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    ESXi 5.5 Update 0 ImageBuilder Instructions For Adaptec RAID Controllers

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    VMware ESXi 5.

    5 (Update 0) ImageBuilder Instructions for Adaptec Controllers

    ESXi Customizer: Some Adaptec by PMC customers have reported that “ESXi Customizer”

    http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html

    enables users to generate a VMware ISO which includes the latest Adaptec driver in a streamlined uncomplicated
    fashion. All that is required is a VMware ISO and the desired Adaptec driver in .vib form. No access to VMware source
    code (offline bundles) is required, as is the case with the ImageBuilder procedure below. The ESXi Customizer procedure
    is simpler than ImageBuilder. Please use “ESXi Customizer” at your own discretion. ImageBuilder is officially supported
    by VMware.

    ImageBuilder Instructions:
    NOTE: If you are using a ESXi 5.5 Update 1 or Update 2 or new, download the “Driver Rollup” version of the ISO. Those
    versions contain a driver that can boot from all Adaptec controllers. An update to the latest driver can be performed after
    installation. ESXi 5.5 Update 0 does not contain such a driver. In that case, follow the instructions below.

    1.) Download Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft .NET 2.0 or greater (if not installed on your machine already) and
    install them on your Windows build machine. You can download PowerShell and Microsoft .NET from the Microsoft
    Download Center at www.microsoft.com/download.

    Note: PowerShell is preinstalled on Windows 2008 and Windows 7 and newer systems.

    2.) Run PowerShell as Administrator

    and set the execution policy to RemoteSigned:

    PowerShell> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

    Close the PowerShell window.

    3.) Download and install vSphere PowerCLI on your Windows build machine. You can download PowerCLI from the
    VMware Download Center at www.vmware.com/downloads (as of this writing it was VMware-PowerCLI-6.0.0-2548067).

    Note: You will need to provide account credentials to download this from the VMware website.
    4.) Download the VMware ESXi5.5 Standard Software Depot (as of this writing it was VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-
    depot.zip) and store in a temporary location on your Windows build machine (for example c:\vm). It is advantageous to
    use a short name near the root in order to save command line space.

    Note: You will need to provide account credentials to download this from the VMware website.

    5.) Copy aacraid-1.2.1.52033-offline_bundle-5082987.zip to the directory on the Windows machine where the offline
    bundle is stored (c:\vm).

    6.) Launch the vSphere PowerCLI. Change to the above mentioned directory (example: cd\ vm).

    7.) Add the software depots.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-depot.zip

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ aacraid-1.2.1.52033-offline_bundle-5082987.zip

    8.) Check the profiles.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Get-EsxImageProfile

    You should see something like this:

    ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-standard
    ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-notools

    9.) Create a copy of the standard image profile and set the acceptance level.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> New-EsxImageProfile –CloneProfile ESXi-5.5.0-1331820-standard –Name


    Image1 –AcceptanceLevel VMwareCertified

    When prompted for

    Vendor:

    enter

    VMware, Inc.

    10.) Check to see that the new driver package is available.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Get-EsxSoftwarePackage

    There should be something like this in the list:

    scsi-aacraid 5.5.5.2.1.52033-1OEM.550.0… Adaptec

    There will also be an in-box driver by the same name but different version.

    11.) Add the new scsi-aacraid software package to the new image profile.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Add-EsxSoftwarePackage –ImageProfile Image1 –SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid

    12.) Export your customized ISO image.

    PowerCLI c:\vm> Export-EsxImageProfile –ImageProfile Image1 –FilePath ESXi5.5.0-1331820-


    aacraid-b52033.iso -ExportToIso

    13.) Burn a CD, create a boot array on the Adaptec controller and boot from the CD to install ESXi 5.5 to the array.

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