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For Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent, you need to install Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent first and then install the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent package.
You must have system administrator privileges for VMware vSphere or vCenter.
If you want to use a static IP address rather than DHCP, you must know the following information:
Configure the network adapter on VMware vSphere before starting to deploy Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Baremetal Agent, which allows you to configure the network adapter mentioned in Step 20, c.