Bootstrap
the VM-Series Firewall on ESXi with a Block Storage Device
Use these instructions to bootstrap the VM-Series
firewall on an ESXi server using a block storage device.
Create the bootstrap package and the virtual hard
disk.
Create the bootstrap package.
Deploy a Linux virtual machine.
On the Linux machine, Prepare the Bootstrap Package.
You can leave the folder empty, but you must have all four folders.
Attach a new data disk less than 39 GB to the Linux
virtual machine.
Partition the disk and format the file system as ext3.
Make a directory for the new file system and mount
the disk to the Linux virtual machine.
Copy the contents of your bootstrap package to the
disk.
Unmount the disk.
Detach the disk from the Linux virtual machine. Take
note of the Disk File describing the bootstrap disk you created;
it shows the datastore name and path to the disk. Additionally,
do not check the Delete Files From Datastore check box; doing so
deletes the disk.
Select the VM-Series firewall from the Inventory
list.
Click
Edit Settings
and select
Virtual
Hardware
.
From the New Device drop-down, select
Existing
Hard Disk
. Select the bootstrap disk according to the
datastore and path noted previously.
Power on the firewall. The firewall will begin with
the bootstrapping process, which will take several minutes. The
status messages on the success or failure of the process will display
on the console.