Installing The Esxi 6.X Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Driver; Updating An Existing Driver Or Installing A New Driver For An Existing Esxi Installation With Esxcli (For Esxi 6X Only) - Dell QMD8262-k User Manual

2–Driver Installation and Configuration
VMware Driver Installation and Configuration

Installing the ESXi 6.x Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Driver

Updating an Existing Driver or Installing a New Driver for an Existing ESXi
Installation with esxcli (for ESXi 6x Only)
To use the driver bundle <offline-bundle>.zip):
1. Copy the driver bundle (<offline-bundle>.zip) to this ESXi host.
2. Install the driver bundle (<offline-bundle>.zip) using the following
steps:
a.
b.
c.
To use the driver VIB:
1. Copy the driver VIB (for ESX 6.0:
qlnativefc-<driver-version>.0.0.<esx-build>.x86_64.vib)
to this ESXi host.
2. Install the driver VIB using the following esxcli commands:
a.
b.
Type the following command to make a temporary directory:
$ mkdir /install $ mv <offline-bundle>.zip /install $ cd
install
Unzip the driver bundle in the temporary directory:
$ unzip <offline-bundle>.zip
Run one of the following commands.
For ESX 6.x:
esxcli software vib install -n qlnativefc -d /install
Type the following command to make a temporary directory:
mkdir /install; cd /install
Run the following command:
esxcli software vib install -v <driver-vib-file>
For example, the output looks like the following:
esxcli software vib install -v
/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/qlnativefc-2.1.23.0-1OEM.6
00.0.0.2159203.x86_64.vib
34 CU0354602-00 L