Release Notes

The specific NVMe storage device model name is not
displayed
Description: On PowerEdge systems with ESXi 6.5.x, the hot-swappable NVMe device model name is displayed as
Non-Volatile memory controller instead of the actual model name, after the hot-inseration of
the drive.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x U3
Workaround: Not applicable
Systems
affected:
All PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 150315
The vmkernel log displays a warning
Description: On the PowerEdge AMD EPYC servers, the vmkernel log displays a following warning message:
WARNING: AMDIOMMU: 222: completion wait bit is not set after a while!
These messages are displayed on vSAN Cluster nodes.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Workaround: These messages can be ignored because there is no functionality loss with these error messages logged in
vmkernel.log file.
Systems
affected:
yx5x AMD PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 142440
The vmkernel log displays an invalid support message
on multiple PCIe devices
Description:
On PowerEdge AMD Rome servers with multiple PCIe devices, the vmkernel log displays the following
message for all the PCIe devices:
invalid supported max link speed
These messages are displayed only when Dell iSM or Dell OMSA is installed on the system, or when wbem
is enabled.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Workaround: Enable the wbem, and then disable the provider vmw_pci to prevent these repeated error messages
logging in vmkernel.log file. For more information about enable/disable wbem, see the VMware KB
1025757. For more information about disabling provider vwm_pci, see the VMware KB 2053715.
Systems
affected:
yx5x PowerEdge servers with AMD processors
Tracking number: 114799
12 Known issues