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SuperServer Bundles owners aren't likely to be asking me questions about how to install ESXi 7.0 Update 1 on this system because it's now become quite simple, and this is great! The days of fiddling with CDs and DVDs burners are well behind us, and so are most X552/X557 woes. Cautiously optimistic, but the easiest install yet! The install and initial configuration procedure for ESXi has always been quite straight forward, but this detailed step-by-step will be extra helpful if you've never installed ESXi recently, and/or it's your first time using the HTML5 iKVM and the vSphere Host Client, which is also HTML5. Mounting the ISO over the network was very slow, so this Rufus based local disk to boot from is faster and more robust. I got confirmation that the Supermicro X10 platform which is Xeon D-1500 based won't be getting the ability to mount ISOs from the HTML5 iKVM interface, but the X11 platform which is Xeon D-2100 based will, or already has, but it's not a platform I have on hand to test. No HMTL5 iKVM ISO mounting for Xeon D-1500 So instead I used Rufus to create bootable media that would work for installing to the drive you just booted from, using the HTML5 iKVM to do the install.
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Not a fan of Java for massive security reasons, and unfortunate that Windows 10 has broken HTML5 iKVM mounting of network shares, also due to security issues.
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This requires a careful look at recommended firmware levels and driver VIBs, but the default inbox (native) drivers do seem to function fine. More extensive testing with native drivers, firmware, and Intel VIBs is still underway, on both my Bundle 1 Xeon D-1567, and my Bundle 2 Xeon D-1541 system. The Xeon D-1500's included Intel I350 1GbE RJ45 network connections seems to work fine, and the Xeon D-1500's Intel X552/X557 10GbE RJ45 network connections seem to work fine as well. On the Intel Xeon D-1500 systems I'm testing this fresh install procedure on, I'm delighted to say that it went well. Note, ESXi runs in RAM, so while boot times will be slightly slower off USB, once ESXi is booted, the operational speed won't be any different than if you installed to SATA, SAS, or even NVMe SSD.
Once you're on this fresh install of 7.0 Update 1, I'd still recommend using vLCM to launch your ESXi host updates though, and if that doesn't work for you, there's always the old-standy-by single-liner ESXCLI update method. Also handy in single-host situations, where you might not even have the strongly-recommended VMware vSphere VCSA appliance with built-in vLCM (vSphere Lifecycle Manager) which currently supports Dell, HPE, and Lenovo firmware updates. This is particular important in a home lab environment where you might not have any VMware official support should things go sideways. One advantage of this USB approach is that you can easily image the drive before doing upgrades, allowing you a robust easy way to fall back should anything go wrong. This is a basic overview document of the fresh install process, highlighting the steps that I walk you right through in the accompanying video below, should work on any supported VMware ESXi server. This article is still undergoing minor refinement based on further testing. Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Oct 19 2020) in
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