Upgrade Exsi 5.5 to 6.5 or 6.7

[gerar2vzla]

Hello Guys,

I write because I have a question to perform the ESXI update

I have ESXi 5.5 and I would like to make this update. I have seen the documentation and video on youtube, the offline process seems to be simple to do, but this raises some doubts for me.

1) where can I download ISO 6.5 or 6.7

2) my hardware will be compatible, I have a dell R320

I hope you can help me with these questions, Thank you.

[harry89]

Hey there ,

• ESXi 5.5 or later can be directly upgraded to 6.5 or U1
• ESXi 5.x  cannot be directly upgraded to 6.7 an intermediate upgrade to 6.0 is required.
• ESXi 6.0 or later can be directly upgraded to 6.7

For compatibility guide of power-edge :dell R320  it depends on the CPU family

For instance

CPU : E5-1400-v2 Series  is not compatible with esxi 6.5

However:

CPU Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series is compatible

Compatibility guide :VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search

Cheers!

[scott28tt]

You would need new license keys as well as the software ISOs.

These KB articles will help:

VMware Knowledge Base​

VMware Knowledge Base​

And here's the download page: (you can select between 6.5 and 6.7)

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphe...