Installing ESXi 7.0 on Intel Nuc i5-10210U

  • Plug in the USB thumb drive with the ESXi (an iso was burned there)
  • Plug in USB network adapter (we will use builtin later once we load driver)
  • Hit the F10 to open the boot menu
  • Choose the USB
  •  The ESXi installer boots up and goes to 81% and then stops due to missing network. Then you unplug the USB key. ESXi has actually already installed.
  • Reboot the PC
  • When ESXi comes up, then hit F2 to customize system/view logs
  • You just enter "root" with no password, since password as actually never saved during first installation.
  • Then choose Network Restore Options -> Restore Network Settings and F11 and continue along. Make sure the USB adapter is plugged to the network.
  • Then go back out to the main screen again by pressing ESC a few times, until you see the network IP "To manage this host, go to: ..."
  • Then use another machine to log in to this machine and configure it using a webbrowser. Ignore any HTTPS errors. Again here login is root and no password. Make sure you set up one (there's an uption in the upper right corner).
    • Click Storage -> datastore1 -> Datastore browser
  • Make sure you the upload the FLING drivers. You can find it here https://flings.vmware.com/community-networking-driver-for-esxi#summary
  • Then set ESXi in maintenance mode and enable ssh
  • Connect to it via ssh (for example Putty). Login is the same as for the web client.
  • Then run
    • esxcli software vib install -d /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/Net-Community-Driver_1.2.0.0-1vmw.700.1.0.15843807_18028830.zip
  • Then exit maintenance mode and disable SSH and boot esxi
  • Move the network cable from the USB adapter into the regular ethernet port. And unplug the USB network adapter.
  • On next boot hit F2 again to customize system/view logs
  • This time you need to use the password you set before
  • Choose configure management network -> network adapters -> pick the one avail "vmnic0" by hitting space. Then accept with Enter.
  • Then hit ESC and accept the changes with "Y".
  • Then hit ESC a few times, until you see the new IP. You can conncet then using the browser.

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