There are many options to install VMware ESXi 7.
- Interactive ESXi Installation which is recommended for small deployments of fewer than five hosts. You boot the installer from a CD or DVD, a bootable USB device, or by PXE booting the installer from a location on the network. Then follow the prompts in the installation wizard to install ESXi to disk.
- Scripted ESXi Installation which is an efficient way to deploy multiple ESXi hosts with an unattended installation. To configure multiple hosts with the same settings, create an installation script contains the host configuration settings. The installation script must be stored in a location that the host can access by HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, NFS, CDROM, or USB.
- vSphere Auto Deploy ESXi Installation which is for vSphere 5.x and later provide several ways to install ESXi with vSphere Auto Deploy. vSphere Auto Deploy can provision hundreds of physical hosts with ESXi software. vCenter Server makes ESXi updates and patches available for download in the form of an image profile. The host configuration is provided in the form of a host profile. You can create host profiles by using the vSphere Client. You can create custom image profiles by using vSphere ESXi Image Builder.
