Release Notes
Solution: This is a known issue. Complete the following workaround steps to resolve the issue:
1 Stop all the applications that use IPMI stack by using the command /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog
stop.
2 To unload the drivers, run Vmkload_mod –u ipmi_si_drv.
3 To load the drivers, run Vmkload_mod ipmi_si_drv.
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with VSAN All-Flash
conguration and deduplication enabled, displays
checksum error
Description:
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with VSAN All-Flash conguration and deduplication enabled reports the following
vSphere observations in the Events tab:
• VSAN detected an unrecoverable medium or checksum error for component uuid on disk group uuid
• VSAN detected and xed a medium or checksum error for component uuid on disk group uuid
Under specic operations and IO patterns, you will encounter IO read errors and in some cases severe symptoms
such as inaccessible VMs, host failures or stuck resynchronizations.
Applies to: ESXi 6.x
Solution: This is a known issue. Follow one of the following recommendations:
• Install the Patch as mentioned in the VMware Knowledge Base article 2151042.
• Install or upgrade to the latest Dell EMC customized image, that has this patch included. For more information
about Dell EMC customized image, refer to Image Customization Information.
After installing ESXi OS, ACPI error messages are
displayed in the VMkernel log
Description:
The Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with ESXi 6.0 U3 OS installed, VMkernel log displays the following ACPI error
messages:
ACPI Error: Incorrect return type [Integer] requested [Buffer]0:00:00:06.226
cpu0:32768) (20120215/nsxfeval-219)
0:00:00:06.226 cpu0:32768)VMKAcpi: 160: Failed to evaluate _DSM: AE_TYPE
Applies to: ESXi 6.x
Solution: This issue can be ignored because there is no functionality loss.
PowerEdge 14
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generations servers installed with
ESXi have been congured with default login
credentials
Description:
The Dell EMC 14
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generation PowerEdge servers installed with ESXi have been congured with username as
root and the password is the service tag of your system. This is dierent compared to the Dell EMC 13
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generation PowerEdge servers because password was not set for username root.
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