This procedure will leverage the Virtual USB function on appropriately licensed xClarity Controllers to aid in deployment, which is particularly useful when doing deployment over a routed network with minimal external configuration.

### Ensure net attributes contain the networking configuration

For static IP deployments, it is important that confluent be given the prefix length and the gateway.

```
# nodeattrib d1 net.ipv4_address=192.168.16.35/24 net.ipv4_gateway=192.168.16.254
d1: 192.168.16.35/24
d1: 192.168.16.254
```

### Set the desired profile to be pending

```
# nodeattrib d1-d4 deployment.pendingprofile=rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d1: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d2: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d3: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
d4: rocky-8.7-x86_64-default
```

### Create an identity image

The identity image contains credentials, network configuration, and information about the deployment server.

```
# confetty set /noderange/d1-d4/deployment/ident_image=create
created: nodes/d2/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d4/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d3/deployment/ident_image
created: nodes/d1/deployment/ident_image
```

### Upload the identity image to the xClarity Controller

```
# noderun d1-d4 nodemedia {node} upload /var/lib/confluent/private/identity_images/{node}.img
d1: d1: initializing:   0%
d2: d2: initializing:   0%
d4: d4: initializing:   0%
d3: d3: initializing:   0%
d1: d1: upload: 100%
d2: d2: upload: 100%
d4: d4: upload: 100%
d3: d3: upload: 100%
d4: d4: complete: 100%
d3: d3: complete: 100%
d1: d1: complete: 100%
d2: d2: complete: 100%
d4: d4: d4.img
d3: d3: d3.img
d2: d2: d2.img
d1: d1: d1.img
```

### Attach the boot image for the desired profile

```
# nodemedia d1-d4 attach http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img
d1: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d1: d1.img
d2: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d2: d2.img
d3: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d3: d3.img
d4: http://172.30.1.5/confluent-public/os/rocky-8.7-x86_64-default/boot.img (insecure)
d4: d4.img
```

### Boot nodes to usb to commence deployment

```
# nodeboot d1-d usb
d1: usb
d1: reset
d2: usb
d2: reset
d3: usb
d3: reset
d4: usb
d4: reset
```

### Deployment should proceed to completion

From this point forward, deployment should proceed automatically, similar to how it would progress with a network based deployment.