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
Related information for virtualization
solutions
Table 1. 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 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
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