As a prequel to my upcoming FusionIO performance benchmarking articles I thought I would quickly demonstrate how easy it is to install the FusionIO drivers for VMware ESXi. First you need to download the drivers from, you will need to register to access the support website. Once you login you need to click the Downloads button and you will see the “Identify Product” section appear similar to the below. Select “IODrive2”, The suitable VMware ESXi version, and for option 3, the latest version.

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Then you should see the below available downloads. The file you need is the “Fusion-IO_libvsl-offline-bundle-%version%” file which is under “Utilities”.

Download the file and extract the zip file, and you should see similar to the below. Now we need to either copy the vib file to a datastore OR use something like WinSCP to copy the file to the host. The easiest way in my opinion is to copy the file to a datastore via vSphere client.

To do this, goto the “configuration” tab for your ESXi host/s, select “storage” under the “Hardware” section, then select your datastore. Epson Tm Virtual Port Driver Ver.8.00a Download here. Now right click the datastore and select “Browse Datastore” Once in your datastore, click this icon and you will see the below appear. Select the VIB file and press “Open” The file should now upload, and you will see a progress window like the below. Once the file is in your datastore, make note of the path assuming you didn’t use the root of the datastore. Now click “Security Profile” under the “Software” section (see below). Now click “Properties” for the “Firewall” and you will see the below appear.

Ensure “SSH Server” is ticked like the above and press Ok. Your now ready to SSH to your ESXi host using a program such as PuTTY. Open PuTTY, enter the IP or hostname for your ESXi host, select SSH (Port 22) and press Connect. You will be prompted for credentials, I am using “root” in this example. Biometrics Fingerprint Recognition Pdf Printer. After entering your credentials, you should see the below screen. Now we use “esxcli” to install the VIB by using the following command “esxcli software vib install -v /vmfs/volumes/*DATASTORENAME*/Fusionio_bootbank_block-iomemory-vsl_3.1.5.126-1OEM.500.0.0.472560.vib” Once Installed, you should see something similar to the below.