How to Make a Fresh Installation of SynetoOS + VMware ESXi

Written By Christian Castagna (Administrator)

Updated at January 13th, 2026

The installation requires the entire physical host to be rebooted

PREREQUISITES

IPMI: ensure you have access to the IPMI interface for remote management;
ISO: download the correct ISO file based on the versions of SynetoOS you want to install

   SynetoOS 6.0.0,6486 GA + VMware ESXi 8.0U3f
   SynetoOS 6.0.0 6486 GA + VMware ESXi 7.0U3w
   SynetoOS 5.4.1.5266 + VMware ESXi 8.0U3d
   SynetoOS 5.4.1.5266 + VMware ESXi 7.0U3s
   SynetoOS 5.4.0.4869 + VMware ESXi 7.0U3q
   SynetoOS 4.8.6.4777 + VMware ESXi 7.0U3p
   SynetoOS 4.7.4.2733 + VMware ESXi 6.7.0

 

Step 1. Set the IPMI session timeout to 0 ("How to Set the IPMI Session Timeout to 0")

Step 2. Shut down all VMs and VMware ESXi system

Step 3. Run the ISO from IPMI ("How to Mount an ISO via IPMI")

Step 4. Select the newly mounted ISO via IPMI and boot it up


Step 5. Wait for VMware ESXi installation to finish (about 1 hour)


Step 6. Login to VMware ESXi GUI (replace <your_ip_address_or_hostname> with the correct ip/hostname)

https://<your_ip_address_or_hostname>