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After deploying the NIOS virtual appliance, you must create a VM in the Prism web console. To create a VM, complete the following steps: 

1. Log on to the Prism web console.
2. Click Home > VM > Create VM. The Create VM dialog box appears.
3. Complete the following:
   • Name: Enter a name for the VM.
   • Description: Enter a description for the VM.

   • Timezone: Enter a local time zone at which the VM must operate.

     Note
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     When setting up the NIOS virtual appliance, ensure that you do not select the "Use this VM as an agent VM" option.

   • vCPU(s): Enter the number of virtual CPUs to allocate to this VM.
   • Number of Cores per vCPU: Enter the number of cores assigned that you want to assign to each virtual CPU.
   • Memory: Enter the amount of memory (in MiBs) to allocate to this VM.
   • Click the Add New Disk button to attach a disk to the VM. In the Add Disk screen, select complete the following:
     1. Type as From the Type drop-down list, select Disk.
     2. Operation as From the Operation drop-down list, select Clone from Image Service.
     3. From the Bus Type as  drop-down list, select SCSI.
     4. In From the Image field drop-down list, select the image that you uploaded when deploying the virtual appliance.
        
     5. Click Add.

   • Select Legacy BIOS to boot the VM with legacy BIOS firmware.

   • Click the Add New NIC button to create a network interface for the VM. You must add at least two network interfaces. It is mandatory that you add the MGMT and LAN1 interfaces. You can add a maximum of four network interfaces. Complete the following steps:
     1. Select the VLAN NameFrom the VLAN Name drop-down list, select the required VLAN name.
     2. Ensure that the Network Connection State is Connected.
     3. Click Add.
        
   • (Optional) Enable Custom Script if you want to customize the VM by running a cloud-init script.
4. Click Save.
5. Start a command prompt and run the following commands from the Nutanix controller VM:
   1. Run the acli vm.list command and note the VM name and VM user ID.
   2. If you have enabled Custom Scriptthe custom script, create a serial port by using the following command:

      acli vm.serial_port_create <VM name> index=0 type=kServer

   3. For the VM to function properly, turn off the VM branding using the following command:

      acli vm.update <VM uuid> disable_branding=true

6. Back in In the Prism web console, select the new VM in the VM table, and then click the Power On button to start the VM.

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