Release Notes
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- 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
Table 5. Additional documentation resources for your server (continued)
Task Document Location
Essentials, go to www.dell.com/
openmanagemanuals >
OpenManage Essentials User’s
Guide.
For information about installing
and using Dell SupportAssist,
see the Dell EMC SupportAssist
Enterprise User's Guide.
https://www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools
For understanding the features
of Dell EMC Lifecycle Controller
(LC), see the Lifecycle
Controller User's Guide.
https://www.dell.com/idracmanuals
For information about
partner programs enterprise
systems management,
see the OpenManage
Connections Enterprise Systems
Management documents.
https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals
For information about
viewing inventory, performing
configuration, and monitoring
tasks, remotely turning on
or off servers, and enabling
alerts for events on servers
and components using the
Dell EMC Chassis Management
Controller (CMC), see the
Chassis Management Controller
User's Guide .
https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals
Working with the Dell EMC
PowerEdge RAID controllers
For information about
understanding the features of
the Dell EMC PowerEdge
RAID controllers (PERC) and
deploying the PERC cards,
see the Storage controller
documentation.
www.dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals
Understanding event and
error messages
For information about checking
the event and error messages
generated by the system
firmware and agents that
monitor server components, see
the Dell EMC Event and Error
Messages Reference Guide.
www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
Troubleshooting your system For information about identifying
and troubleshooting the
PowerEdge server issues,
see the PowerEdge Servers
Troubleshooting Guide.
https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals
26 Resources and support