Release Notes
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- 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
Related information for virtualization solutions
Table 3. Related information for virtualization solutions
If you need information about See
Dell EMC VMware documentation www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions
OpenManage documentation https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
PowerEdge documentation https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Basic configuration information for running ESXi on a Dell EMC
PowerEdge server
Getting Started Guide at www.dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
● Information about downloading, installing, and configuring ESXi
● Supported hardware configurations for running ESXi on a Dell EMC
PowerEdge server
Installation Instructions and Important Information
Guide at www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions
PowerEdge servers and compatibility with vMotion VMware ESXi vMotion Support on Dell EMC
PowerEdge Servers Compatibility Matrix at
www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions
PowerEdge and PowerVault compatibility information for running ESXi VMware vSphere on Dell EMC PowerEdge
Servers Compatibility Matrix at www.dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
Known issues and resolutions VMware vSphere 6.7.x on Dell EMC
PowerEdge Server Release Notes at www.dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
ESXi ISO image customization information VMware ESXi on Dell EMC PowerEdge Systems
Image Customization Information at www.dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions
UEFI Boot order management utility in VMware ESXi 7.0 www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln321019
Dell EMC Add-on for VMware vSphere 7.0 www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln320956
Dell EMC ESXi 7.0 Quick Boot compatibility guide www.dell.com/support/article/en-us/sln320746
VMware vSphere Life Cycle Manager vLCM and Dell EMC integration downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-
products/esuprt_software_int/
esuprt_software_virtualization_solutions/vmware-
esxi-7x_white-papers3_en-us.pdf
PVRDMA Deployment and Configuration of QLogic CNA devices in
VMware ESXi
downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/
vmware_esxi_6x_7x_whitepaper6_en_us.pdf
Self-Encrypting Drives in Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with VMware
vSphere
downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/
vmware_esxi_6x_7x_whitepaper7_en_us.pdf
NVMe Hot-Plug on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers running VMware
vSphere or vSAN
downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/
vmware_esxi_6x_7x_whitepaper9_en_us.pdf
Upgrading to Dell EMC vSphere and vSAN version 7.0 downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-
products/esuprt_software_int/
esuprt_software_virtualization_solutions/vmware-
esxi-7x_white-papers8_en-us.pdf
Firmware catalog for Dell EMC's vSAN Ready Nodes https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/
000183111/firmware-catalog-for-dellemc-s-vsan-
ready-nodes
Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi images https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/
000126599/firmware-catalog-for-dell-customized-
vmware-esxi-images
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