Installing With Vmware Esxi 5.0 - Adaptec CDP-00277-01-A Installation And User Manual

5. Insert the CD containing the driver, then click OK.
6. Select the driver from the displayed list, click OK, then follow the on-screen instructions to load the
driver.
7. Complete the VMware installation, following the on-screen instructions.
8. Reboot your computer, then remove the VMware Installation CD.
Note: You may see a warning that the controller driver is not certified by VMware
(no signature attached). You can ignore this message.

Installing with VMware ESXi 5.0

Note: You will need a writable CD to complete this task. You must have administrator
privileges to create the driver disk and install the driver image.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver with VMware ESXi 5.0, you must create a custom boot
image using the VMware Image Builder tool. The VMware Image Builder is distributed as a snap-in
component for vSphere PowerCLI, a command-line and scripting tool from VMware based on Microsoft
PowerShell.
You can download PowerCLI from the VMware Download Center at www.vmware.com/downloads. To
perform the installation, you will also need to download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot
from the VMware Download Center.
Note: In the following instructions, perform Steps
to build the custom boot image, and Steps
install the custom image. Be sure to install the prerequisite software first, including
Powershell and Microsoft .NET 2.0, before you install PowerCLI or create the custom
boot image.
To install the Adaptec RAID controller driver while installing VMware ESXi 5.0:
1. Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 (if not installed on your machine already)
and install on your Windows build machine. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from
the Microsoft Download Center at www.microsoft.com/download.
Note: PowerShell is preinstalled on many Windows systems, including Windows
Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
2. Download and install vSphere PowerCLI on your Windows build machine. You can download PowerCLI
from the VMware Download Center at
VMware-PowerCLI-5.0.0-374833.exe).
3. Run PowerShell as Administrator, then set the execution policy to Remote Signed:
# Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
4. Download the VMware ESXi5.0 Standard Software Depot (for example,
vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
build machine. You can download the software depot from the VMware Download Center at
www.vmware.com/downloads. When you start the download, be sure to choose "ESXi Offline
Bundle".
Note: You may need to provide account credentials to download the software
depot from the VMware Web site.
5. Insert the Adaptec Installation DVD, navigate to the Linux driver folder, then copy the Adaptec
AACRAID driver binary to a temporary location on the Windows build machine:
Options Description
ESXi 5.0 aacraid-esxi5.0-1.2.1.xxxxx.zip
where xxxxx is the build number.
After you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD.
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