Release Notes

1. Run the command, vmkchdev –p <Bus:Device.Function>, Where BDF is for

the NVMe device.

2. Edit the Edit /etc/vmware/esx.conf file, and enter /device/<<BDF of NVMe

device>>/owner = "passthru" in the file.

3. Restart ESXi. After the your restart ESXi, NVMe devices will be available for

VMs.

FCoE LUN gets disconnected from ESXi after system

restarts

Description: When Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) fabric is set up with multi-VLAN, the

FCoE LUN gets intermittently disconnected from ESXi after system restarts.

Applies to: ESXi 5.x

Solution: This is a known issue. Use only single VLAN for the FCoE FCF in VMware ESXi

environment.

Shared storage LUNs exposed from Dell PowerEdge VRTX

are not displayed under VMware ESXi

Description: After shared PERC8 firmware upgrade, LUNs exposed from Shared PERC8

controller are not displayed under VMware ESXi.

Applies to: ESXi 5.x

Solution: This is a known behavior. The LUNs are detected as snapshots after firmware

upgrade. For more information, refer to the VMware Knowledge Base article

1011387.

VMware ESXi installer displays an error message

“unrecognized disk label”

Description: During installation of VMware ESXi, the installer log (esxi_install.log) file

displays an exception error message unrecognized disk label for the local

disk.

Applies to: ESXi 5.5 U2 and later

Solution: This occurs when the local disk is not initialized as msdos/gpt. Initialize the local

disk as msdos/gpt before invoking the installer.