User`s guide

388 XgOS User’s Guide • September 2014
4. Save your current I/O configuration:
Where xgos-3.9.0.xml is the existing configuration file.
5. Disable the server profiles to both ESX Server hosts.
Where esx1 and esx2 are the server profiles.
In the next several steps, you will upgrade the host drivers on ESX Server 1.
Note – When upgrading a VMware server, be aware of the particular versions of
ESX server software, HCA firmware, and Xsigo host drivers required. Refer to the
Release Notes for a list of the compatible host drivers.
Make sure to select the compatible pair of drivers. Using incompatible drivers can
result in serious malfunction of your ESX Server.
6. Copy the host driver package to your host.
The host driver package contains both the InfiniBand stack and the Xsigo host
drivers
7. Check the version of the drivers installed on the system.
8. Remove the Xsigo drivers package:
Note – This process can take up to two minutes. Do not interrupt it
system export xgos-3.9.0.xml
set server-profile esx1 down
set server-profile esx2 down
scp </path/to/driver.zip> user@host:/mydrive
esxupdate query
---Bulletin ID---------- Installed----- --------------Summary-----
ESX410-Update01 2011-07-14T12:53:00 VMware ESX 4.1 Complete Update
XSIGO-4.1.0.260247.3.5.0-1 2011-07-19T09:31:18 Xsigo Systems Virtual Driver +
IB Bundle
esxupdate remove -b <bulletin-ID>