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Access USB driver in ESXi6

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Two mode to access USB flash driver in ESXi environment:

  • Via esxi usb arbitrator daemon
  • Direct

Arbitrator mode is the default mode,  in this mode,  USB package will the filter by arbitrator daemon,  based on USB location information.  (position in USB hub),   and forward to the VM client.

To use the USB flash drive by ESXi host, we need to stop the arbitrator daemon:

/etc/init.d/usbarbitrator stop      (temp)

chkconfig usbarbitrator off      (permanent)

 

 

HP Flash Media Kit Spec

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HPE Dual 8GB microSD Enterprise Midline USB Kit
741279-B21
Usable Capacity 8GB
Performance 43+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,43+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Class Class 10

HPE 8GB USB Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Drive Key Kit
737953-B21
Usable Capacity 8GB
Performance 20+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,17 10+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Compliance USB specification revision 1.1 and 2.0

HPE 8GB SD EM Flash Media Kit
726113-B21
Usable Capacity 8GB
Performance 21+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,17+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Class Class 10

HPE 8GB microSD EM Flash Media Kit
726116-B21
Usable Capacity 8GB
Performance 21+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,17+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Class Class 10

 

HPE 32GB SD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit
700136-B21
Usable Capacity 32GB
Performance 21+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,17+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Class Class 10

HPE 32GB microSD Enterprise Mainstream Flash Media Kit
700139-B21
Usable Capacity 32GB
Performance 21+ MB/second Read Transfer Rate,17+ MB/second Write Transfer Rate
Class Class 10

SD Card Bug of iLO4 2.4.0/2.4.4

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ISSUE:

Upgrade to iLO4 2.4.0 (SPP 2016040), found  The server was failed to boot ESX from SD Card.   The same issue existed in iLO4 2.4.4

Root Cause:

iLO4 2.4.x will damage the partition table of SD Card/USB Flash，Not Clear it is damaged during the executing phase or stopping phase

 

Solution :

Rollback iLO4 to 2.3.0 (SPP 2015100)
Create USB Key of SPP 2015100
    Boot with the USB
    Downgrade the iLO4 firmware with interactive method
Reformat the SD Card/USB Flash
Retrieve the SD Card from server
    Format it into empty status in PC （Linux）
    Delete the partition table
    Create DOS partition table
    Create a DOS partition (0x0b)
   Format the DOS partition
   Insert the empty SD Card into Gen8

 

Reinstall ESX into SD Card

 Format the SD Card with FAT32
   Power outage of the server
   Lauch iOL remote console
   Insert CD of  ESX iso image file
   Reboot with CD to install ESX

 

 Lessons

Never trust a Company not in stable state

 

 

 How to format Micro SD Card in MicroServer Gen8:

Download gparted live CD at

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gparted/gparted-live-0.26.1-5-i686.iso

And Launch it from iLO client

 

RBICL

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RIBCL

Remote Insight Board Command Language

An XML-based scripting language, used to configure iLO on the network, during initial deployment, or from an already iLO setup deployed host.

 

Two basic ways in order to configure iLO online:

 

  • Locally, with the HPONCFG command utility.

  • Remotely, with the CPQLOCFG command utility