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• ESXi on Intel NUC
• ESXi upgrade procedure
• USB pins
• Chassis fan pins

ESXi on Intel NUC

• Hardware:
  • Intel NUC7i5BNK
  • 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)
• Backup:
  • Backup ESXi host configuration

ESXi upgrading

• Build numbers and versions of VMware ESXi/ESX
• VMware ESXi patch tracker
• Upgrade ESXi using ESXCLI command:
  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 [esxi1:~] esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p [esxi1:~] esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e false -r httpClient [esxi1:~] reboot

USB pins

Chassis fan pins

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