Deploy the vCenter Server Appliance with an External Platform Services Controller by Using the GUI

You can use the GUI installer to perform an interactive deployment of a vCenter Server Appliance and register it with an existing external Platform Services Controller instance. You must run the GUI deployment from a Windows, Linux, or Mac machine that is in the network on which you want to deploy the appliance.

Figure 1. Deployment Workflow of a vCenter Server Appliance with an External Platform Services Controller

Prerequisites

• See Prerequisites for Deploying the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller Appliance.
• See Required Information for Deploying a vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller Appliance.
• Verify that you have installed or deployed the Platform Services Controller instance with which you plan to register the vCenter Server Appliance.