For customers who only have a single USB NIC and does not wish to add the additional persistent script or wish to enable Secure Boot, then you can configure usbBusFullScanOnBootEnabled=1 by using Option 1 in the Persisting USB NIC Bindings section below. The implication is that to persist the USB NIC bindings, you will need to use Option 2 in the Persisting USB NIC Bindings section below. To prevent the PSOD, the USB driver parameter usbBusFullScanOnBootEnabled=0 is now the default value and will prevent ESXi from performing a full USB bus rescan during bootup.

When multiple USB NICs are connected and used with ESXi, an ESXi PSOD may occur. Note: Secure Boot can not be enabled if you need to use Option 2 to persist USB NIC bindings. Once the host has rebooted, ESXi should automatically pickup and claim the USB NIC (e.g.

Step 3 - Install the ESXi Offline Bundle (6.5/6.7) or Component (7.0)įor (7.0+) - Run the following command on ESXi Shell to install ESXi Component: esxcli software component apply -d /path/to/the component zipįor (6.5/6.7) - Run the following command on ESXi Shell to install ESXi Offline Bundle: esxcli software vib install -d /path/to/the offline bundle zip Step 4 - Plug-in the USB NIC and reboot for the change to go into effect.

esxcli system maintenanceMode set -e true) Step 2 - Place the ESXi host into Maintenance Mode using the vSphere UI or CLI (e.g.

Installation Step 1 - Download the ZIP file for the specific version of your ESXi host and upload to ESXi host using SCP or Datastore Browser

Install esxi 6.5 from usb