考虑到大家很多人并不是我这款网卡,在这里贴出一个链接,其包含下面列出的网卡的驱动。使用方法跟下面正文的方法一样,只需要把网卡那部分替换成你需要的网卡驱动。下载时注意是 Direct Download links 下的 Offline Bundle of version XXX。
- net-e1000e: Obsolete - Driver for Intel I217/I218/82579LM/82574L
- net-tulip: DECchip 21140 Ethernet driver (This driver allows running ESXi as a VM under Microsoft Hyper-V)
- net55-r8168: Updated driver for Realtek 8168/8111/8411/8118 based NICs
- net51-r8169: Adds the blacklisted ESXi 5.1 built-in net-r8169 driver back to ESXi 6.0
- net51-sky2: Adds the blacklisted ESXi 5.1 built-in net-sky2 driver back to ESXi 6.0
- net51-drivers: Deprecated - Adds all blacklisted ESXi 5.1 NIC drivers back to ESXi 6.0
- net-atl1: Attansic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet driver
- net-atl1e: Driver for Atheros(R) AR8121/AR8113/AR8114/AR8131/AR8132/AR8152 PCI-E Ethernet NICs
- net-igb: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver (modified to ignore invalid NVM checksums)
- net-r8101: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E driver
- net-r8139too: Realtek RTL-8100/8101L/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver
- net-skge: Driver for Marvell Yukon chipset and SysKonnect Gigabit Ethernet Adapters
使用了10年的 Samsung 300e4a 笔记本,陆续升级到 10G RAM + 120G SSD + HD,现在换了新电脑后,觉得把它扔了实在可惜。于是在琢磨了身边人的各种利旧方案后,决定安装ESXi,以充分折腾。
优点:
- 安装ESXi,便于安装各个小应用虚拟机,将10G内存划分干净;
- 120G SSD只安装虚拟机系统磁盘也基本够用,将机械硬盘
直通给其中一台虚拟机做NAS,初步决定为黑群晖。 - 笔记本电池还能撑3、4个小时,UPS也有了!
缺点:
- 没有直接操作虚拟机的界面,只能用电脑或手机远程管理;
- ESXi不支持无线网卡,只能插着网线使用;
- 300e4a 使用网卡是 Realtek 8168E,ESXi 6.7.0 u1 没有驱动不能直接安装,但是ESXi 5.5是带这款网卡驱动的,所以要自定义安装镜像。
一、准备安装镜像(官方镜像中添加 r8168 驱动)
1、环境、文件准备:
- 设置 PowerShell 执行策略,以允许本地脚本执行,参考链接Set-ExecutionPolicy
PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
- 安装 VMware PowerCLI 模块,参考链接Community: VMware PowerCLI |VMware Communities
PS> Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI
安装该模块因为是在线安装,需要时间会久一点,这时候继续以下工作。
- 下载 ESXi-Customizer-PS 脚本,参考链接VMware Front Experience: ESXi-Customizer-PS
脚本下载地址:
http://vibsdepot.v-front.de/tools/ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.6.0.ps1
当然参考连接中的下载地址有更新时,建议下载最新的。 - 下载 Realtek 8168E 网卡驱动,参考链接Net55-r8168 - V-Front VIBSDepot Wiki
驱动下载链接:
http://vibsdepot.v-front.de/depot/bundles/net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip - 下载 VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Offline Bundle,注意不是VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi ISO) image,介于官方下载要注册加申请试用,放一个非官方的雷锋链接,参考链接:老管网络日志
参考链接里有百度网盘地址:
百度网盘 VMware vSphere 6.7.0 update1
下载其中的update-from-esxi6.7-6.7_update01.zip,即Offline Bundle。 - 下载镜像U盘写入工具Rufus,参考链接Rufus官网
rufus下载地址:
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases/download/v3.3/rufus-3.3.exe
运行后会自动更新。
2、自定义安装镜像的操作
将上面的环境准备好,文件下载完后放在同一个文件夹下。
贴一下ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.6.0.ps1的参数,可以看到功能还是挺多的:
PS> .\ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.6.0.ps1 -help
This is ESXi-Customizer-PS Version 2.6.0 (visit https://ESXi-Customizer-PS.v-front.de for more information!)
Usage:
ESXi-Customizer-PS [-help] | [-izip [-update]] [-sip] [-v67|-v65|-v60|-v55|-v51|-v50]
[-ozip] [-pkgDir ] [-outDir ] [-vft] [-dpt depot1[,...]]
[-load vib1[,...]] [-remove vib1[,...]] [-log ] [-ipname ]
[-ipdesc ] [-ipvendor ] [-nsc] [-test]
Optional parameters:
-help : display this help
-izip : use the VMware Offline bundle as input instead of the Online depot
-update : only with -izip, updates a local bundle with an ESXi patch from the VMware Online depot,
combine this with the matching ESXi version selection switch
-pkgDir : local directory of Offline bundles and/or VIB files to add (if any, no default)
-ozip : output an Offline bundle instead of an installation ISO
-outDir : directory to store the customized ISO or Offline bundle (the default is the
script directory. If specified the log file will also be moved here.)
-vft : connect the V-Front Online depot
-dpt depot1[,...] : connect additional Online depots by URL or local Offline bundles by file name
-load vib1[,...] : load additional packages from connected depots or Offline bundles
-remove vib1[,...] : remove named VIB packages from the custom Imageprofile
-sip : select an Imageprofile from the current list
(default = auto-select latest available standard profile)
-v67 | -v65 | -v60 |
-v55 | -v51 | -v50 : Use only ESXi 6.7/6.5/6.0/5.5/5.1/5.0 Imageprofiles as input, ignore other versions
-nsc : use -NoSignatureCheck with export
-log : Use custom log file
-ipname
-ipdesc
-ipvendor : provide a name, description and/or vendor for the customized
Imageprofile (the default is derived from the cloned input Imageprofile)
-test : skip package download and image build (for testing)
- 首先建议加入VMware 的 CEIP,当然不加入也可以,运行PowerCLI相关命令工具会出现警告。
PS> Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true
- 现在生成自定义镜像:
PS> ./ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.6.0.ps1 -izip update-from-esxi6.7-6.7_update01.zip -dpt net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip -load net55-r8168
顺利的话,很快就在目录下生成对应的ISO镜像文件。
我的输出如下:
PS> ./ESXi-Customizer-PS-v2.6.0.ps1 -izip update-from-esxi6.7-6.7_update01.zip -dpt net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip -load net55-r8168
This is ESXi-Customizer-PS Version 2.6.0 (visit https://ESXi-Customizer-PS.v-front.de for more information!)
(Call with -help for instructions)
Logging to C:\Users\Yang\AppData\Local\Temp\ESXi-Customizer-PS-8264.log ...
Running with PowerShell version 5.1 and VMware PowerCLI version 11.0.0.10336080
Adding base Offline bundle update-from-esxi6.7-6.7_update01.zip ... [OK]
Connecting additional depot net55-r8168-8.045a-napi-offline_bundle.zip ... [OK]
Getting Imageprofiles, please wait ... [OK]
Using Imageprofile ESXi-6.7.0-20181002001-standard ...
(dated 10/08/2018 10:26:44, AcceptanceLevel: PartnerSupported,
Updates ESXi 6.7 Image Profile-ESXi-6.7.0-20181002001-standard)
Load additional VIBs from Online depots ...
Add VIB net55-r8168 8.045a-napi [New AcceptanceLevel: CommunitySupported] [OK, added]
Exporting the Imageprofile to 'D:\Temp\300e4a-esxi\ESXi-6.7.0-20181002001-standard-customized.iso'. Please be patient ...
All done.
至此,安装镜像就准备好了。
3、制作安装用U盘
运行rufus,设备处下拉选择要写的U盘,使用“选择”按钮选择刚生成的镜像。“开始”写入,有提示的话都选择推荐。
等写入进程结束后,就做好了。
二、300E4A 使用U盘安装 ESXi 6.7.0 u1
此处只写一个暗坑,不知道是我的个例还是通病,记录一下。其他安装过程都没啥可多说的。
- 用U盘启动后花屏
我的 300E4A 用 ESXi 优盘启动后花屏,在恢复 CMOS 默认设置后,打开 AHCI,关闭UEFI特性后启动安装正常。原因没深究,估计还是跟电脑固件太老有关系。 - 安装完 ESXi 后无限重启
用上一步的方法安装完 ESXi 后,笔记本不能引导。当然啊,因为把 UEFI 特性给关了啊,在 CMOS 设置里打开UEFI特性就行了。