PowerEdge: Firmware catalog for Dell's vSAN Ready Nodes with ESXI 9.X branch Images.
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 9.X branch Images.
Instructions
This article provides Dell's vSAN ready nodes-specific firmware catalog payloads supported for Dell customized VMware ESXi 9.x branches. This firmware catalog is to be used for specific Dell branded vSAN Ready nodes as noted in the article PowerEdge: Firmware catalog for Dell's vSAN Ready Nodes. For general ESXi specific use cases, use the firmware catalog provided in article VMware: Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi images.
See Dell 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 file named as vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz is the compressed version of the catalog file.
vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.signis 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) | ESXi Firmware catalog Release date | Version | Catalog Location |
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| VMware ESXi 9.0 A00 | Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9000-A00 |
Build: 24755229 Version: ESXi 9.0 GA |
26-Jun-2025 |
25.04.30 |
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER13111708M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
Note: This catalog version is not supported on Dell PowerEdge R770, R670, R570, R470, R7725, R6725, R7715, and R6715 servers running VMware ESXi 9.0.
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| VMware ESXi 9.0 A00 | Name: Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9000-A00 |
Build: 24755229 Version: ESXi 9.0 GA |
15-Jul-2025 |
25.07.08 |
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER13372759M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz |
| VMware ESXi 9.0 A01 | Name: Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9000-A01 |
Build: 24755229 Version: ESXi 9.0 GA |
30-Sep-2025 |
25.09.24 |
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER13678401M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz |
| VMware ESXi 9.0 A02 | Name: Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9000-A02 |
Build: 24813472 Version: ESXi 9.0.0.0100 |
27-Nov-2025 |
25.11.19 |
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| VMware ESXi 9.0 A02 | Name: Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9000-A02 |
Build: 24813472 Version: ESXi 9.0.0.0100 |
19-Jan-2026 |
25.12.31 | https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER14033948M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER14033946M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER14033947M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html Note: Mellanox ConnectX firmware or driver versions carried in this catalog may not be supported or certified for vSAN RDMA feature. To know more details on the vSAN RDMA certified Mellanox adapters, see the vSAN HCL. |
| VMware ESXi 9.0 A03 | Name: Dell Addon for PowerEdge Servers Version: 9010-A03 |
Build: 24957456 Version: ESXi 9.0.1.0 |
19-Jan-2026 |
25.12.31 |
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER14033948M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
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