment on bare-metal servers, OMIVV clears all the iDRAC jobs.

    The ISO profile deployment job that is scheduled at older version of OMIVV is not valid in latest version of OMIVV. Cancel the scheduled job and create a deployment job as required.

    Deployment job fails if the scheduled job is not canceled. In this case, discover the server as bare-metal and create ISO profile deployment job.