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
vLCM upgrade fails when Mellanox-nmlx4 Async
3.19.70.1 driver is installed
Description: The following error message is observed while upgrading vLCM when the Mellanox-nmlx4 Async driver
v3.19.70.1 driver is already installed:
We will not be able to downgrade Mellanox-nmlx4 Component
The error is observed on Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A05 image, Dell EMC customized VMware
7.0 U1 A01 image and Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A03 image.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0.x
Workaround: For servers with Mellanox ConnectX-3 driver and Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A03 or Dell EMC
customized VMware 7.0 U1 A00 images deployed, follow the steps:
1. Perform fresh installations of Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A05 and Dell EMC customized
VMware 7.0 U1 A01 images on the host to include the vLCM upgrades.
For servers without Mellanox ConnectX-3 driver and Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A03 or Dell
EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A00 images deployed, follow the steps:
1. Uninstall the Mellanox ConnectX-3 component and upgrade to the latest version of Dell EMC custom
add-on package 7.0 U2 package A03 image using the command:
Command: #esxcli software component remove -n Mellanox-nmlx4
2. Reboot the host.
3. Select the Dell EMC custom add-on package 7.0 U2 package A03 image in vLCM and the respective
base image version to begin the upgrade.
NOTE: vLCM upgrades ranging from 7.0U1-A03 to 7.0U1-A05 and 7.0U2-A00 to 7.0U2-A01 are not
supported.
Systems
affected:
vLCM upgrades that are performed on all Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with Dell EMC customized
VMware 7.0 U1 A03 and Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U1 A00 images installed.
Tracking number: 197769
Host seeding feature fails to perform when Dell EMC
customized VMware 7.0 U2 A00 image is installed
Description:
The following error message is observed when the host seeding feature is performed on Dell EMC
customized VMware 7.0 U2 A00 image:
Image export failed from the reference cluster due to nmlx4-core driver
For more information, see VMware Knowledge Base article 83042.
Applies to: ESXi 7.0 U2
Solution: This issue is resolved in Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U2 A01 image and later.
Systems
affected:
All Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with Dell EMC customized VMware 7.0 U2 A00 image installed.
Tracking number: 197840
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