SMI Base Image Installation on VMware

To install the SMI base image on VMware:

  1. Upload the SMI base image ISO into the datastore manually.

    Note

    Create a new folder to store these images separately.

  2. (Optional) Upload the NoCloud cloud-init ISO manually, if you have created it.

  3. Create a VM with access to the datastore, which has the SMI base image and NoCloud ‘cloud-init’ ISOs.

  4. Power on the VM

  5. Connect to the console