PowerEdge: PSOD on ESXi 7.0 U3 when BIOS Secure Boot is enabled
Summary: PSOD on vSphere ESXi 7.0 U3 when BIOS secure boot is enabled.
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Symptoms
System Reported with issue: PowerEdge R450 Installed OS: vSphere ESXi 7.0 U3 Main issue reported: The vCenter Server has an alarm about TPM Disabled and requesting to enable it in BIOS. When Secure Boot is enabled and the host is rebooted, the following Pink Screen Of Death (PSOD) is displayed:
UEFI Secure Boots failed: Failed to verify signatures of the following vibs [All VMs listed are Dell OEM VMware ESXi ISO image vibs]
It is confirmed that the installed Operating System (OS) is Dell OEM VMware ESXi ISO 7.0 U3.
The VMware documentation recommends the following when this error is found: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.security.doc/GUID-5D5EE0D1-2596-43D7-95C8-0B29733191D9.html
vibs suspected to be tampered are valid and certified.
Cause
Host hardware date and time are not set properly.
Resolution
It was found that a couple of months ago before detected the issue, experienced CMOS Battery issues. The TSR showed and confirmed that the Time and Date on host are in the past. It lost time configuration in BIOS. The solution was to set the Date & time correctly, and the issue was solved when Secure Boot was Enabled.
Affected Products
PowerEdge R540, PowerEdge R550, PowerEdge R570, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R6415, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R650xs, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R6525, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R660xs, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R6625, PowerEdge R670, PowerEdge R740
, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R740XD2, PowerEdge R7415, PowerEdge R7425, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R750XA, PowerEdge R750xs, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R7525, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R760XA, PowerEdge R760xd2, PowerEdge R760xs, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R770, PowerEdge R7715, PowerEdge R7725, PowerEdge R840, PowerEdge R860, PowerEdge R940, PowerEdge R940xa, PowerEdge R960, PowerEdge T350, PowerEdge T360, PowerEdge T440, PowerEdge T550, PowerEdge T560, PowerEdge T640
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Article Properties
Article Number: 000208990
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 May 2025
Version: 4
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