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youngstorm1234
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How do I use update manage to auto install ESXi patches based on VIC model?

Hi,

I am running vSphere 5.5 on blades running ESXi 5.5 on Cisco UCS. Some blades have the VIC model M81KR and some have the 1280 VIC. I want to install the correct version of the enic and fnic drivers for each blade. I'm thinking it might be possible to create a baseline in vSphere's update manager to detect which VIC is installed then install the correct version of each driver accordingly.

If I were coding this, here's the psudocode:

if (VIC == M81KR)

    install enic-1.2.3

    install fnic-a.b.c

else if (VIC == 1280)

    install enic-4.5.6

    install fnic-x.y.z

else

    install some.other.drivers

I have not been able to figure out how to make update manager test for VIC versions. I'm not ever sure it can. Perhaps some other technology is needed??

Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thank you,

Mike

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