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
New and enhanced in VMware vSphere 6.7.x
release
VMware vSphere 6.7.x includes the ESXi 6.7.x hypervisor and is managed by vCenter Server 6.7.x. The current release of
VMware vSphere incorporates feature upgrades, new hardware, feature support, and bug fixes that enhance the virtualization
experience in VMware environments.
NOTE: The issues that are listed in this document are only applicable for Dell EMC servers with VMware vSphere 6.7.x
installed.
Following are some of the important features that are included with vSphere 6.7.x:
● TPM 2.0 support for ESXi hosts, and virtual TPM (vTPM) 2.0 for VMs
● Support for microsoft virtualization-based security
● User interface updates—Advances in the functionality of the vSphere Client
● Multiple Syslog targets
NOTE: For more information on what is new and enhanced in this release, see www.vmware.com/vmware-whats-new-in-
vsphere-whitepaper.pdf.
Topics:
• Installation and upgrade instructions
Installation and upgrade instructions
For information about installing ESXi 6.7.x or upgrading from a previous version of ESXi, see the version specific VMware
ESXi 6.7.x for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide at www.dell.com/
virtualizationsolutions.
For the list of enhancements and bug fixes, see the version-specific VMware vSphere Release Notes at
www.support.vmware.com.
NOTE: For more information related to VMware ESXi installation on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, see Dell Virtualization.
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