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Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi 7.x Images

Summary: Dell's firmware catalogs for customized versions of Dell's VMware ESXi 7.x releases. When the Dell customized ESXi versions are used along with corresponding firmware catalogs, the end to end desired state is achieved. ...

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This Dell KB provide the firmware catalog payloads supported for Dell customized VMware ESXi 7.x branches. Note that the firmware catalog is to be used for general ESXi usecases and not for vSAN. For vSAN, we provide a specific catalog for each releases. To know more about the ESXi firmware catalog in general, refer to ESXi firmware catalog KB.

Below table maps the recommended firmware for Dell customized VMware ESXi 7.x images. This is a living document and gets modified as and when new catalogs are released.

NOTE:

The file named ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz is the compressed version of catalog file.
ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign is the signature associated with the specific file. Note that some of the Dell provided userspace applications which consume the catalog file may need the signature file as well to verify the checksum.

Firmware catalogs for Dell Customized VMware ESXi 7.x images

Dell Customized Vmware ESXi Revision	Dell Addon Name and Version	VMware ESXi Build and Version (Base Image)	ESXi FW catalog Release date	Version	Catalog Location
VMware ESXi 7.0 A00	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1	Build: 15843807	2nd Apr 2020	20.06.28	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06417267M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
VMware ESXi 7.0 A01	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1 Version: A01	Build: 15843807 Version: ESXi 7.0 GA	23rd June 2020	20.08.15	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06520644M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06520643M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0 A02	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1 Version: A02	Build: 16324942 Version: ESXi 7.0 b	23rd June 2020	20.08.15
VMware ESXi 7.0U1 A00	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1 Version: A00	Build: 16850804 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 1	6th October 2020	20.12.28	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06953755M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06953752M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0U1 A01	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1 Version: A01	Build: 17325551 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 1c	15th Jan 2021
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A00	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A00	Build: 17630552 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2	11th Mar 2021
VMware ESXi 7.0U1 A05	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U1 Version: A05	Build: 17551050 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 1d	07th May 2021	21.04.22	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07333465M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07333464M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A01	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A01	Build: 17630552 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2	30th Jun 2021	21.06.30	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07541455M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07541454M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A03	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A03	Build: 17867351 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2a
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A04	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A04	Build: 17867351 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2a
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A05	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A05	Build: 17867351 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2a	19th Nov 2021	21.10.13	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07848990M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07848988M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A06	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A06	Build: 17867351 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2a	15th Nov 2021	21.11.15	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07973969M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07973963M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A07	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A07	Build: 18538813 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2d	15th Nov 2021	21.11.15
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A06	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A06	Build: 17867351 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2a	1st Feb 2022	22.02.01	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171566M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171567M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171568M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0U2 A07	Name: DellEMC addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U2 Version: A07	Build: 18538813 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 2d
VMware ESXi 7.0U3 A02	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A02	Build: 19193900 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3c
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A03	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A03	Build: 19193900 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3c	19th Apr 2022	22.04.19	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444744M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444743M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444751M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A04	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A04	Build: 19482537 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3d	19th Apr 2022	22.04.19
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A05	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A05	Build: 19898904 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3e	15th July 2022	22.07.15	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790538M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790543M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790557M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A06	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A06	Build: 20036589 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3f	15th July 2022	22.07.15
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A06	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A06	Build: 20036589 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3f	23rd September 2022	22.09.23	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023697M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023544M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023564M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A07	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A07	Build: 20328353 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3g	23rd September 2022	22.09.23
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A08	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A08	Build: 20328353 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3g	26th December 2022	22.12.26	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09382818M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09382832M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09382827M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A09	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A09	Build: 20328353 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3g	26th December 2022	22.12.26
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A10	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A10	Build: 20842708 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3i	17th March 2023	23.03.14	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09735839M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09735907M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09745324M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A11	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A11	Build: 21313628 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3k	20th July 2023	23.06.19	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10343733M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10343734M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10343735M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A12	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A12	Build: 21686933 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3m	20th July 2023	23.06.19
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A12	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A12	Build: 21686933 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3m	5th September 2023	23.09.05	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10552929M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10552932M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10552945M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A15	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers running ESXi 7.0 U3 Version: A15	Build: 21930508 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3n	23rd October 2023	23.10.06	https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10684306M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10684313M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10684321M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A17	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge servers running ESXi 7.0.3 Version: A17	Build: 22348816 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3o	03-Jan-24	23.12.27	https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11068196M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11068191M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11068195M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A19	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge servers running ESXi 7.0.3 Version: A19	Build: 22348816 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3o	01-Apr-24	24.03.25	https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11424318M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11424364M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER11424397M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3 A20	Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge servers running ESXi 7.0.3 Version: A20	Build: 23307199 Version: ESXi 7.0 Update 3p	01-Apr-24	24.03.25

NOTE:

Starting catalog version 22.02.01, 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.

Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi 7.x Images

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