Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R720
Compatibility: VMWare 6.5 U3
Running: VMWare 6.7 U3

Trying to upgrade to 7.0 U3 using Dell image with the following command:

esxcli software profile update -d /vmfs/volumes/RAID5/ISO/ESXi/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-7.0.0.update03-20842708.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A10.zip -p DEL-ESXi-703_20842708-A10 --no-hardware-warning

[DependencyError]
VIB Dell_bootbank_dcism_3.5.1.ESXi6-1949 requires esx-version << 6.8.0, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile.

If I run the same command without "--no-hardware-warning", I get the following message:
[HardwareError]
Hardware precheck of profile DEL-ESXi-703_20842708-A10 failed with warnings:

I have also tried Dell's 7.0 (A03) & 7.0 Update01 (A05), even VMWare's 7.0U3g, 7.0U3j and 7.0U3k with no success.

I guess I am not fully understanding the message if it's asking for VMware 6.8.0 or dcism_3.5.1??? When I checked the installed packages in my VMWare ESXi, I can see the following:
Package Name: dcism
Version: 3.5.1 ESXi6-1949
Vendor: Dell
Installed on: Sunday, October 09, 2022, 16:13:31 -0400

I am assuming I can just remove this module. I know my specific hardware is not supported for VMWare 7.0, is there any workaround for this? I am assuming I can uninstall this as I don't use it any way. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.