You can boot the ESXi installer directly from an HTTP server, without additional software to support the process.
Note: Do not mix IPv4 or IPv6 networking during the boot process. Use either IPv4 or IPv6 networking.
Prerequisites
Verify that your environment has the following components:
- ESXi host with UEFI firmware that supports the HTTP boot feature.
- ESXi installer ISO image, downloaded from the VMware Web site.
- Target host with a hardware configuration that is supported for your version of ESXi. See the VMware Compatibility Guide.
- Network adapter with UEFI networking support on the target ESXi host.
- DHCP server that you can configure for UEFI HTTP booting. See Sample DHCP Configurations
- (Optional) Installation script (kickstart file).
- Use a native VLAN in most cases. If you want to specify the VLAN ID to be used with PXE booting, check that your NIC supports VLAN ID specification.