Release Notes

vmnic enumeration for the Mellanox controller may
display as vmnic 1000202
Description: On the Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with ESXi 6.5, vmnic Enumeration for the Mellanox controllers may
display values such as vmnic 1000202. The enumeration occurs as the VMware ESXi device naming
mechanism is based on the PCIe Index and Mellanox has single function for both ports.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Workaround: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
Dell PERC H310 model name is displayed incorrectly
Description: In ESXi 6.5, Dell H310 mini controller name is displayed as MegaRAID SAS SKINNY Controller.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
System physical memory reported in DCUI varies
Description:
System memory reported in DCUI is slightly different when compared to the memory displayed in the
system BIOS. For example, memory present is 128 GB but ESXi may report the memory as 127.9 GB.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
vSphere web client displays incorrect Service Tag for
Dell EMC PowerEdge blade servers
Description:
The vCenter server connected using a web client displays incorrect service tag for Dell EMC PowerEdge
blade servers. The Service Tag displayed is a combination of chassis service tag and blade server Service
Tag.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss. Run the smbiosDump command in ESXi
to know the correct Service Tag for the blade and also for the chassis.
Configuring NVMe devices as passthrough device to
the guest operating system, ESXi host stops
responding and results in PSOD
Description:
When the NVMe devices are configured as passthrough device to the guest operating system, the host
system stops functioning and can result in data corruption.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: You must manually set the Virtual Machine (VM) Memory Mapped Input Output (MMIO) space to 2 GB in
the .vmx file by using the following steps:
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