Lenovo ThinkServer RD440 - Installing Drivers for the Vmware Esxi 5.1 Update 1 Hypervisor; Installing the Vmware Esxi 5.5 Hypervisor

secondswithouteditinganyoptions.WhentheLoadingESXiinstallerwindowisdisplayed,waitfora
fewseconds.WhentheVMwareESXi5.1.0windowisdisplayed,waitforafewseconds.
3.Whenthewelcomewindowisdisplayed,pressEnter.
4.PressF11toacceptthelicenseagreementandcontinuewiththeinstallation.
5.SelectadriveforinstallationandpressEnter.
6.WhentheConfirmDiskSelectionwindowisdisplayed,pressEnter.
7.SelectakeyboardlayoutandpressEnter.
8.SetarootpasswordandpressEnter.
Note:Therootpasswordmustcontainatleastsevencharacters.
9.PressF11tostarttheinstallationprocess.
10.WhentheInstallationCompletewindowisdisplayed,pressEntertorestarttheserver.Theinstallation
finishes.Removethediscfromtheopticaldrive.
InstallingdriversfortheVMwareESXi5.1Update1hypervisor
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalldriversfortheVMwareESXi5.1Update1hypervisor.
ToinstalldriversfortheVMwareESXi5.1Update1hypervisor,dothefollowing:
1.DownloadthedriverfilefromtheLenovoWebsite.Ensurethatthenameofthedriverfileyoudownload
isoffline-bundle.zip.Themostup-to-datedevicedriversforvariousservermodelsarealwaysavailable
ontheLenovoWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/drivers
2.LogintotheESXihostasanadministratorusingthevSphereClient.
3.Uploadtheoffline-bundle.zipfiletotheESXihostusingtheDatastoreBrowser.
4.InthevSphereClientinventory,right-clickthehostandselectEnterMaintenanceMode.
5.LogintotheESXihostasarootuserusingSSHoriLO/DRAC.
6.Usethefollowingcommandtoinstallthedrivers:
esxclisoftwarevibinstall–d/path/ofine-bundle.zip
Example:
esxclisoftwarevibinstall–d/vmfs/volumes/datastore/ofine-bundle.zip
Note:Ifyouarepromptedtoverifythedigitalsignatureforthedrivers,add–no-sig-checktothe
command.
esxclisoftwarevibinstall-v/vmfs/volumes/datastore/lename.vib–no-sig-check
7.Restartyourserver.
8.InthevSphereClientinventory,right-clickthehostandselectExitMaintenanceMode.
InstallingtheVMwareESXi5.5hypervisor
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltheVMwareESXi5.5hypervisor.
ToinstalltheVMwareESXi5.5hypervisor,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheinstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetasthefirststartupdevice.Then,
starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.WhenthemessagePressTabtoeditoptionsisdisplayed,youcanpressTabandtheneditoptions
asyouneed.Thefollowingstepsarebasedonthescenariothatyouhavewaitedforaroundeight
secondswithouteditinganyoptions.WhentheLoadingESXiinstallerwindowisdisplayed,waitfora
fewseconds.WhentheVMwareESXi5.5.0windowisdisplayed,waitforafewseconds.
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