VMware ESXi 7.x

This is a firmware catalog which contains validated and certified firmware stack for selected Dell VMware vSAN Ready Nodes.

This KB article discusses installing the OS in BIOS mode with AMD PowerEdge Servers R6415 R7415 R7425.

Information about how drives behind a PERC are NOT detected in Windows/VMware ESXi Installation if Firmware Device Order (FDO) is enabled.

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.

A small script to check the visible vSphere basic inventory for a specified username leveraging PowerCLI. This is an alternative to logging in with the user into the vCenter UI and collecting data manually.

This guide covers the basic steps of installing and configuring VMware ESXi on Dell Servers. This article also covers upgrading, downgrading, and combining VMware licenses, as well as installing VMware drivers, Dell tools, and generating VMware support bundles.

Dell customers may report an unrecoverable hardware error on POST with configurations including a certain mix of Mellanox firmware, BIOS, and iDRAC versions. While the issue was reported on VMware with CX-5 cards, other Dell/Mellanox hardware may be affected.

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

This article describes how to use WinSCP to upload large files to the VMware ESXi Datastore.

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.

The purpose of this KB is to explain the potential vSAN data inconsistency that occurs in VMware vSAN 7.0U1-7.0U1P02 and the related vSAN critical health alert displayed in vCenter Skyline Online Health Check on exposed vSAN version.

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

There is no ESXi 8.x Driver support for the SPERC on VRTX.

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

vSphere 7.x and later ESXi host experiences a Purple Screen of Death (PSOD) creates a Zdump core dump that is auto‑encrypted. This happens when the host is using Virtual Machine encryption.

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.

This article outlines how to create a firmware baseline, view compliance reports, and apply updates in Dell OpenManage Enterprise.

This article explains how to Revert to a previous version of ESXi.

This is a document detailing managing boot variables from ESXi. Starting 7.0 VMware provides an option to manage the boot variables when system make use of UEFI boot mode.

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

This article provides information about how to test available network bandwidth using iperf3.

When ESXi hosts have the “Log Urgent Traces To Syslog” option enabled, urgent vSAN diagnostic traces are sent to the syslog target, causing Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) to ingest excessive vsantraceurgent logs.

Several requests regarding custom ISOs for the latest VMware patch releases for ESXi 7.0 and ESXi 8.0 have been received. The new VMware patch includes critical security updates for vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, and CVE-2025-22226. VMSA-2025-0004 is the official Broadcom article number which is commonly use to explain the issue to Tech Support.

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.

This article contains a Dell VMware NVMe LED Management, Technical white paper about NVMe Hot-Plug on Dell PowerEdge servers running VMware vSphere or vSAN.

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