Upceo,

 

ESXi 6.5 busybox does have wget, but it's limited to HTTP and FTP only.

 

Since Dell's site require HTTPS, you wouldn't be able to use wget directly.

 

You could create an internal Web Server to host the perccli.tar.gz or perccli.vib files and do one of the following:

 

wget http:// /perccli.tar.gz

wget http:// /perccli.vib

 

If you use the .tar.gz then you'd need to extract it accordingly before installing or just install the .vib if you downloaded that.

 

A quicker method to install would be:

 

1. Extract the perccli.vib from perccli.tar.gz

2. Make the perccli.vib available from the internal Web Server

3. Use the following: esxcli software vib install -v http:// /perccli.vib

 

 

Let me know if this helps.

 

Hi Chris,

Thanks . Great answer 

So, You mean I should download all the versions of perccli.tar.gz and host them on my internal web server?

Is that allowed? No licensing issues or anything?

If yes, where would I get all the perccli.tar.gz as I know there are many versions like H710, H740 etc..

Or is there only file that works on all poweredge controllers?

Thank you so much.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,

 

I don't think its not allowed or any illegal as you're just hosting the vib file on your server. 

 

There is no single file for all RAID controllers of PERC, certain versions work with certain group of PERC generation. You probably might need to take note of the "Applies to" section at the bottom of the page, where it will list out the controllers supported.