VMware: Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi images

Summary: This article talks about Dell's firmware catalogs for customized versions of Dell's VMware ESXi releases. When the Dell customized ESXi versions are used along with corresponding firmware catalogs, so that the end to end wanted state is achieved. ...

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NOTE:
  1. This firmware catalog is meant to be used only for VMware ESXi use cases. This catalog is unsupported for VMware vSAN. For vSAN, you may see PowerEdge: Firmware catalog for Dell's vSAN Ready Nodes (OR) see Broadcom HCLThis hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for the specific firmware versions. Seek additional guidance from your aligned Dell account team if you need further details.

What is a firmware catalog?

A firmware catalog is an aggregation of all firmware bundles that is supported on multiple generations of Dell servers.

Firmware catalogs for Dell customized VMware ESXi

Dell started releasing firmware catalogs for Dell customized versions of VMware ESXi releases. The intent of this catalog is to announce the recommended firmware versions for Dell customized versions of VMware ESXi for various server models and peripherals. See VMware vSphere Life-Cycle Manager (vLCM) and Dell integration whitepaper section "Configuring vSphere Wanted State for Dell PowerEdge VMware cluster using vLCM" to setup a desired state.

NOTE:
  1. The catalog contains firmware versions for all the generations of servers and corresponding peripherals. Hence it is advised that end users go through the compatibility matrix carefully to assess the support stance for the specific server model and the peripheral that they use for a specific version of VMware ESXi.
  2. Starting VMware ESXi 9.0, it is mandatory to review the support documentation provided by Dell | VMware to ensure that the server model and peripherals are supported. Refer to Dell Technologies VMware vSphere ESXi 9.x on Dell PowerEdge Systems Support Matrix and VMware vSphere ESXi 9.x Release Notes at Dell | Broadcom VMware ESXi 9.x Manuals

The compatibility guides of various versions of Dell customized VMware ESXi are found at Dell Support as below.

The driver versions that are integrated into Dell customized VMware ESXi images are documented in 9.x, 8.x, 7.x and 6.x customization guides. 

Starting May 2024, we have divided the payload content to multiple Knowledgebase Articles based on the ESXi branch. This page is going to be static and the below Articles have the payloads for individual ESXi branches moving forward.

Affected Products

VMware ESXi, VMware ESXi 6.5.X, VMware ESXi 6.7.X, VMware ESXi 6.x, VMware ESXi 7.x, VMware ESXi 8.x
Article Properties
Article Number: 000126599
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 22 Jul 2025
Version:  42
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