esxi/network-kickstart-vlan
Set the ESXi software install acceptance level.
Sets the VLAN tag ID (VLANID) for the kickstart installation network settings.
Note that there are three possible places you may want/need to set a VLANID:
- At PXE boot time for the kernel - use
kernel-options
andvlanid=N
syntax - During the installation phase in the kickstart process - use the Param
esxi/network-kickstart-vlan
- After final reboot, to transition to a "production" or similar network, use the Param
esxi/network-firstboot-vlan
In many cases, the provisioning network may or may not be a VLAN tagged
network, which may very likely be different from the final installed
ESXi production use case network configuration. On firstboot
, you
can specify values separately from the installation phases to support
network transitions from install to production use.
If you set a different value for the firstboot
stage VLANID, you
must also ensure the network settings are correctly reflected for the
new VLAN. Your options are to use DHCP or Manual modes in this case
(see esxi/network-type
Param). Convert would not be correct in
this case as the provisioning network is likely to not be the same
IP address space as a production network when changing VLANIDs.
Valid values as defined by VMware for this field are from 1
to 4095
.