Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI Installation And User Manual page 29

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ESXi 5.0 adp80xx.zip
After you copy the file, remove the Adaptec Installation DVD.
6. Launch vSphere PowerCLI, then follow the steps below to create the custom boot image:
a) At the PowerCLI prompt, add the VMware Image Builder snap-in by running the following cmdlet:
# Add-PSSnapIn VMware.ImageBuilder
Note: You will see a message if the Image Builder snap-in is already installed.
You can ignore this message.
Note: Continue using PowerCLI in Steps
b) Add the VMware ESXi 5.0 Software Depots:
# Add-EsxSoftwareDepot
C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows machine where the
software depot is stored.
c) Add the driver binary as a software depot:
# Add-EsxSoftwareDepot C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO\adp80xx.zip
where C:\ESXi5.0-PMC-CustomISO is the temporary folder on your Windows machine where the
software depot is stored.
d) Verify that the software depots are added:
# $DefaultSoftwareDepots
e) List ESX Image Profiles:
# Get-EsxImageProfile
You should see a display similar to this:
ESXi-5.0.0-469512-no-tools
ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard
f) Create a copy of the standard image profile, using the -CloneProfile option:
# New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -Name
"ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 7H"
g) At the Vendor prompt, type PMC-SIERRA and press
Vendor: PMC-SIERRA
h) Check if the new driver package is available:
# Get-EsxSoftwarePackage
i) Add the software package to the new image profile:
# Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile "ESXi 5.0 Adaptec Series 7H"
-SoftwarePackage scsi-adp80xx
j) Export the custom ISO image:
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Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide
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