Release Notes

Status of some of the PCI devices is listed as
Unknown on vCenter server
Description: On vCenter Server some of the entries status in the PCI device section of the Hardware Status tab on
the ESXi host are listed as Unknown.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
PSU wattage is not displayed for a ESXi host on the
vCenter Server
Description: For Dell's 13th generation of PowerEdge servers with ESXi the power (Watt) of a Power Supply Unit
(PSU) is not displayed in the Power section on the Hardware Status tab on vCenter Server.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
ESXi Direct Console User Interface displays the
hardware label as N/A
Description:
For some network cards the Hardware Label field on the DCUI of ESXi displays N/A instead of a valid
device description. This issue occurs because of the method in which ESXi maps the device to the user
interface by checking the output of the lspci and smbios commands from the server.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
ESXi installation may fail while deploying from virtual
media
Description:
For some PowerEdge systems while installing VMware ESXi from virtual media with iDRAC virtual console
installation the installation stops responding if Spanning Tree Protocol is enabled and the iDRAC NIC is set
as Shared.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Solution: Disable STP or do not connect iDRAC NIC to Shared.
Unable to turn on Windows virtual machine when Dell
PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly
connected as a passthrough device
Description:
Unable to turn on Microsoft Windows VMs such as Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Microsoft Windows
2012, or Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 when PCIe SSDs such as Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly
connected as a passthrough device.
26 Known issues