VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 8.x) – USB network native driver for ESXi Fling now supports vSphere 8

Prerequisites:
PowerCLI 13 (v13 required for ESXi 8 support)
ESXi 8 depot zip file (Offline Bundle)
USB Network native driver zip file (Offline Bundle)

 

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> cd C:\esxi
PS C:\esxi>
PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard.zip
PS C:\esxi> Remove-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard.zip
PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwareDepot .\ESXi800-VMKUSB-NIC-FLING-61054763-component-20826251.zip
PS C:\esxi> New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard“ -name „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -Vendor „virten.net“
PS C:\esxi> Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -SoftwarePackage „vmkusb-nic-fling“
PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -ExportToIso -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC.iso
PS C:\esxi> Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile „ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC“ -ExportToBundle -filepath ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-USBNIC.zip

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