Comment thread started by Francis on USB Network Native Driver for ESXi

Hi! Could you recommend a way to add this to an ESXI installer? I have a machine without a working NIC, so I need to copy the driver via usb, but it's very hard to get to access the file after booting the installer.

You'll want to incorporate the offline bundle into a new ESXi Image using either PowerCLI to create the new Image Profile or if you've got an existing vCenter Server deployment, you can use the vSphere UI to build it. There are a number of examples online which you can search for

Thanks. Right now I am on a Mac, and without an access to a vSphere UI right now. I wonder if this could be done on a Mac or Linux.

No, unfortunately you'll need a Windows system if you don't have an existing vCenter Server since Image Builder cmdlets is only available on Windows today.

Thanks, William! Gonna find myself a copy of Windows to do it, then.
And thanks for the work you've put into this!