Adaptec Command Line Utility - Installing the Adaptec CIM Provider

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Installing the Adaptec CIM Provider
Note: To copy the CIM Provider VIB file to the VMware ESXi server (in Step 2 below), you must
have access to a remote copy utility, such as WinSCP, putty, or Linux scp.
To install the Adaptec CIM Provider on VMware ESXi systems:
1 At the VMware ESXi console, press F2, enter the root password, enable SSH, then start the
ESXi Shell.
2 Using a remote copy utility, copy the CIM Provider VIB file for your operating system
version from the Adaptec Installation DVD to a local directory on the ESXi server. This
example uses Linux scp to copy the driver to the /tmp/arcconf-cim directory:
For VMware ESXi 4.0:
scp /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/esxi4_0/cim/vmware-esx-provider-adaptec-18815.vib
root@<esxi-server-ip>:/tmp/arcconf-cim
For VMware ESXi 4.1:
scp /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/esxi4_1/cim/arcconf-18815.zip root@<esxi-server-ip>:/
tmp/arcconf-cim
For VMware ESXi 5.0:
scp /mnt/cdrom/ASMCD/esxi5_0/cim/vmware-esx-provider-arcconf.vib root@<esxi-
server-ip>:/tmp/arcconf-cim
3 At the VMware ESXi console, press ALT-F1, then log in as root.
4 Install the bundle:
For VMware ESXi 4.0:
esxupdate -b /tmp/arcconf-cim/vmware-esx-provider-adaptec-18815.vib --nodeps
--nosigcheck --maintenancemode update
For VMware ESXi 4.1:
esxupdate --bundle=/tmp/arcconf-cim/arcconf-18815.zip --nodeps --nosigcheck -
-maintenancemode update
For VMware ESXi 5.0:
esxcli software vib install --maintenance-mode --no-sig-check -v /tmp/arcconf-
cim/vmware-esx-provider-arcconf.vib
5 Verify that the CIM Provider is installed:
For VMware ESXi 4.x:
esxupdate query
If the package installed successfully, you should see a line like this:
VMW_ARC_CLI_1.0-ESX-4.1.0-1.0 2011-03-21T18:06:36 ARC CLI provider: ESX
release
For VMware ESXi 5.0:
esxcli software vib list | grep arcconf