Release Notes

qedf driver data integrity may fail at 256 KB block size
Description:
On the Dell EMC PowerEdge systems running ESXi 6.5.x with QLogic FCoE driver (qedf), the I/O
workload executed from a Linux VM data integrity may fail at 256 KB block size.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: Update to Dell EMC customized VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 A11 image.
ESXi 6.5 U1 does not display the complete description
of USB controller
Description: On Dell EMC's 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers with AMD EPYC and ESXi 6.5 U1 operating system,
lspci output does not show the complete description of the USB 3.0 controller. The incomplete output
may be similar to:
0000:04:00.3 Serial bus controller:[vmhba33]
whereas the output should be:
0000:04:00.3 Serial bus controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
USB 3.0 Host controller [vmhba33]
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Workaround: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
Critical issue observed on Dell EMC PowerEdge 14
th
generation servers with AMD processor and
HBA330/12Gbps controller
Description:
On Dell EMC PowerEdge 14
th
generation servers with AMD processors and HBA330/12Gbps controller
with ESXi 6.5 U1 operating system, the VMkernel log displays the following error message:
lsi_msgpt3:msgpt_base_fault_info:236: lsi_msgpt3_0:fault_state(0x2100)!
This is a known issue with lsi_msgpt3 driver v14.15.00. The issue is resolved in v14.15.01.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge 14
th
generation servers such as R7425, R7415, and R6415
Solution: Perform one of the following:
● Install or upgrade the lsi_msgpt3 driver to v14.15.01.
● Install or upgrade to the latest Dell EMC customized image that has this driver included.
VMkernel logs may display a warning message in
VSAN cluster configuration
Description:
On PowerEdge servers with HBA330 running ESXi 6.5 U1, if the server is in VSAN cluster configuration,
the following warning message is displayed in the VMkernel log. WARNING:
VmkMgmtSyncEventIoctl - unable to validate header
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
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