Installing Or Upgrading The Nvme Pcie Ssd Driver For Vmware Esxi 5.5 - Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD User Manual

Red Hat Packet Manager (RPM)s and are driver packaging methods that contain kernel modules,
instituted to better handle kernel update situations. To install or update the NVMe PCIe SSD driver:
1. Uncompress the zipped tarball driver release package.
2. Install the driver package using the command: rpm -ihv < driver rpm package name >.rpm
NOTE: Use rpm -Uvh <package name> when updating an existing package.
3. Restart the system for the driver update to take effect.
4. After the system restarts, verify that the driver has been installed with the system command: #
modinfo nvme
The version shown in the output must match with the version of the package.
5. Verify that the driver has been loaded with the system command: # lsmod | grep nvme or #
cat /proc/modules | grep nvme
These commands return nvme if the driver is loaded.
The NVMe PCIe SSDs are ready for use. See
Systems.
Installing Or Upgrading The NVMe PCIe SSD Driver For
VMware ESXi 5.5
NOTE: For a complete list of supported operating systems, see
NVMe PCIe SSD.
NOTE: Use the procedures in this section to install or upgrade the driver for VMware ESXi 5.5. To
ensure that you have the current version of the driver, download the latest VMware ESXi 5.5 driver
from dell.com/support. For more information, see
The VMware ESXi driver is provided in VIB (vSphere Installation Bundle) format, but you will need to
extract the driver from the *.zip file prior to installation. To install or upgrade the NVMe PCIe SSD driver:
1. Transfer the NVMe PCIe SSD driver to the ESXi host using either vSphere Client Browse Datastore or
an SFTP/FTP/SCP client.
Using the vSphere Client:
a. Navigate to the configuration.
b. Select Storage from the hardware section.
c. Right-click Datastore, and then select Browse.
d. Upload the PCIe SSD driver to the datastore.
Using an SFTP/FTP/SCP client:
a. Launch the SFTP/FTP/SCP program.
b. Extract the driver files from the *.zip file.
c. Copy the PCIe SSD driver file to a local folder on the host.
2. Power off all VMs running inside the ESXi host operating system.
3. Enable the ESXi shell service.
Using vSphere:
a. Navigate to the Configuration tab of the host IP.
b. Click Software → Security Profile.
c. Click Services → ESXi Shell → Properties.
Configuring NVMe PCIe SSDs In Different Operating
Supported Operating Systems For
Downloading NVMe PCIe SSD Drivers.
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