Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere 7.x on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Release Notes
- Contents
- Release summary
- Compatibility
- New and enhanced in VMware vSphere 7.0 release
- Known issues
- vLCM upgrade fails when Mellanox-nmlx4 Async 3.19.70.1 driver is installed
- Host seeding feature fails to perform when Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U2 A00 image is installed
- vLCM upgrade with Dell EMC 7.0 U1-A03 Custom Addon file with Intel-icen Async driver 1.4.2.0 fails
- VMware ESXi 7.0 U2 A00 fails to boot on upgrading from earlier ESXi version using custom offline bundles
- An ESXi host with Solarflare devices may experience PSOD during reboot post enabling SR-IOV
- Persistent memory datastore is not listed under vCenter
- iDRAC web interface displays incorrect status with ESXi inbox native driver
- Configuration changes made are not persistent across hosts that are restarted
- Operating system takes more time to complete boot when Intel DCPMM is configured in the interleaved app-direct mode
- All vCPUs assigned to a virtual machine are not visible in the guest operating system
- The Dell iSM and SFCB services fail to start after DCUI restarts the management agents
- Hostd core dump files are generated in /var/core on the VMware ESXi 7.0 host
- Virtual machine fails to start when Secure Encrypted Virtualization is enabled
- Virtual machine with Secure Encrypted Virtualization enabled uses only one VMware vCPU
- NVDIMM battery health status is displayed incorrectly on vCenter web client and ESXi host web client
- The health status of the SD cards are not updated under the Hardware Health tab
- Network connectivity is lost when virtual machines configured with Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) are migrated to another ESXi host
- The Hardware Health tab of the vCenter Web Client does not display any information when a drive is removed
- Status of the NVMe devices configured as a host cache device is not updated after surprise removal
- Upgrading to ESXi 7.0 from earlier ESXi version fails
- VMware ESXi 7.0 does not boot after upgrading from VMware ESXi 6.5.x
- Upgrading to ESXi 7.0 from earlier ESXi version fails due to system management software incompatibility
- Installation of ESXi 7.0 fails on PowerEdge modular servers with BCM 5719 or 5720
- Surprise hot-plug of NVMe device is not supported
- Surprise hot-plug of an NVMe in a vSAN environment results in a PSOD
- The esxcli commands fail to locate the non-NVMe storage devices
- The option to start the NTP service does not work post configuration
- The driver modules qedf and qedi are not available for the QLogic 412xx adapter
- Unable to enable SRIOV on Solarfare devices with ESXi 7.0
- The rdma module for BCM 57416 devices fail to load in ESXi 7.0
- Uninstalling Dell EMC iSM VIB fails to delete files
- FCoE adapter speed is displayed as 0
- Status of the FCoE controller is displayed as offline
- The NIC description is incorrect
- The hardware label for PCIe devices is shown as Not appropriate
- Description of the NVMe drive displayed is incorrect
- Resources and support
- Contacting Dell EMC
VMware ESXi 7.0 does not boot after upgrading from
VMware ESXi 6.5.x
Description: VMware ESXi 7.0 does not boot after upgrading from VMware ESXi 6.5.x using VMware vSphere Update
Manager (VUM). The following error message is observed during boot: Fatal Error. This issue is
observed when the VMware ESXi 7.0 A01 image is installed.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0
Workaround: Use the VMware ESXi 7.0 A02 image for upgrading from VMware ESXi 6.5.x.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
Tracking number: 166665
Upgrading to ESXi 7.0 from earlier ESXi version fails
due to system management software incompatibility
Description: Upgrading ESXi 6.5.x or ESXi 6.7.x to ESXi 7.0 fails with an error pointing to dcim and dcism related
packages.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0
Workaround: Upgrading Dell EMC customized VMware ESXi 6.5.x or 6.7.x image to Dell EMC customized VMware ESXi
7.0 A00 image is not supported.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
Tracking number: 148591
Installation of ESXi 7.0 fails on PowerEdge modular
servers with BCM 5719 or 5720
Description:
ESXi 7.0 installation fails on certain server configuration with the following error message:
No compatible Network adapter found. Please consult the product's
Hardware Compatibility Guide (HCG) for a list of supported adapters.
The failure occurs only on Dell EMC PowerEdge modular servers that are supported on M1000e, VRTX,
and FX2 Chassis with BCM 5720 or 5719 NIC. This issue is due to ntg3 driver limitations.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0
Workaround: Not applicable.
Systems
affected:
PowerEdge M640, PowerEdge M630, PowerEdge M830, PowerEdge FC640, PowerEdge FC630, and
PowerEdge FC830 servers.
Tracking number: 160713
Surprise hot-plug of NVMe device is not supported
Description:
The Dell EMC PowerEdge server with ESXi 7.0 does not support removing the NVMe devices abruptly.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0
16 Known issues