Users Guide

3–Driver Installation

Installing VMware Driver Software

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 Procedures in the following VMware KB article:

https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&

cmd=displayKC&externalId=2137853

You should install the NIC driver first, followed by the storage drivers.

Installing VMware Drivers

You can use the driver ZIP file to install a new driver or update an existing driver.

Be sure to install the entire driver set from the same driver ZIP file. Mixing drivers

from different ZIP files will cause problems.

To install the VMware driver:

1. Download the VMware driver for the 41xxx Series Adapter from the VMware

support page:

www.vmware.com/support.html

2. Power up the ESX host, and then log into an account with administrator

authority.

3. Use the Linux scp utility to copy the driver bundle from a local system into

the

/tmp directory on an ESX server with IP address 10.10.10.10. For

example, issue the following command:

# scp qedentv-bundle-2.0.3.zip root@10.10.10.10:/tmp

You can place the file anywhere that is accessible to the ESX console shell.

4. Place the host in maintenance mode by issuing the following command:

# esxcli --maintenance-mode

NOTE

The maximum number of supported qedentv Ethernet interfaces on an

ESXi host is 32 because the vmkernel allows only 32 interfaces to