3–Driver Installation
Installing VMware Driver Software
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Install individual drivers using either:
Standard ESXi package installation commands (see
Procedures in the individual driver Read Me files
Procedures in the following VMware KB article:
You should install the NIC driver first, followed by the storage drivers.
Installing VMware Drivers
You can use the driver ZIP file to install a new driver or update an existing driver.
Be sure to install the entire driver set from the same driver ZIP file. Mixing drivers
from different ZIP files will cause problems.
To install the VMware driver:
1.
Download the VMware driver for the 41
xxx
Series Adapter from the VMware
support page:
2.
Power up the ESX host, and then log into an account with administrator
authority.
3.
Use the Linux scp utility to copy the driver bundle from a local system into
the
/tmp
directory on an ESX server with IP address 10.10.10.10. For
example, issue the following command:
#
scp qedentv-bundle-2.0.3.zip [email protected]:/tmp
You can place the file anywhere that is accessible to the ESX console shell.
b
For ESXi 6.5, the NIC and RoCE drivers have been packaged together and can be
installed as a single offline bundle using the standard ESXi installation commands. The
package name is
qedentv_3.0.7.5_qedrntv_3.0.7.5.1_signed_drivers.zip
. The
recommended installation sequence is NIC and RoCE drivers, followed by FCoE and
iSCSI drivers.