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Update prereqs to include virtual machine hardware details and minimum version requirements. Signed-off-by: Jason Benedicic <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Matrenichev <[email protected]>
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This guide will use the virtual IP ("VIP") functionality that is built into Talos in order to provide a stable, known IP for the Kubernetes control plane.
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This simply means the user should pick an IP on their "VM Network" to designate for this purpose and keep it handy for future steps.
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The Talos OVA image uses the `vmx-15` hardware version, this requires a minimum of **ESXi 6.7U2**.
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To check your version of ESXi refer to the following Broadcom
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[KB article](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/316595/build-numbers-and-versions-of-vmware-esx.html).
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More information regarding virtual machine hardware versions can be found in the following Broadcom
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[KB article](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/315655/virtual-machine-hardware-versions.html).
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## Create the Machine Configuration Files
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### Generating Base Configurations

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This guide will use the virtual IP ("VIP") functionality that is built into Talos in order to provide a stable, known IP for the Kubernetes control plane.
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This simply means the user should pick an IP on their "VM Network" to designate for this purpose and keep it handy for future steps.
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The Talos OVA image uses the `vmx-15` hardware version, this requires a minimum of **ESXi 6.7U2**.
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To check your version of ESXi refer to the following Broadcom
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[KB article](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/316595/build-numbers-and-versions-of-vmware-esx.html).
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More information regarding virtual machine hardware versions can be found in the following Broadcom
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[KB article](https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/315655/virtual-machine-hardware-versions.html).
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## Create the Machine Configuration Files
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### Generating Base Configurations

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