One way to minimize the configuration of servers needed for the Auto Deploy infrastructure is to use the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) as the TFTP server.  Since Auto Deploy is built into the vCSA it has all the building blocks you need. Deploy your new vCSA Login and make sure all services are stopped (https://x.x.x.x:5480): ...

There are many options for setting up a TFTP server. It can be Linux, Windows, or even ran right off of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). Here are the steps I used to setup TFTP on CentOS: yum update 1 yum update yum install emacs tftp-server -y 1 yum install emacs tftp-server -y chkconfig --level ...