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VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi on Intel NUC

  • Intel NUC7i5BNK / Intel NUC10i3FNK
  • 1 x 500 GB: Samsung 960 EVO SSD M.2 2280 500GB
  • 2 x 16 GB: Kingston ValueRAM SO DDR4-2133 SC (Part Number KVR21S15D8/16)

Upgrading ESXi

  1. Shutdown VMs
  2. Enable SSH and Maintenance mode
  3. Shutdown ESXi host and backup USB to disk image
  4. Start ESXi host and run upgrade:
[esxi1:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
[esxi1:~] esxcli software profile update --dry-run -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p <profile>
[esxi1:~] esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p <profile>
[esxi1:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient
[esxi1:~] reboot
Host Upgrade Date ESXi Version Profile
esxi1 21.11.2020 ESXi 7.0 Update 1b ESXi-7.0U1b-17168206-standard

Proxmox

Hardware

RJ45 PINS

PIN # T568B COLOR T568A COLOR
1 Orange Stripe Green Stripe
2 Orange Green
3 Green Stripe Orange Stripe
4 Blue Blue
5 Blue Stripe Blue Stripe
6 Green Orange
7 Brown Stripe Brown Stripe
8 Brown Brown

USB PINS

PIN # Desc Color
1 Power Probably Red
2 Data Who knowns
3 Data Who knowns
4 Ground Probably Black

CHASSIS FAN PINS

PIN # Desc
1 Ground
2 Power
3 Sense
4 PWM (optional)