VMware ESXi 6.7.X

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.

This article describes a cause for hostd service on ESXi to be non-responsive, and cause the server to become unresponsive to management operations from vCenter. The particular scenarios where this happens is when NFC operations such as backup or replication jobs are performed on disks with an IO filter attached.

How to Identify the physical slot number in iDRAC based off the device name in vSphere/VSAN.

This article provides how to replace vSAN capacity disk. In the vSAN environment using SSD and hard disk drives together, the SSD used as the cache memory is called the Cache Disk, the hard drive used as the data space is called the Capacity Disk.

This is a general troubleshooting guide to help identifying if there is a problem with a physical disk in vSAN Clusters.

This article explains Dell guidelines on company administrator assignment.

This article explains how to assign an Initial Company Administrator.

This article explains how to promote Company Administrators.

This article shows how to resolve an issue where vSphere 7.0 shows Persistent Memory (NVDIMM-N) as "0 MB" after a DIMM error, Persistent Memory (PMEM) namespace shows as "Not in Use."

This article discusses R7425, R6415, R7415 14G AMD servers with Linux OS using H330 controllers or ESXi using H330 configured as VMDirectPath I/O pass-through to a Linux Virtual Machine with the potential to experience data corruption.

An ESXi server or a node that is part of a vSAN cluster may report purple screen with the message "…disk name: naa.5000xxxxxxxxx detected suspended I/Os…" or may report all drives that are attached to an HBA are missing.

This KB explains how to perform the WSFC conversion at a high-level. It also covers converting an Oracle RAC environment from RDMs to shared VMDKs on NVMe/TCP, even though Oracle RAC does not require SCSI3‑PR. Oracle RAC can run on an SDC‑based VMFS datastore, but because PowerFlex does not support Clustered VMDK on SDC‑based VMFS, SCSI3‑PR‑dependent applications cannot use that configuration. Oracle RAC explanations are also high-level.

vCenter is showing errors for a host: "The ramdisk 'root' is full. As a result, the file * could not be written."

This article provides different methods to get the iDRAC IP address of your PowerEdge servers directly from the VMware ESXi host. It is useful when you do not have physical access to the server.

When upgrading from ESXi 6.7 U3 or earlier versions of ESXi in systems configured with SD cards as the boot device, it is of critical importance to follow all VMware deployment recommendations. SD devices connect through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) and have write-endurance limitations.

iDRAC Service Module (iSM) versions 4.0.1 and earlier for VMware ESXi may stop functioning and the dcism service stop if the core hostd service of the ESXi host was recently restarted.

ESXi 6.7 servers with Emulex fibre channel HBAs are not able to access LUNs on Dell EMC PowerMax storage after installing lpfc driver version 12.8.317.0.

Dell's quick boot support configurations for Dell customized VMware vSphere

What is a common Network Partition and Teaming Mode mistake that may result in unexpected network issues.

The article explains why OMSA 9.4.0 or earlier will not install on VMware ESXi 7.0, the upgrade impact from 6.x to 7.0, and a workaround.

How to download and install Dell Customized VMware ESXi images for PowerEdge servers. Find step-by-step instructions and details on drivers, patches, and ISO availability.

Dell PowerEdge servers upgrading from VMware ESXi 6.7 or 6.5 to VMware ESXi 7.0 may fail with vmkapi DependancyError.

Learn what changes in the Dell factory install regarding ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 and later.

This article explains the procedure to open a Service Request (SR) using the Dell support page. Get help fast for your Dell device. No more waiting on hold. No more tech headaches. Dell makes it simple to fix problems, schedule repairs, or get support—right from your device or our support website.

The following article provides information about Network Interface Card (NIC) Teaming in Windows, VMware, and Linux.

This article explains how to replace a cache disk in a vSAN configuration.

This article explains the difference between a Not Responding and Disconnected ESXi host in VMware vCenter Server.

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) integration is configured with the vProxy appliance. For information regarding vProxy compatibility with NetWorker, Data Domain Operating System (DDOS), vCenter, and ESXi versions, please refer to the Online Compatibility Guide.

This article explains the relationship between SCSI reservation conflicts and Shared ESXi Datastores.

Customers seeking to upgrade their ESXi server with the Dell Customized Image can follow this step-by-step guide for a command line (CLI) upgrade.