Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere 6.7.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced in VMware vSphere 6.7.x release
- Fixes
- Known issues
- The esxcli or localcli commands fail to support receive side scaling (RSS)
- The UID information for the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H310 is displayed incorrectly
- Operating system takes more time to complete boot when Intel DCPMM is configured in the interleaved app-direct mode
- The health status of the SD cards are not updated under the Hardware Health tab
- Network connectivity is lost when virtual machines configured with Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) are migrated to another ESXi host
- The Hardware Health tab of the vCenter Web Client does not display any information when a drive is removed
- Status of the NVMe devices configured as a host cache device is not updated after surprise removal
- The NIC description is incorrect
- FCoE adapter speed is displayed as 0
- vSAN nodes may experience a PSOD during log collection under heavy load
- The vmkernel log displays a warning
- The vmkernel log displays an invalid support message on multiple PCIe devices
- PSOD is not seen in the host when the NMI option is selected in the iDRAC UI
- Auto-negotiation value shown as false though it was set with 100G
- The hardware label for PCIe devices is shown as Not appropriate
- Multiple sfcb core files are generated on ESXi 6.7 U1 host after installing OM and iSM
- Virtual machines report guest data consistency errors after disk extend operation
- SR-IOV functionality is not available for QLogic 41xxx adapter
- iDRAC web interface shows incorrect status with ESXi inbox native driver
- Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD device is not detected during hot-plug operation
- ESXi OS installed on IDSDM fails to boot when USB 3.0 is enabled
- While logging into OMSA, vSAN cluster experiences Connection Error
- Dell EMC customized VMware ESXi 6.7 A00 installer fails to boot from PXE infrastructure
- PCI devices status is listed as Unknown on vCenter server
- iDRAC does not report the operating system information
- FcoE, iSCSI, RoCE functionality are not available for BCM5741x and QL411xx in ESXi 6.7
- Unsafe shutdowns counter of an NVMe device is incremented for both soft and abrupt shutdowns
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
iDRAC web interface shows incorrect status with
ESXi inbox native driver
Description: If the ESXi inbox native driver is installed, iDRAC web interface displays incorrect status for network card
details such as OS Driver State and Family Driver version.
Applies to: ESXi 6.7.x
Workaround: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
For more information about the port link status, use vCenter Server or the esxcli command: esxcfg-nics
-l.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 86600
Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD
device is not detected during hot-plug operation
Description: When the Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD namespace is set as Offline and the hot-plug operation is
performed in the same slot, the SSD is not initialized and detected.
Applies to: ESXi 6.7.x
Workaround: Perform one of the following steps:
● If a different drive slot is available, reconnect the drive to the available drive slot.
● Restart the sfcbd-watchdog service, and reinsert the drive.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
Tracking number: 100866
ESXi OS installed on IDSDM fails to boot when USB
3.0 is enabled
Description:
On rebooting the Dell EMC PowerEdge R530, R430, and T430 servers, the ESXi OS installed on IDSDM
does not boot when the USB 3.0 controller is enabled on the server BIOS.
Applies to: ESXi 6.7.x
Workaround: Disable the vmkusb module on the affected servers by running the command:
#esxcli system module set –m=vmkusb -e=FALSE
For more information, see VMware KB 2147650.
Systems
affected:
Dell EMC PowerEdge R530, R430, and T430 servers
Tracking number: 93275
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