UCS Driver Installation for Common Operating Systems. Introduction. This document describes how to install device drivers on the Cisco Unified Computing System UCS for common operating systems. Prerequisites. Requirements. Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of these topics Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco Integrated Management Controller CIMCVirtual Machine ware VMware, Windows Server, or Linux Operating Systems OSComponents Used. ESXi and vCenter Server 5. Documentation VMware vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server 5. Documentation vSphere Installation and Setup Updated Information. In this tutorial we will setup a VMWare ESXi 5. Testlab for serving virtual machines on a smallscale server system from HP a Gen8. The information in this document is based on these hardware platforms The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared default configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command. Background Information Driver Definition. Step8-Ram-and-Cpu.jpg' alt='Install Network Card Driver Esxi Host' title='Install Network Card Driver Esxi Host' />Alternatively, you can install vCLI on Windows or Linux from where you want to remotely manage ESXi servers. If you dont want to install the package by yourself. How do I find the PCI ID for my storage or network controller If you have no operating system installed on the host that you want to use for ESXi but you know the. How to upgrade a ESXi 6. Quicktime 10 Serial Number Mac. ESXi 6. 5 via VMware Update Manager VUM. Detailed post with video upgrading my lab host via VUM. Hello, I mounted couple of SAN LUNs to an ESXi host with 2 Emulex HBA cards and created VMFS filesystem out of it, and mounted on a Linux Guest OS with. A device driver is software that is the interface between the OS and the hardware. The device driver translates general OS commands into specialized commands for a particular device, which allows the OS to communicate with hardware devices. Devices that Require a Driver. Here is a list of hardware devices that require device drivers Ethernet Network Interface Card ENICFibre Channel Network Interface Card FNICRedundant Array of Indepent Disks RAID Controller. Motherboard Chipset Video Card. Trusted Platform Module TPMDrivers Versus Firmware Device drivers are different from firmware. Device driver software is installed on the OS, whereas firmware is lower level code that is installed on hardware devices. Firmware is stored in non volatile memory, such as ROM, Erasable Programmable ROM EPROM, or flash memory. Driver Dependence on Firmware. Device drivers have a strong dependence on the device firmware. Device drivers must be compatible with the firmware level of a hardware device, so that they properly communicate with each other driver and firmware functionality must match for correct operation to take place. When Drivers Must be Installed and Updated. Device drivers come pre installed with operating systems such as Cisco OEM VMware ESXi images, or they can be manually installed post OS setup. Device drivers generally need to be updated after these procedures UCS firmware upgrades. Major OS upgradespatches Driver Versions Required. The UCS Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix outlines the driver versions that are required for a particular OS, device, and firmware combination. Follow these links for the Matrix Utility Tool and the Matrix PDFs Warning The driver versions listed on the matrix have been tested and verified by the Cisco Engineering Quality Assurance team, and it is crucial to install the correct driver otherwise, you might run into unexpected behavior which could lead to network outages. This example shows that an ENIC driver version of 2. B2. 00 M3 with a Virtual Interface Card VIC 1. ESXi 5. 1 U1, on UCS Release 2. Download the Driver Bundle. Complete these steps in order to download the driver bundle In a web browser, navigate to http www. Under Support, click Download Software. Click Unified Computing and Servers. Choose your server. Cisco UCS drivers are available for both Cisco UCS B Series Blade servers and Cisco UCS C Series Rack Mount. Click Unified Computing System UCS Drivers. Select the bundle you want to download, and click Download Now. Tip When you choose which driver bundle to download, it is important to select the driver bundle version that is most similar to the server firmware release. For example, if you run a UCS B Release 2. Tip Most VMware ESXi drivers are downloaded directly from www. This is often quicker than if you were to download the entire driver bundle. Identify Server Hardware Before you select the correct driver, you must identify what hardware devices are installed on the server. This section describes how to find the devices located on the UCS Manager and in the CIMC. UCS B Series. This example shows how to find the server inventory in UCS Manager. Server 11 has two adapter models installed the VIC 1. UCS C Series. This example shows how to find the server hardware devices in the CIMC. The server has a LSI 9. RAID controller installed. Identify the UCS Firmware Release Before the correct driver version is selected, the UCS release must be identifed. This section describes how to identify the current UCS release installed on the servers. UCS B Series In this example, the UCS B Series runs UCS Release 2. UCS C Series In this example, the UCS C Series runs UCS Release 1. OS Specifics This section describes how to check driver versions and how to install drivers on common OSs. VMware ESXi. Use these commands in order to check the current driver versions and VMware build Tip These commands are executed from the ESXi CLI. Secure Shell SSH must be enabled before an SSH session is initated. Command. Descriptionethtool i vmnic. XDisplays the Ethernet driver used by the specified vmnicvmkloadmod s drivername. Displays the driver version for a specified drivervmkloadmod s fnic. Displays the host bus adapter HBA driver version for the Cisco VICvmkloadmod s megaraidsas. Displays the LSI Mega. RAID driver version vmware vl. Displays the VMware build and patch levelesxcfg nics l. Lists the host vmnics and network interface card NIC modelsesxcfg scsidevs a. Lists the hosts HBAs and the associated driver name. These examples show that vmnic. Cisco VIC and a driver version of 1. These examples show that the Qlogic Host Bus Adapter HBA uses driver qla. Version 9. 01. 1k. Install the Driver. Complete these steps in order to install the driver Extract the contents of the driver zip file, and identify the. Use the Datastore Browser in order to upload the ESXi host datastore. Enter the host into Maintenance mode. Install the driver. ESXi 5. Use this command in order to install the driver on ESXi Release 5. Note If the drivers require a signature verification, run this command with the no sig check switch. Ensure that you use the full path to the file. ESXi 4. Use this command in order to install the driver on ESXi Release 4. Finish the Installation. After you install the driver with one of the previously mentioned commands, exit Maintenance mode and reboot the host. For more information on how to install drivers, reference the Related Information section at the end of this document. Useful VMware CLI Commands. Here are some other useful VMware commands that you can use when you install a driver Check Maintenance Mode Statusvim cmd hostsvchostsummary grep i maintenace. Check for Powered On VMsvim cmd vmsvcgetallvms. Power Off VMsvim cmd vmsvcpower. Enter Maintenance Modevim cmd hostsvcmaintenacemodeenter. Exit Maintenance Modevim cmd hostsvcmaintenacemodeexit. Microsoft Windows Server This section describes how to install a driver on a Microsoft Windows server. Check Current Driver Version. In order to check the device drivers in Microsoft Windows, use the Device Manager located in the Control Panel. Check Current Driver Version CLIFor Windows Server Core the Plug and Play Pn. P Utility PNPUtil. Missing Drivers Hardware devices with missing drivers are displayed in the Device Manager with a yellow question mark. These devices should be updated with the correct driver in order to prevent unexpected behavior. Install the Driver.