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
Documentation resources
This section provides information about the documentation resources for your server.
Table 5. Additional documentation resources for your server
Task Document Location
VMware vSphere 7.0
Release Notes
Release Notes posted on the
VMware website that covers
known issues, compatibility
information and new features in
this release.
VMware vSphere 7.0 Release Notes
Setting up your server
For information about installing
the server into a rack, see
the rack documentation included
with your rack solution or the
Getting Started Guide that is
shipped with your server.
https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
For information about turning
on the server and the technical
specifications of your server,
see the Getting Started Guide
that is shipped with your server.
https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
Configuring your server For information about the iDRAC
features, configuring and logging
in to iDRAC, and managing
your server remotely, see the
Integrated Dell Remote Access
Configuration Tool User's Guide.
https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about
installing the operating
system, see operating system
documentation.
https://www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals
For information about
understanding Remote Access
Controller Admin (RACADM)
subcommands and supported
RACADM interfaces, see the
iDRAC RACADM CLI Guide.
https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about updating
drivers and firmware, see
Download drivers and firmware
topic in this document.
www.dell.com/support/drivers
Managing your server For information about server
management software offered
by Dell EMC, see the Dell EMC
Systems Management Overview
Guide.
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about setting
up, using, and troubleshooting
OpenManage, see the Dell
EMC OpenManage Server
Administrator User's Guide.
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
For information about installing,
using, and troubleshooting
Dell EMC OpenManage
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
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