The installation requires the entire physical host to be rebooted
Ensure the following prerequisites are met before starting:
– Downtime: schedule appropriate downtime;
– IPMI: ensure you have access to the IPMI interface from remote management;
– ISO: download the correct ISO file based on the versions of SynetoOS and VMware ESXi you want to install
- ISO SynetoOS 4.7.4 (2733) + VMware ESXi 6.7.0 (17499825)
- ISO SynetoOS 4.8.6 (4777) + VMware ESXi 7.0U3p (23307199)
- ISO SynetoOS 5.4.0 (4869) + VMware ESXi 7.0U3q (23794027)
- ISO SynetoOS 5.4.1 (5266) + VMware ESXi 7.0U3s (24585291)
Step 1. Shut down all VMs and VMware ESXi system
Step 2. Run the ISO from IPMI ("How to mount an ISO via IPMI")
Step 3. Select the newly mounted ISO via IPMI and boot it up
Step 4. Wait for VMware ESXi installation to finish (about 1 hour)
Step 5. Login to VMware ESXi GUI (replace <your_ip_address_or_hostname> with the correct ip/hostname)
https://<your_ip_address_or_hostname>