VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 150
serialnum or vmserialnum optional, network optional, paranoid optional, Swiss German
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vSphere Installation and Setup n Swiss German n Turkish n US Dvorak n Ukranian n United Kingdom serialnum or vmserialnum (optional) Deprecated in ESXi 5.0.x. Supported in ESXi 5.1. Configures licensing. If not included, ESXi installs in evaluation mode. --esx= Specifies the vSphere license key to use. The format is 5 five-character groups (XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX). network (optional) Specify a network address for the system. --bootproto=[dhcp| static] --device= Specify whether to obtain the network settings from DHCP or set them manually. Specifies either the MAC address of the network card or the device name, in the form vmnicNN, as in vmnic0. This options refers to the uplink device for the virtual switch. --ip= Sets an IP address for the machine to be installed, in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Required with the --bootproto=static option and ignored otherwise. --gateway= Designates the default gateway as an IP address, in the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Used with the --bootproto=static option. --nameserver= Designates the primary name server as an IP address. Used with the -bootproto=static option. Omit this option if you do not intend to use DNS. The --nameserver option can accept two IP addresses. For example: -nameserver="10.126.87.104[,10.126.87.120]" --netmask= Specifies the subnet mask for the installed system, in the form 255.xxx.xxx.xxx. Used with the --bootproto=static option. --hostname= Specifies the host name for the installed system. --vlanid= vlanid Specifies which VLAN the system is on. Used with either the --bootproto=dhcp or --bootproto=static option. Set to an integer from 1 to 4096. --addvmportgroup=(0|1) Specifies whether to add the VM Network port group, which is used by virtual machines. The default value is 1. paranoid (optional) Causes warning messages to interrupt the installation. If you omit this command, warning messages are logged. 150 VMware, Inc.