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Homelab ¶

VMware ESXi ¶

• VMware Compatibility
• ESXi on NUC7
• ESXi on NUC10
• Backup ESXi host configuration
• Build numbers and versions
• ESXi patch tracker
• Upgrade ESXi using ESXCLI

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 ¶

• 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)