Third-party drivers are packaged as vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). A VIB file is similar to a ZIP archive, in that it is a single file that includes an archive of the driver files, an XML descriptor file, and a signature file. VIB files have the .vib file extension.
The required drivers can be installed after ESXi has been installed using the esxcli command:
esxcli software vib install -v <path to vib package>
When installing from a bundle or ZIP file, the following esxcli command can be used:
esxcli software vib install -d <full path to vib zip bundle>
A custom ESXi image can also be created by using the Image Builder tools that are included with PowerCLI. PowerCLI can be downloaded from https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLI/ ...
