Prerequisites for Installing ESX Drivers
Ensure that you adhere to the following best practice for installing the drivers. Upgrade the infrastructure in the following order before installing or upgrading the drivers.
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Upgrade the infrastructure firmware which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules.
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Upgrade the server and adapter firmware.
You can use a virtual media image in place of the physical media. You will need to create a custom ISO using vSphere ESXi Image Builder or other third party tools, then boot from this custom ISO image and proceed with installation. Cisco can also provide a custom ISO with custom drivers.
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Failure to adhere to the proper upgrade sequence can cause the server to crash. |