Step 1: Configure BareMetal Provisioning

For BareMetal Provisioning Configuration, select the
Settings
tab in the
Connect to an Edge node
screen and then click on
Configure
.

You will see a list of Image files displayed on the screen. Select any one of the Image files.

Click on
Next
.
Enter the Hostname, Username, and Password.

Click on
Next
.
If you want to enable IDV, choose the
Enable
option.
The IDV feature should be enabled on the Host machine before it can be enabled here on the BareMetal.

Click on
Next
.
Select
Yes
if you want to deploy the workload. Else, choose
No
.
When the
Yes
option is selected, only those workload templates that can be deployed onto the BareMetal, based on the entered configurations, will be shown. Choose the workload template by clicking on the
Select
button.

You can also create a new workload template if you do not find a suitable one by clicking on
Click here
as shown in the below image. But doing this will take you out of the configuration flow.

Click on
Next
. In this screen, you can review details for the BareMetal Provisioning Configuration and go back to previous steps to make changes, if needed.

Click on
Configure
.
You will see a notification indicating that the BareMetal has been configured.

Once BareMetal is configured, boot up the target device in PXE Boot and select ESC_BareMetal_Profile from the PXE boot menu. This will start the OS installation process. For detailed steps regarding target device setup, refer to Pre-Setup for Target Device.
Once the OS installation process is started, the target device will register itself on ESC and it will be listed under the
Connection Pending
tab. Click
View logs
if you want to follow the ESC installation of the target device on the
Connection Pending
tab.
Once the OS installation process is completed, the target device will reboot and be onboarded automatically.
After the target device is onboarded, it will be displayed under
Connection Complete
tab.