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Select the Vendor and provide the storage model in keywords – click update Open the vmware compatibility guide – select the Storage/SAN as shown below.

Vmware esxi 5 documentation drivers#

Verifying Storage and SAN devices compatibility and Drivers Recommended BIOS and hardware firmware details will be shown as below. As shown below One model supports till 6.5 U1 while other supports 6.7 as well.Ĭlick on the ESXi version to find supported hardware firmware details. Search for the exact server Model with CPU as shown below and find if the desired ESXi version is compatible or not. Open vmware compatibility guide – Just select the Partner Name (vendor) – in the keyword provide server Model – click update and view results. Verifying Hardware compatibility & BIOS firmware NIC and HBA compatibility is covered in drivers section below. Its very important to check the Servers, Storage, NIC Cards and HBA Cards compatibility before planning for the upgrade or implementation of ESXi. Hardware compatibility can be verified here. VMWare products compatibility can be verified here. Verifying the VMWare products compatibility and hardware compatibility is very important.

Integrations with vCenter server like backup, SRM and other.

VM RDM Lun details – with the SCSI ID mapping for each lun, RDM type (physical/virtual), pointer location.

Hardware version of all VM’s, VMWare tools installation status.

All VM’s Name,OS, IP, port group, Datastore details.

EVC Mode information and server maximum supported EVC mode.

Standard switch or Distributed switch in use with its port groups, uplinks and vLan details.

Existing Server hardware model, Make along with NIC and HBA cards info.( this is important if same hardware is used for upgrade).

Existing ESXi Hosts Version and Build no.

After getting the information from RVTools we need to analyze the info and gather below information. Thanks to RVTools which will do this in just couple of minutes. Gathering the existing vSphere environment details is very important.

Migrating VM’s with RDM (Physical / Virtual)įor the successful migration we need to know the existing environment completely.

Migrating VM’s between ESXi hosts of Different Versions under same vCenter server.

Migrating VM’s from Old vCenter to NEW vCenter ( no VC upgrade).

vCenter server Upgrade from existing VC 5.x.

Fresh Installation of vCenter without Upgrade.

Upgrading vCenter server from 6.0 or later to 6.7.

Upgrading vCenter server from 5.x to 6.7.

Upgrading vCenter server from 5.5 or later to 6.5 or 6.5 U1.

Upgrading vCenter server from 5.0 or 5.1 to 6.5 or 6.5 U1.

Vmware esxi 5 documentation how to#

How to install/Update the Driver on ESXi.Support and Driver for Storage HBA Cards.Support and Driver for Network NIC Cards.Supported Drivers & Firmware for Hardware.Decide the vSphere 6.x version to be upgraded to.Verifying Storage and SAN devices compatibility and Drivers.Verifying Hardware compatibility & BIOS firmware.Verify compatibility and upgrade matrix.