Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i - Manual (Page 47)

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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide 
June 2014
VMware ESX/ESXi 4.x and ESXi 5.x Driver Installation
Installing Async Drivers on the VMware ESXi 5.x OS
5. To install drivers using the offline bundle, type the following vihostupdate command, and press Enter.
vihostupdate onn_options> --install --bundle <offline-bundle>.zip
For example:
vihostupdate --server myesxhost --username root --password mypassword
--install --bundle driver-offline-bundle.zip
7.2 Installing Async Drivers on the VMware ESXi 5.x OS
An existing ESXi host can install drivers from a specific VIB file or from an megaraid_sas.zip file.
7.2.1 Existing ESXi Installation by using esxcli and Async Driver VIB File
An existing ESXi host can install async drivers from an async driver VIB file. The VIB file is copied to the ESXi host by
using the datastore browser, and then installed using the esxcli utility in the ESXi Shell.
NOTE This procedure requires remote ESXi network connectivity using
vSphere client.
Perform the following steps to install the async drivers:
1. Extract the contents of the async driver zip file.
2. Identify the megaraid_sas.zip file.
3. Extract the contents of the megaraid_sas.zip file.
4. Identify the file async-driver.vib.
5. Log in to the ESXi host using vSphere client with administrator privileges, such as root.
6. Using the Datastore Browser, upload the async-driver.vib file to an ESXi host’s datastore.
7. Enter the host into Maintenance mode.
NOTE You can enter host into maintenance mode through the vSphere
Client, or by adding the --maintenancemode option to the
esxcli
command.
8. Log in as root to the ESXi console through SSH or iLO/DRAC.
9. To install drivers from the VIB file (this action requires an absolute path), type the following command, and
press Enter.
esxcli software vib install –v /path/async-driver.vib
For example:
esxcli software vib install –v /vmfs/volumes/datastore/async-driver.vib
10. Reboot the ESXi host.
11. Exit Maintenance mode.
NOTE You can update an ESX host remotely by using the esxcli utility,
which is part of the vSphere CLI. For more details on using this utility,
refer to the vSphere Command-Line Interface Documentation page.