Install The Vxflex Os Drivers On An Esxi Server - Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node Operating System Installation Manual

Installing the Drivers

Install the VxFlex OS drivers on an ESXi server

Dell EMC recommends that you install all applicable VxFlex OS drivers on the ESXi server in preparation for installing
the VxFlex OS software.
Procedure
1. Download the VxFlex OS driver Zip file from
server.
2. Using a Windows OS-based system, unzip the file's contents to a temporary location on Drive C, such as
C:\temp.
The unzipped file displays a list of folders that correspond to the hardware components that may be installed on
your server.
3. Browse through the folders and locate the ESXi drivers that correspond to the hardware components installed
on the server.
4. Using an application such as winscp, copy the driver files to a temporary folder on the VxFlex OS server.
5. Log in to the ESXi host.
6. Get the list of drivers currently installed on the server:
esxcli software vib list
7. Compare the version for each vib in the Zip file to the version installed on the system, and make a note of the
drivers that need to be updated.
8. If none of the drivers need to be updated, skip the rest of this procedure. Otherwise:
For each driver being upgraded, run:
l
esxcli software vib install -d <driver_file>
For each driver being downgraded:
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a. Remove the current driver from the server:
esxcli software vib remove -d <driver_file>
Note: If the output instructs you to reboot the server at this point, ignore it.
b. Install the correct driver version:
esxcli software vib install -d <driver_file>
9. After all the new drivers are installed, reboot the ESXi host:
esxcli system shutdown reboot -r 'replace driver'
10. After the system has rebooted, view the results of the previous steps:
esxcli software profile get
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