Lenovo 3200 Series, Installation Manual

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This section provides the following installation procedures for the CIM Provider:
• Initial Installation
• Subsequent Update Installation
Initial Installation
To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider using the
esxupdate
command (ESX systems only):
1. Copy the
offline-bundle.zip
file into the root directory (
/
) of the ESX system.
2. Issue the
esxupdate
command as follows:
# cd /
# esxupdate --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nodeps –nosigcheck --maintenancemode update
To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider from a remote host using the
vSphere CLI vihostupdate
command (ESXi systems only):
1. Copy the
offline-bundle.zip
file to any location on the host where either the vSphere CLI
package is installed or the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is hosted.
2. Navigate to the location of the
offline-bundle.zip
file.
3. Issue the
vihostupdate
command to install the offline bundle as follows:
# vihostupdate.pl <conn_options> --install --bundle
offline-bundle.zip --nosigcheck
For available options, refer to the
vihostupdate
page.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You may need to reboot the ESXi
system.
Subsequent Update Installation
To update the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider after a prior VIB installation:
1. Follow the instructions in “Removing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider” on page 11 to remove the
existing VIB.
2. Follow the instructions in “Initial Installation” on page 10 to install the new VIB.
Note: To update the provider from a remote host using the
vihostupdate
command, make sure
that the ESXi system is in maintenance mode. To put the ESXi host in maintenance mode
using vSphere Client, select
Inventory, select Host , and then select Enter Maintenance
Mode .
Note: For more details on
vihostupdate
, refer to the documents on the VMware vSphere
Command-Line Interface Documentation page, located here:
http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/
.