Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere 6 on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes
- Overview
- Known issues
- Data integrity issue occurs when deleting virtual disks on ESXi system with PERC9 controller in RAID mode
- qedf driver data integrity may fail at 256 KB block size
- Uninstallation of Dell EMC OpenManage VIB fails to delete certain files
- IPMI driver stack may stop responding when iDRAC hard reset is performed
- Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with VSAN All-Flash configuration and deduplication enabled, displays checksum error
- After installing ESXi OS, ACPI error messages are displayed in the VMkernel log
- PowerEdge 14th generations servers installed with ESXi are configured with default login credentials
- By default, VMFS datastore is disabled on Dell EMC 14th generation PowerEdge Servers with factory-installed VMware ESXi on BOSS-S1
- Scratch partition stops working after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with the scsi-be2iscsi Emulex driver
- In ESXi Hardware Status, vmnics displays Battery status
- In ESXi host client, physical NICs reports duplicate entries of the speed supported
- Embedded Host Client or vCenter Server reports an error when configuring SR-IOV
- Virtual machines fail to power on, when System BIOS has MMIO set to 56 TB with Network Controllers enabled with NPAR or NPAREP and SR-IOV
- ESXi 6.0 U3 upgrade to ESXi 6.5 fails with UEFI Secureboot enabled
- QLE2692 Network controller card is listed as QLogic Corp 2700
- Operating system reinstallation on top of an existing ESXi installation on a BOSS device fails
- NUMA related warning message is reported in VMkernel logs when Dell Fault Resilient Memory is enabled
- iDRAC does not report the operating system information
- Vendor label for certain hard drives report as NVMe
- When iSM VIB is running on ESXi 6.0 U2, syslog file displays error messages intermittently
- IPMI driver stack may stop responding when iDRAC hard reset is performed
- Fault tolerance feature is not supported on AMD 63xx series processor
- vSphere web client displays incorrect Service Tag for Dell EMC PowerEdge blade servers
- Unable to upgrade VMware ESXi when the ESXi partition table contains a coredump partition
- 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
- VMs configured with Fault Tolerance might not be in a protected state
- The status of LUN or disks is displayed as degraded
- Dual port Mellanox card displays incorrect vmnic number
- VMware ESXi installer lists local LUNs under the Remote section
- 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 DCUI displays lesser memory than the total
- ESXi installation may fail while deploying from virtual media
- Unable to boot ESXi 6.0 with Intel X710 devices
- ESXi 6.0 host does not function and results in Purple Screen of Death
- VMware ESXi host periodically disconnect and reconnect from vCenter Server during heavy load on storage subsystem
- Unable to write vmkernel coredump to local LUN when PSOD occurs
- ESXi console displays an error message
- vmkernel log file displays an error message
- Unable to turn on Windows virtual machine when Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly connected as a passthrough device
- Cannot enable SR-IOV on Intel X520 adapter using vSphere web client
- The PCI passthrough section on vSphere client or vCenter server does not display Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD
- Related information for virtualization solutions
- Getting help
Temperature status of the processor may display
incorrectly in vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server
Description: On the Dell PowerEdge C6320 servers, when the temperature of the processor crosses critical
thresholds, the temperature status of the processor may display incorrectly on the Hardware Health
Status tab of the vCenter Server or vSphere Web Client.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2 installed on PowerEdge C6320 servers
Solution: Use Dell EMC OpenManage or iDRAC for monitoring or managing the servers with ESXi.
Storage-related sensor details are not available in
vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server
Description: On the Dell PowerEdge C6320 servers, the vSphere Web Client does not display hard drive, system board
riser, and driver cable information under the Storage and Cable/Interconnect sensor section.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2 installed on PowerEdge C6320 server
Solution: Use Dell EMC OpenManage or iDRAC for monitoring or management the servers with ESXi.
Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD
device is not detected during hot-plug
Description:
When the Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD namespace is set as Offline and hot-plug operation is performed
in the same slot, the SSD does not initialize and is not detected.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2
Solution: Perform one of the following:
● Reconnect the drive to a different drive slot, if available.
● Restart the sfcbd-watchdog service, and reinsert the drive.
VMs configured with Fault Tolerance might not be in a
protected state
Description:
For some PowerEdge systems with AMD 6300 series processor, VMs configured with Fault Tolerance
(FT) might not be in a protected state. Sometimes, secondary VM takes more time to attain the
protected state.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 installed on PowerEdge systems R815, R715 and M915.
Solution: This is a known issue.
The status of LUN or disks is displayed as degraded
Description:
The command line interface (CLI) utility esxcfg-scsidevs lists the status of the LUN or disks attached to
FD332 as degraded.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2 installed on FD332 configured with FC630, FC430 and FC830.
Solution: For the actual LUN or VD status, see the Storage section of iDRAC or vCenter Server.
14 Known issues