Release Notes

Workaround: Before upgrading an earlier version of ESXi to ESXi 7.0, uninstall the 32-bit iSM VIB corresponding to iSM
v3.5.0 or earlier on the hypervisor.
Tracking number: 148591
● Description: After performing an iDRAC Hard Reset operation on certain VMware ESXi operating systems, the IPMI driver
(ipmi_si_drv on ESXi 6.5U2 and ipmi on ESXi 6.7 U1 Operating Systems) may become unresponsive because of an existing
issue in the IPMI driver. If the IPMI driver becomes unresponsive, reload the IPMI driver (ipmi_si_drv on ESXi 6.5U2 and ipmi
on ESXi 6.7U1 Operating System).
Workaround: The issue is observed on iDRAC Service Module v2.3 and later supported ESXi versions.
To reload the IPMI driver:
○ If the removal fails, then all applications (such as iDRAC Service Module and OpenManage Server Administrator) using
the ipmi_si must be stopped and retry the operation.
Run the following commands.
esxcli system wbem set -e 0
esxcfg-module -u ipmi_si_drv/ipmi => unload ipmi_si_drv/ipmi
esxcfg-module ipmi_si_drv/ipmi => load ipmi_si_drv/ipmi
esxcli system wbem set -e 1
Tracking number: Not available
○ Alternatively, the administrator can also restart the Host operating system to resolve the issue .
● Description: To perform iDRAC Hard Reset operation on VMware ESXi operating system using winrm command, iDRAC
Service Module should be successfully communicating with iDRAC.
Workaround: There is no workaround available.
Tracking number: Not available
Known issues
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