• Areca 1320 Driver
• Areca 1883 Driver

This driver CD release includes support for version 1.20.0x.15.vmk-90605.3 of the Areca SAS driver on ESX/ESXi 4.0. The SAS driver supports products based on the Areca ARC-1680 series PCIe to SAS RAID host controller.

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For detailed information about ESX hardware compatibility, check the I/O Hardware Compatibility Guide Web application.

This document contains the following sections:

Creating the Driver CD

Verify the integrity of the file and create a driver CD for this driver as follows:

1. Download the driver file.
2. Check the md5sum of the downloaded file:
   

   md5sum vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-arcmsr_400.1.20.0x.15.vmk.90605.3-1.0.4.00000.197833.iso

   The output should match the following:
   

   9d4f8039fe3082ca2b76d32598a6b593 vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-arcmsr_400.1.20.0x.15.vmk.90605.3-1.0.4.00000.197833.iso

   See Verifying the integrity of downloaded installer files (KB 1537) for more information.

3. Write the .iso image to a CD-ROM.

To install ESX software, refer the procedure detailed in the following section.

Using the Driver CD

The ESX/ESXi driver CD allows you to install new or updated drivers on new or existing ESX or ESXi software installations. You can use the driver CD in three ways:

• To install drivers as part of a new ESX software installation (ESX only)
• To update or add drivers using vihostupdate on either an ESX or ESXi host
• To update or add drivers on existing ESX installations using esxupdate command(ESX only)

To install drivers for devices as part of a new ESX Installation (for ESX only)

Areca 1320 Driver

Note: This procedure has changed since the ESX 3.5 version of driver CD. You need the ESX installation DVD to begin driver installation.

1. Place the ESX installation DVD in the DVD drive of the host.
2. Accept the terms of the license agreement.
3. Select a keyboard type.
4. When prompted for Custom Drivers, select Yes to install custom drivers.
5. Click Add to eject the ESX installation DVD.
6. Place the driver CD in the DVD drive of the ESX host.
7. Select the driver module to import drivers to the ESX host.
8. Click Next to continue.
   A dialog box displays the following message: Load the system drivers.
9. Click Yes. After loading the driver module, continue installing ESX. After the drivers are installed you are prompted to swap the driver CD with the ESX installation DVD.

To update or add drivers on existing ESX and ESXi installations using vihostupdate
(for both ESX and ESXi)

1. Power on the ESX or ESXi host.
2. Place the driver CD in the CD-ROM drive of the host where either the vSphere CLI package is installed or vMA is hosted.
3. Mount the driver CD.
4. Navigate to <cd mount point>/offline-bundle/ and locate the <offline-bundle>.zip file.
5. Run the vihostupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle.
   vihostupdate <conn_options> --install --bundle <offline-bundle>.zip

For more details on vihostupdate, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide.

To update or add drivers on existing ESX installations using esxupdate
(for ESX only)

1. Power on the ESX host and log in as administrator.
2. Place the driver CD in the CD-ROM drive of the ESX host.
3. Mount the driver CD.
4. Navigate to <cd mount point>/offline-bundle/ and locate the <offline-bundle>.zip file.
5. Run the esxupdate command to install drivers using the offline bundle.
   esxupdate --bundle=<offline-bundle>.zip update

Areca 1883 Driver

For more information, refer to the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide Tech Note.