Release Notes

Unable to write vmkernel coredump to local LUN
when PSOD occurs
Description: During heavy load on storage subsystem if PSOD occurs ESXi unable to write coredump to the local LUN and
results with the error message bad header error message.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0
Solution: Ensure that a network share is congured to coredump.
ESXi console displays an error message
Description: ESXi console displays the error message CIM error: enumInstances Class not found in the ESXi technical support
mode or the ssh console.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
vmkernel log le displays an error message
Description: During boot of VMware ESXi the vmkernel log le displays an error message ACPI Error: [CDW1] Namespace
lookup failure AE_NOT_FOUND.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
Unable to turn on Windows virtual machine when Dell
PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly
connected as a passthrough device
Description:
Unable to turn on Microsoft Windows VMs such as Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Microsoft Windows 2012 or
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 when PCIe SSDs such as Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD is directly connected as a
passthrough device.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0 U2
Solution: This is a known limitation of Microsoft Windows guest operating systems with respect to MSI-X vectors. The
maximum number of VMs that Windows can support is 31. You can perform the workaround of manually setting
the MSI-X vectors to 31. For more information, see the VMware Knowledge Base article 2032981.
Cannot enable SR-IOV on Intel X520 adapter using
vSphere web client
Description:
Cannot enable SR-IOV on Intel X520 network adapter when vSphere web client is used. However you can enable
when esxcli is used to enable the SR-IOV.
Applies to: ESXi 6.0
Solution: To resolve the issue, use the esxcli command to enable SR-IOV using command line interface.
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