ESXi升级RAID驱动和安装CIMProvider的方法

写次教程的原因是蛋疼的ESXI不像WIN那么方便直接安装 MegaRAID Storage Management 管理软件直接管理，只能通过linux或者windows系统管理ESXi上面的阵列卡。

LSI相关驱动下载地址：http://www.lsi.com/support/Pages/download-search.aspx  （搜索型号）

下载好软件上传到ESXi母鸡上：

~ # cd /tmp/

/tmp # ls

scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib

~ # cd /tmp/

chmod 777 scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

chmod 777 vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib

按照网络上教程安装提示如下错误：

1、开始安装ESXI最新控制器驱动 VMware ESXi 5.0 Driver for LSI MegaRAID SAS Controller 

/tmp # esxcli software vib install -v scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib -f --maintenance-mode

 [VibDownloadError]

 ('scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib', '', "[Errno 4] IOError: ")

        url = scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

 Please refer to the log file for more details.

按提示把两个文件复制到 /var/log/vmware/

/tmp # cp scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib /var/log/vmware

然后进入 /var/log/vmware/ 目录

/var/log/vmware # ls

scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib

vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib

最后执行升级，成功了，很神奇！！！！难道文件一定要放在/var/log/vmware/目录下才可以？但是网络上所有教程都没提到这点。。~~

/var/log/vmware # esxcli software vib install -v scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib -f --maintenance-mode

Installation Result

   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.

   Reboot Required: true  提示需要重启

   VIBs Installed: VMware_bootbank_scsi-megaraid-sas_6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560  提示安装版本6.506

   VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_scsi-megaraid-sas_5.34-4vmw.510.0.0.799733  提示删除旧版本5.34

   VIBs Skipped:

再次执行确认已经安装成功

/var/log/vmware # esxcli software vib install -v scsi-megaraid-sas-6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib -f --maintenance-mode

Installation Result

   Message: Host is not changed.  说明版本一致不需要升级

   Reboot Required: false

   VIBs Installed:

   VIBs Removed:

   VIBs Skipped: VMware_bootbank_scsi-megaraid-sas_6.506.51.00.1vmw-1vmw.500.0.0.472560

/var/log/vmware #

如上提示说明已经安装成功。

2、安装CIM（MegaRAID SAS VMWare SMIS）

/var/log/vmware # esxcli software vib install -v vmware-esx-provider-lsiprovider.vib  -f --maintenance-mode

Installation Result

   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.

   Reboot Required: true

   VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_lsiprovider_500.04.V0.34-0012

   VIBs Removed:

   VIBs Skipped:

/var/log/vmware #

最后在windows上面安装 MegaRAID Storage Management 管理软件，接下去的用法不用多说了跟windows一样：）