May 25, 2017 - Install VMWare ESX 6.5

Download Network Driver

Installing VMWare vSphere ESXi Hypervisor 6.5 but network card is not detected on boot.

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Using VMWare ESX CD and booting into Linux,

Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express/Gigabit Ethernet controller Class 0200: 10ec:8136

Searched the vibsdepot using PCI ID "10ec:8136" to download driver.

Downloaded Convenience Script...

Download ESX 6.5 Offline Bundle (not available unless you own a vSphere License.

Start Windows 7

Download VMWare PowerCLI 6.5 and install. PowerCLII may ask you to first install Windows Management Framework 3.0.

Another set of instructions here seem to say I should use PowerCLI 5.1 and PowerShell 3.0.

Start Menu, Right Click "Windows Power Shell" and choose "Run as administrator".

At terminal allow execution of the custom Script,

Code Block

language	bash

get-executionpolicy
# "Restricted" is returned
set-executionpolicy remotesigned
get-executionpolicy
# "RemoteSigned" is now returned

Install VMWare Module

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