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How to customize an OS image integrated with a storage controller driver on B5700 G3

2021-06-29 Published

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Configuration Steps

For successful OS installation, you must use an OS image integrated with a storage controller driver if a storage controller has been installed on the server.

1.First prepare the storage controller driver,original VMware ESXI OS image and ESXI-Customizer-PS in the same directory. (Here we take B5700 G3 for example)


2. Run VMware PowerCLI and execute the cd command to enter the directory where the driver resides.


3. Execute the #Add-esxsoftwareDepot -DepotUrl driver_file_name.zip command to load the driver file.


4. Execute the #Get-EsxSoftwarePackage command to obtain the driver name.In this example,the driver name is smartpqi


5. #Execute the Add-esxsoftwareDepot -depoturl os_image_file_name.zip command to load the OS image


6. Execute the #Get-EsxImageProfile command to obtain the name of the target configuration file


7. Execute the #Add-EsxSoftwarePackage-ImageProfile configuration_file_name SoftwarePackage driver_name command to integrate the OS image and the driver.


8. Execute the #Esxport-EsxImageProfile-ImageProfile configuration_file_name  -ExportToIso -FilePath export_path and file name command to export the OS image integrated with the driver.




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