Release Notes
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- 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
Chapter 1: Overview...................................................................................................................... 5
Installation and upgrade instructions.............................................................................................................................. 5
Chapter 2: Known issues............................................................................................................... 6
Data integrity issue occurs when deleting virtual disks on ESXi system with PERC9 controller in
RAID mode.........................................................................................................................................................................7
qedf driver data integrity may fail at 256 KB block size............................................................................................ 7
Uninstallation of Dell EMC OpenManage VIB fails to delete certain files.............................................................. 7
IPMI driver stack may stop responding when iDRAC hard reset is performed.................................................... 7
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with VSAN All-Flash configuration and deduplication enabled, displays
checksum error................................................................................................................................................................ 8
After installing ESXi OS, ACPI error messages are displayed in the VMkernel log............................................. 8
PowerEdge 14
th
generations servers installed with ESXi are configured with default login credentials....... 8
By default, VMFS datastore is disabled on Dell EMC 14
th
generation PowerEdge Servers with
factory-installed VMware ESXi on BOSS-S1............................................................................................................ 9
Scratch partition stops working after hardware or software iSCSI is enabled on ESXi with the scsi-
be2iscsi Emulex driver.................................................................................................................................................... 9
In ESXi Hardware Status, vmnics displays Battery status........................................................................................ 9
In ESXi host client, physical NICs reports duplicate entries of the speed supported.........................................9
Embedded Host Client or vCenter Server reports an error when configuring SR-IOV....................................10
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.................................................................................... 10
ESXi 6.0 U3 upgrade to ESXi 6.5 fails with UEFI Secureboot enabled................................................................ 10
QLE2692 Network controller card is listed as QLogic Corp 2700......................................................................... 10
Operating system reinstallation on top of an existing ESXi installation on a BOSS device fails..................... 11
NUMA related warning message is reported in VMkernel logs when Dell Fault Resilient Memory is
enabled.............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
iDRAC does not report the operating system information....................................................................................... 11
Vendor label for certain hard drives report as NVMe................................................................................................ 11
When iSM VIB is running on ESXi 6.0 U2, syslog file displays error messages intermittently........................ 12
IPMI driver stack may stop responding when iDRAC hard reset is performed...................................................12
Fault tolerance feature is not supported on AMD 63xx series processor............................................................12
vSphere web client displays incorrect Service Tag for Dell EMC PowerEdge blade servers......................... 12
Unable to upgrade VMware ESXi when the ESXi partition table contains a coredump partition.................. 13
Configuring NVMe devices as passthrough device to the guest operating system, ESXi host stops
responding and results in PSOD.................................................................................................................................13
Power supply unit status and details are displayed incorrectly in vSphere Web Client or vCenter
Server .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Temperature status of the processor may display incorrectly in vSphere Web Client or vCenter
Server .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Storage-related sensor details are not available in vSphere Web Client or vCenter Server ..........................14
Dell EMC PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD device is not detected during hot-plug.................... 14
VMs configured with Fault Tolerance might not be in a protected state............................................................ 14
The status of LUN or disks is displayed as degraded................................................................................................14
Dual port Mellanox card displays incorrect vmnic number...................................................................................... 15
VMware ESXi installer lists local LUNs under the Remote section....................................................................... 15
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