How to install additional driver on ESXi 4.0 U1

[UsusalSuspect]

Hi there...

i got a lil problem with my ESXi 4.0.0 build-219382. I implemented a new NIC "Intel E1G44ET"

This NIC shoud be supported. If i understand it right, i have to install additional drivers on my ESXi Server.

I found a "how to" on the vmware webpage:

1. Power on the ESX or ESXi host.

2. Place the driver CD in the CD-ROM drive of the host where either the vSphere CLI package is installed or vMA is hosted.

3. Mount the driver CD.

4. Navigate to <cd mount point>/offline-bundle/ and locate the INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12-offline_bundle-166506.zip file.

5. Run the vihostupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle.

vihostupdate <conn_options> --install --bundle INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12-offline_bundle-166506.zip

My Problem is, i dont know how to do Step. 3 "Mount the driver CD" in shell.

Is there a how-to you may link, or tell me a easy way how to bring the nic "online"?

thanks a lot 4 ur help!

[DSTAVERT]

From the command line on the vMA

>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

Step 4 would then be

>cd /mnt/offline-bundle/ and locate the INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.19.12-offline_bundle-166506.zip

[UsusalSuspect]

Hi,

problem is, there is no "/dev/cdrom"!! so, if i type "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt" (i created the folder "/mnt" before) iget the respons

"mount: mounting /dev/cdrom on /mnt failed: no such file or directory"

[DSTAVERT]

Type dmesg at the command prompt.

The last events should show you what device the cdrom is using.

[UsusalSuspect]

„dmesg: not found“

[UsusalSuspect]

i guess i found the cdrom drive on:

/vmfs/devices/genscsi/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1 (thats the path if i mount the physic CD -Rom to a virtual machine)

i created a folder:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom

changed the attrib:

chmod 777 /mkdir/cdrom

and tryed to mount:

mount /vmfs/devices/genscsi/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T1 /mnt/cdrom

NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY

[Yann77 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

(just edited the message, the cdrom can be mounted from both /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrom-hda in my vma)

Here is what I had to do to mount the iso and install the driver on my vSphere Management Assistant console:

First, I attach the iso using vSphere client on my VMA vm. then:

sudo mkdir /media/cdrom

sudo mount /dev/cdrom-hda /media/cdrom

vihostupdate --server <ipaddress.or.fqdn> --install --bundle /media/cdrom/offline-bundle/INT-intel-lad-ddk-igb-1.3.9.19.12-offline_bundle-166506.zip

It will ask for the username password and install the update. Then reboot the ESXi .

If your vMA does not make available the /dev/cdrom, you could deploy the OVF in a new vm and try again.

HTH,

Yann

Message was edited by: Yann77

[UsusalSuspect]

jap, that works fine!

small step for u, but giant for me

[Yann77]

Glad to help. I am learning too .