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Initial Installation, Subsequent Update Installation

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This section provides the following installation procedures for the CIM Provider: • Initial Installation • Subsequent Update Installation Initial Installation To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider using the esxupdate command (ESX systems only): 1. Copy the offline-bundle.zip file into the root directory (/) of the ESX system. 2. Issue the esxupdate command as follows: # cd / # esxupdate --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nodeps -nosigcheck --maintenancemode update To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider from a remote host using the vSphere CLI vihostupdate command (ESXi systems only): Note: To update the provider from a remote host using the vihostupdate command, make sure that the ESXi system is in maintenance mode. To put the ESXi host in maintenance mode using vSphere Client, select Inventory, select Host, and then select Enter Maintenance Mode. 1. Copy the offline-bundle.zip file to any location on the host where either the vSphere CLI package is installed or the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is hosted. 2. Navigate to the location of the offline-bundle.zip file. 3. Issue the vihostupdate command to install the offline bundle as follows: # vihostupdate.pl --install --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nosigcheck For available options, refer to the vihostupdate page. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You may need to reboot the ESXi system. Note: For more details on vihostupdate, refer to the documents on the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface Documentation page, located here: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/. Subsequent Update Installation To update the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider after a prior VIB installation: 1. Follow the instructions in "Removing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider" on page 11 to remove the existing VIB. 2. Follow the instructions in "Initial Installation" on page 10 to install the new VIB. 8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter Page 10

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8200 Series Converged Network Adapter and 3200 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapter
Page
10
This section provides the following installation procedures for the CIM Provider:
•
Initial Installation
•
Subsequent Update Installation
Initial Installation
To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider using the
esxupdate
command (ESX systems only):
1.
Copy the
offline-bundle.zip
file into the root directory (
/
) of the ESX system.
2.
Issue the
esxupdate
command as follows:
# cd /
# esxupdate --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nodeps –nosigcheck --maintenancemode update
To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider from a remote host using the
vSphere CLI vihostupdate
command (ESXi systems only):
1.
Copy the
offline-bundle.zip
file to any location on the host where either the vSphere CLI
package is installed or the vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is hosted.
2.
Navigate to the location of the
offline-bundle.zip
file.
3.
Issue the
vihostupdate
command to install the offline bundle as follows:
# vihostupdate.pl <conn_options> --install --bundle
offline-bundle.zip --nosigcheck
For available options, refer to the
vihostupdate
page.
4.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. You may need to reboot the ESXi
system.
Subsequent Update Installation
To update the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider after a prior VIB installation:
1.
Follow the instructions in “Removing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider” on page 11 to remove the
existing VIB.
2.
Follow the instructions in “Initial Installation” on page 10 to install the new VIB.
Note:
To update the provider from a remote host using the
vihostupdate
command, make sure
that the ESXi system is in maintenance mode. To put the ESXi host in maintenance mode
using vSphere Client, select
Inventory,
select
Host
, and then select
Enter Maintenance
Mode
.
Note:
For more details on
vihostupdate
, refer to the documents on the VMware vSphere
Command-Line Interface Documentation page, located here:
.