Administrator Guide

Quick Boot on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
EMC PowerEdge server configuration which has any of these PERC controllers will not be able to
support Quick Boot in ESXi 6.7 GA as well as Dell EMC customized VMware ESXi 6.7 A00 image.
• Figure 5 shows a sample output when you run loadESXCheckCompat.py on quick boot supported
server that has PERC controller.
Figure 5 : Quick Boot compatibility check failure when lsi_mr3 driver is loaded into vmkernel
• Figure 6 shows an example output when loadESXCheckCompat.py is executed on an R740xd
server which has HBA330 connected and lsi_msgpt3 driver loaded into vmkernel.
Figure 6 : Configuration with Dell EMC HBA330 driver loaded
NOTE:
➢ Trying to execute Quick Boot on such unsupported configurations can result in system performing
a normal reboot operation.
➢ Alternatively, you can use the Host Bus Adapter (HBA330) as the storage controller which supports
Quick Boot.
➢ Most firmware updates will require a system reboot. If your ESXi update path includes updating
the BIOS and firmware stacks, then the firmware update process will require a hardware reboot
regardless of Quick Boot compliance.
4 Quick Boot and VMware Update Manager (VUM)
4.1 Introduction to VUM
VMware Update Manager provides an automated & centralized patch management for VMware
Sphere. Listed here are the primary features of VUM:
• Upgrade and patch ESXi hosts
• Install and update third-party software on hosts