VMware ESXi 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 7.x branch Images.

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

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.

vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) health check can label Virtual LAN (VLAN) or Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) as “Not Supported” if uplinks have varied VLANs, MTU mismatches, or VLAN None groups; mitigate by disabling it or ensure VLAN/MTU support.

How to debug the ESXi Machine Check Exception (MCE) purple diagnostic screen (PSOD) with an example.

How to install OpenManage Server Administrator VIB (OMSA) on VMware ESXi 5.x or VMware ESXi 6.x to collect system logs.

This article explains how to resolve a situation where a Virtual Machine (VM) fails to power on due to issues with a disk consolidation or snapshot.

Lifecycle in iDRAC is showing 'watchdog timer expired' alerts on nodes running ESXi.

This article explains how to assign an Initial Company Administrator.

This article describes how to gather the necessary log files to troubleshoot a vSphere Tanzu issue.

This article explains how to troubleshoot VMware vSphere ESXi storage (iSCSI/Fibre Channel) issues.

When running the nvidia-smi command, you may encounter a driver error stating that "nvidia-smi has failed because it could not communicate with the NVIDIA driver.

This article provides instructions on how the user inputs their recovery key after system board or TPM replacement on an ESXi host.

This best practice guidance is aimed at Dell XC Series Appliances and XC Core Systems configured to boot VMware ESXi from either a SATADOM or a Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS) controller card.

This article explains how to promote Company Administrators.

How to downgrade PERC driver using the ESXi command line

This article explains Dell guidelines on company administrator assignment.

FCoE session issues due to Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) packets sent by Virtual Machines. Issue can cause interface flapping, or no problems are seen until any manual action that causes LLDP to renumerate triggering the issue.

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.

This article documents the procedure to update drivers for ESXi hosts including prerequisites.

Using iDRAC tools to interact with iDRAC when it is not reachable using Web Browser. It may happen that after an iDRAC firmware upgrade, the iDRAC is not reachable but GuestOS is reachable. In that case, use iDRAC tools to troubleshoot the issue and bring it back online.

VMware Storage vMotion and VMware vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI) Extended Copy (XCOPY) is not supported with Live Volumes.

If ESXi hosts use Trusted Platform Module (TPM), this article provides steps to take while the ESXi host is still accessible over SSH before any hardware changes.

Running Dell System Update (DSU) 2.0.0 for ESXi may fail with catalog download errors due to VMware ESXi 7 Update 3 adding default rulesets to block outgoing HTTP or NFS connections.

This KB explains how to put a node into MM prior to reboot.

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.

You may occasionally see an IDRAC error: CPU Thermal warning on iDRAC

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

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 explains how to change the boot order on an ESXi host.