VMware releases vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - What's new.# Update using the ESXi 5.5 U2 Imageprofile from the VMware Online depotĮsxcli software profile update -d -p ESXi-5.5.0-20140902001-standard # open firewall for outgoing http requests:Įsxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient using putty) and run the following commands: For your convenience here are the commands for easy copy/paste:Įnable SSH access on your host, log in to it (e.g. Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 5.5/ 6.0supports the following uplinks to servers 1. If you want to update your standalone ESXi host to 5.5 Update 2 then you can use the procedure that I already explained for earlier updates. These are the release notes of Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 5.5/6.0.
How to update your free and/or standalone ESXi host new information about dell customized ESXi 5.5 U1 'It’s currently targeted to release on 4/30 which will include fixes for OpenSSL Heartbleed bug. Please note: You only need to update the vSphere Client to the Update 2 version, but not necessarily the host! So you can immediately and safely start taking benefit from this improvement: Here is a direct download link for the vSphere 5.5 Update 2 client. VMware has finally listened to their complaints and reinstated the capability to edit Virtual Hardware Version 10 VMs with the legacy vSphere Client with Update 2! You will still get a warning though that you will only be able to edit version 8 features (see hardcopy at the top of this post). This made all users that do not have vCenter available (or do not like the new Web Client) very unhappy. Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 5.5/ 6. When vSphere 5.5 was released the legacy vSphere Client was declared deprecated and you were no longer able to use it to edit the settings of a VM that was upgraded to hardware version 10. These are the release notes of Mellanox ConnectX-4/ConnectX-5 NATIVE ESXi Driver for VMware vSphere 5.5/6.0. Edit Virtual Hardware 10 VMs with the Update 2 legacy vSphere Client!