Q-Logic 3200, 8200 Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider, vCenter Server, Tomcat Web Server

1–Product Overview Installing the QLogic Adapter vCenter Plug-in for ESX/ESXi

vCenter Server

QLogic XML configuration file to register the plug-in to the vCenter Server

Tomcat Web Server

QLogic Web-based extension to the vSphere Client

Installing the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider

The QLogic Adapter CIM Provider for VMware ESX was generated as a vSphere Installation Bundle (VIB) file. A VIB contains the complete set of files and binaries required to install the provider on VMware ESX/ESXi. The offline-bundle.zipfile contains the VIB and the necessary metadata to install the provider on VMware ESX/ESXi.

This section provides the following installation procedures for the CIM Provider:

Initial Installation

Subsequent Update Installation

Initial Installation

To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider using the esxupdate command (ESX systems only):

1.Copy the offline-bundle.zipfile into the root directory (/) of the ESX system.

2.Issue the esxupdate command as follows:

#cd /

#esxupdate --bundle offline-bundle.zip --nodeps –nosigcheck --maintenancemode update

To install the QLogic Adapter CIM Provider from a remote host using the vSphere CLI vihostupdate command (ESXi systems only):

NOTE:

To update the provider from a remote host using the vihostupdate command, make sure that the ESXi system is in Maintenance Mode. To put the ESXi host in Maintenance Mode using vSphere Client, select Inventory, select Host, and then select Enter Maintenance Mode.

1.Copy the offline-bundle.zipfile to any location on the host where either the vSphere CLI package is installed or vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is hosted.

2.Navigate to the location of the offline-bundle.zipfile.

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