Release Notes

Release Notes 3
Overview
This document contains important information about VMware ESX 4.x and
VMware ESXi 4.x running on Dell PowerEdge systems. This document is an
addendum to the ESX and ESXi deployment guides available at
support.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: To install the Dell OpenManage software on PowerEdge systems running
ESX/ESXi, and for related known issues and troubleshooting steps, see the relevant
documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.
The known issues for ESX and ESXi running on PowerEdge systems discussed
in this document are:
• Installer screen is misaligned during ESX installation..
• BIOS Revision string displays incorrectly on ESXi installation failure
screen.
• Power Management settings are displayed as Not supported and Not
applicable..
• Errors related to Equal Logic Multipathing Extension Module (MEM)are
seen.
• ESX boot log displays an error.
• SATA CD drive running in AHCI mode does not recognize the ESX driver
media.
• IPv6 performance issues with ESX..
• System reboots intermittently when DMA Virtualization is enabled in
BIOS.
• VMDirect Path I/O behaves abnormally on AMD systems configured with
more than 256 GB of memory.
• Upgrade from ESXi 3.5 Update 5 to ESXi 4.0 Update 3 fails.
• ESXi takes more time to complete bootup and perform different tasks.
• Removal of USB storage device creates dead entries in Service Console
(COS).
• The Dell PowerVault MD36xxi storage array configured with VMware
ESX fails.
• ESX 4.x logs INTERNAL ERROR messages related to the SATA
CD/DVD ROM present in the system.
• A system running ESX 4.x and installed with the driver for the Emulex
CNA card (card number OCE10102-FX-D) crashes, if the SFP cable
connected to the card is removed.