HP Customized VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 Installation Media Does Not Include Emulex OneConnect be2net CNA Drivers

UPDATE: HP has fixed this issue with their branded installation media. Use the following link to download directly from HP: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware/esxi-image.html For general information on performing this process in case drivers are excluded from the installation media in the future, read on! I recently decided to update a couple hosts in our demo center to vSphere 5.1. These hosts are HP Blades (BL460 and BL490 G7s) in a C7000 chassis with Emulex CNAs and Flex-10/FlexFabric Virtual Connects. These servers are all configured to boot from SAN using FCoE LUNs. To get started, the first place I went was to HP’s [...]