Release Notes

• VMkernel logs may display a warning message related to jumpstart plugin
• SAS address of the Dell EMC PERC controller is displayed incorrectly
• SATA SSD disks may report disk protocol incorrectly
• Some Emulex controller models are displayed incorrectly
• Host platform fails due to unsupported sector sizes on the NVMe devices
• Intel Ethernet 10G 2P X520 adapter controller is displayed incorrectly
• vmnic enumeration for the Mellanox controller may display as vmnic 1000202
• Dell PERC H310 model name is displayed incorrectly
• System physical memory reported in DCUI varies
• vSphere web client displays incorrect Service Tag for Dell EMC PowerEdge blade servers
• Configuring NVMe devices as passthrough device to the guest operating system, ESXi host stops responding and results in
PSOD
• Power supply unit status and details are displayed incorrectly in vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server
• Temperature status of the processor may display incorrectly in vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server
• Storage-related sensor details are not available in vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server
• Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD device is not detected during hot-plug
• The status of LUN or disks is displayed as degraded
• Dual port Mellanox card displays incorrect vmnic number
• Incorrect name for Dell PowerEdge FD332 storage controller
• Software RAID is not supported for VMware ESXi
• Status of some of the PCI devices is listed as Unknown on vCenter server
• PSU wattage is not displayed for a ESXi host on the vCenter Server
• ESXi Direct Console User Interface displays the hardware label as N/A
• ESXi installation may fail while deploying from virtual media
• Unable to turn on Windows virtual machine when Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly connected as a
passthrough device
• VMware ESXi host periodically disconnect and reconnect from vCenter Server during heavy load on storage subsystem
• The PCI passthrough section on vSphere client or vCenter server does not display Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe
PCIe SSD
• esxcli command is unable to fetch hardware FRU list information in ESXi 6.5
• Unsafe shutdowns counter of a NVMe device is incremented for both soft and abrupt shutdowns
• Dell EMC PowerEdge servers running specific versions of ESXi 6.0 U3 fails to upgrade to ESXi 6.5.x or ESXi 6.7
The UID information for the Dell PowerEdge RAID
Controller H310 is displayed incorrectly
Description:
The UID information for the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310 is displayed incorrectly as
unknown.vmhba3 when the command localcli storage core adapter list is queried. This
issue is a cosmetic issue and can be ignored.
Applies to: ESXi 6.x
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers that support PERC H310 controller.
Tracking number: 117210
The health status of the SD cards are not updated
under the Hardware Health tab
Description:
The health status of the SD card from the Dell Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) is displayed as
Unknown on the respective Hardware Health tabs of the VMware ESXi web client and the vCenter web
client.
Applies to: ESXi 6.5.x
Known issues 9