...
IMPORTANT: To set up a supported virtual appliance as an IB-FLEX, you must first define the hardware type of the virtual appliance as IB-FLEX before you configure it. Depending on the platform or environment in which you are installing IB-FLEX, you can define the hardware_type as parameter to IB-FLEX during the cloud-init process, or you can manually set the hardware type using the set hardware-type CLI command. For more information, see /wiki/spaces/NCG8/pages/22938534.
...