PowerEdge: Firmware catalog for Dell's vSAN Ready Nodes based on ESXi 6.x branches

Summary: This is a firmware catalog which contains validated and certified firmware stack for selected Dell VMware vSAN Ready Nodes based on Dell customized ESXi 6.x branch-based Dell customized images. ...

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This KB provide Dell's vSAN ready nodes-specific firmware catalog payloads supported for Dell customized VMware ESXi 6.x branches. This firmware catalog is to be used for specific Dell branded vSAN Ready nodes as noted in the KB here. For general ESXi specific use cases, use the firmware catalog provided here.

 

NOTE:
  • The file named as vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz is the compressed version of the catalog file.
  • vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign is the signature associated with the specific file. Some of the Dell provided user space applications which consume the catalog file may need the signature file as well to verify the checksum.

 

vSAN firmware catalog payloads:

Dell Customized VMware ESXi Revision Dell Addon Name and Version VMware ESXi Build and Version (Base Image) vSAN FW catalogs Release date Version Catalog Location
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A08 N/A Build: 17167734
Version: ESXi 6.7 P04		 9-Feb-21 21.01.11 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07043741M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07043740M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A07 N/A Build: 16773714
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 16
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A06 N/A Build: 16316930
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 15
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A10 N/A Build: 17499825
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 18		 16-Jun-21 21.06.04 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07462009M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07462008M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A11 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05		 13-Jul-21 21.06.28 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07545949M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07545948M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A13 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05		 19-Nov-21 21.10.29 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07936680M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07936679M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A14 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05		 14-Dec-21 21.11.23 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08008262M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08008257M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A15 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05		 21-Jan-22 22.01.10 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08118159M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08118128M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08122726M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A16 N/A Build: 18828794
Version: ESXi 6.7 P06		 13-Apr-22 22.04.04 https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08418444M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08418442M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER08418463M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A17 N/A Build: 19195723
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 23		 22-Jul-22 22.07.28 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08823157M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08823185M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08823179M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A18 N/A Build: 19898906
Version: ESXi 6.7 P07		 27-Sep-22 22.09.27 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09038006M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09038042M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09038027M/1/vSAN_Html.html

 

NOTE:
  • Starting catalog version "22.04.04," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R7515 and R6515 vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Starting catalog version "21.10.29," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R750 and R650 vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Starting catalog version 22.01.10, Dell started providing a firmware version report as well along with catalog payload and signature file. This helps the users to review the firmware versions in an HTML format without using any external utilities.
  • See VMware KB 2143832This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for a comparison of VMware base image and build number details noted in the above table.

 

Affected Products

PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R840 , Dell EMC vSAN MX750c Ready Node, Dell vSAN Ready Node MX760c, Dell EMC vSAN R640 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R650 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R6515 Ready Node, vSAN Ready Node R660, Dell vSAN R6615 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R740 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R740xd Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R750 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R7515 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R760 Ready Node, Dell vSAN R7615 Ready Node, Dell vSAN Ready Node R7625, Dell EMC vSAN R840 Ready Node ...

Products

VMware ESXi 6.5.X, VMware ESXi 6.7.X, VMware ESXi 6.x, VMware VSAN, Dell EMC vSAN C6420 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN MX740c Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R440 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R6415 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN T350 Ready Node
Article Properties
Article Number: 000225252
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 08 Jan 2025
Version:  3
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