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To have the Xsigo / Oracle vNICs and vHBAs available to the ESXi 5.0 OS for PXE or SAN Booting, you will need to inject the OVN host drivers into the native ESX OS. This procedure documents how to inject the Xsigo / Oracle devices into the ESXi 5.0 bundle.
 

The procedure for PXE Booting or SAN Booting an ESXi 5.0 host is the same as for an ESXi 4.0 host, with the exception of creating the injecting the Xsigo host drivers into the ESXi 5.0 bundle. The following text documents how to inject the OVN host drivers. Use the following text instead of the text for the remaster-iso script in the XgOS Remote Booting Guide.
 

After completing the following procedure, you can use the SAN Boot procedure for ESXi 4.0 hosts in that document to configure the ESXi 5.0 host for SAN Booting.
 

Considerations:
 

Be aware of the following:
 

• Creating the custom ISO is accomplished through Microsoft Windows PowerShell—and specifically the VMware vSphere PowerCLI plug-in for PowerShell. The Windows server will need this tool installed.

• Creating the custom ISO is supported on a Windows host server only. The server requirements are determined by the PowerShell application.

• You use a pre-configured ESXi bundle as a baseline, then inject the Xsigo bits into it. The OS file is available on VMware's website and is:
 

VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
 

 • You will need full administrative rights on the Windows server where you will be creating the custom ISO.
 

 Manually Injecting the OVN Host Drivers into the ESXi 5.0 Bundle.
 

 Before installing the new OVN host drivers, make sure that any previous version of host driver is removed:
 

esxcli software vib remove -n net-xsvnic -n scsi-xsvhba -n net-xscore-n net-ib-basic -n net-mlx4-en
 

The following procedure assumes  the working directory is:
 

 \images\New for the user “adminA”.
 

To inject the OVN host drivers into the ESXi 5.0 bundle, follow this procedure:
 

Step 1  Install PowerShell on the Windows server if you have not done so already.

Step 2  Install the PowerCLI plug-in if you have not done so already.

Step 3  Download the VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip file to the Windows server.

Step 4  Start PowerCLI.

Step 5  In PowerCLI, run the following commands to import the ESXi 5.0 bundle and the OVN host drivers into PowerCLI:
 

Add-EsxSoftwareDepot -DepotUrl C:\Users\adminA\Desktop\images\New\xsigo_5.0.0ESX.1-1vmw.500.0.0.406165.zip
 

Step 6  Run the following command to specify the profile that you want to use when creating the output ISO.
 

New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard -name "ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard-xsigo" 
 

Step 7  Run the following commands to add the IB stack and other dependencies to the depot.

Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard-xsigo -SoftwarePackage net-xsvnic
Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile ESXi-5.0.0-469512-standard-xsigo -SoftwarePackage scsi-xsvhba

 

Step 8  Run the following commands to create single output ISO containing all required files from the depot. The following example assumes unsigned drivers to provide the most complete example.
 

Supported Host Drivers
 

This section documents information about the supported ESX host drivers and how to obtain them.
 

Downloading Supported Drivers
 

You need access to the Oracle support site to download the drivers. To get the drivers:
 

Step 1  Log in to the support portal (https://edelivery.oracle.com/EPD/WelcomePage/get_form?) with a user name and password.

Step 2  Navigate to the SOFTWARE tab and select CURRENT.

Step 3  On that page, select the driver you need.
 

VMware ESXi 5.0 Host Drivers
 

For this release, host drivers for VMware ESXi Server 5.0 are:
 

VMware-ESXi-5.0.0-469512-depot.zip
 

Both the InfiniBand and OVN host drivers are contained in this bundle, which is a new packaging method for distributing Xsigo/Oracle host drivers. Due to this new packaging method, the method for installing the host drivers has changed. See: Installing 5.0.0-ESX Host Drivers Directly from the ESXi 5.0 Bundle
 

Note:  Xsigo/Oracle makes every effort to release signed, certified host drivers. However, on some occasions, Xsigo/Oracle might release unsigned drivers. If you receive unsigned OVN host drivers errors, the  Export-EsxImageProfile command has the -NoSignatureCheck option which will bypass signature checking.
 

Use the -NoSignatureCheck for unsigned drivers.  Omit the -NoSignatureCheck option if the drivers are signed.

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