VMware ESXi 6.0 U3

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This is Dell Customized Image of VMware ESXi 6.0 U3
Dell Version: A12, Build# 9313334
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Version

60U3, A12

Release date

20 Sep 2018

Download Type

CD ISO Images

Category

Enterprise Solutions

Importance

Urgent
Dell Technologies highly recommends applying this important update as soon as possible. The update contains critical bug fixes and changes to improve functionality, reliability, and stability of your Dell system. It may also include security fixes and other feature enhancements.
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File Format: ISO image type 2 for CD-ROM
File Name: VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update03-9313334.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized_A12.iso.iso
File Size: 364.29 MB
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Format Description:
This file contains an ISO image used to create a CDROM. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, then create a CD using your preferred CD burning software.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
84e5838665c430a7229553687f01ae75
SHA1:
1990df431b608c3a7c5aebb75a18cc8dbbadda0f
SHA-256:
4601fc32c7fbd5e8b3429a1f348a3102e9cedf8b998ad446c4067417fd132b05
File Format: Base Drivers for Imaging
File Name: VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update03-9313334.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized_A12.zip.zip
File Size: 352.89 MB
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MD5:
0302e052d4af30de5cbf29fba9c56410
SHA1:
9fd1dc93d32d2c07840c2e1685870eba507136f4
SHA-256:
c445a77bf3ebdcb89b585f6355545ae367afaf262e57f55b3d5574a35ceb5455
File Format: External release notes
File Name: ESXi_6.0U3-ReleaseNotes-Dell-A12.txt
File Size: 1.8 KB
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MD5:
554c87041dd07b41296dd314bea98519
SHA1:
e1e19e227f731d7b1bf12bae2b1fdfaec6368153
SHA-256:
88c49959a717ae3167c606b309ec349d721d75acdf9463b008415603a4b98cf3

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Dell highly recommends applying this update as soon as possible. This ESXi image includes patch ESXi600-201809001-depot release for 'L1 Terminal Fault' and AHCI BOSS fix from VMware Refer VMware KB article 57803/56550

Additional NOTE: On Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 6.0 U3 (vA06/A07/A08/A08/A10), when an upgrade is attempted to either ESXi 6.0 U3 v A11/A12 or ESXi 6.5, ESXi 6.5 U1, ESXi 6.5 U2, ESXi 6.7 it may result in an failure. Refer ESXI release notes for more details
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/vmware-esxi-6.5.x/manuals

For DellEMC Support documentation on VMware ESX/ESXi , refer http://www.dell.com/virtualizationsolutions

The DellEMC Customized VMware ESXi image does not include DellEMC OpenManage Server Administrator. For detailed instructions to install and use DellEMC OpenManage Server Administrator, see the DellEMC OpenManage documentation at http://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals
This image is customized by DellEMC which includes updated driver versions. DellEMC also modifies the below files as part of customization.

/etc/vmware/oem.xml
/etc/vmware/support

The drivers included in this ESXi image by Dell as part of the customization process are:-

Broadcom Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
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misc-cnic-register - 1.713.30.v60.1
bnx2 - 2.2.6b.v60.2
bnx2x - 2.713.60.v60.1
cnic - 2.713.60.v60.1
bnx2fc - 1.713.60.v60.1
bnx2i - 2.713.60.v60.1
bnxtnet - 20.8.152.0
tg3 - 3.137l.v601

Qlogic Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
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qlnativefc - 2.1.74.0
qla4xxx - 644.55.36.0
qlcnic - 6.1.191
qlge - 3.0.0.59
Qedentv - 2.0.7.5
qedil-1.0.22.0

Intel Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
================================
igb - 5.3.3
ixgbe - 4.5.3
i40e - 2.0.7
igbn- 1.4.1
ixgben- 1.6.5
i40en - 1.5.6

Emulex Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
===================================
lpfc - 11.4.199.0
brcmfcoe - 12.0.1115.0
be2iscsi - 11.2.1197.17
elxnet - 11.4.1255.0

Mellanox Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
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nmlx4-core - 3.15.11.6
nmlx4-en - 3.15.11.6
nmlx-rdma - 3.15.11.6
nmlx5-core - 4.15.10.03

Dell PERC Controller Drivers(Available at vmware.com)
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lsi_mr3 - 7.703.20.00
megaraid_sas - 6.805.56.00
lsi_msgpt3 - 16.00.01.00

NVMe Drivers (Available at VMware.com)
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nvme - 1.2.0.27

NOTE: The list of files appended/modified/customized by Dell may change during a later release
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