Upgrading ESXi

source http://www.v-front.de/2014/09/vmware-releases-vsphere-55-update-2.html

How to update your free and/or standalone ESXi host

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. For your convenience here are the commands for easy copy/paste:

Enable SSH access on your host, log in to it (e.g. using putty) and run the following commands:

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1# open firewall for outgoing http requests:
2esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
3# Update using the ESXi 5.5 U2 Imageprofile from the VMware Online depot
4esxcli software profile update -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-5.5.0-20140902001-standard
5# Reboot your host
6reboot
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