Having completed the Auto Deploy installation procedure, let's walk-through the different modes you can use to configure vSphere Auto Deploy. There are three possible installation types you can use:
- Stateless: The ESXi image is not technically installed but it is loaded directly into the host's memory as it boots.
- Stateless caching: The image is cached on the local disk, remote disk, or USB. If the Auto Deploy server is not available, the host boots from the local cache.
- Stateful: The image is cached on the local disk, remote disk, or USB. As compared to stateless caching, the boot order is inverted; the host boots first from local disk then from the network.
Let's have a look at the different procedures to configure Auto ...
