Release Notes

28 Release Notes
The contents of
the PowerEdge
RAID Controller
(PERC) or Cost-
Effective RAID
Controller
(CERC) cache are
not flushed to the
disk during a
graceful shutdown
of ESX/ESXi 4.0.
During a graceful
shutdown, ESX/ESXi
fails to trigger the
shutdown of the storage
controller. This might
result in a data loss if
the RAID controller
cache policy is set to
write-back.
CAUTION: If the
shutdown of the storage
controller is not
triggered by the
operating system, the
controller cache
contents are not flushed
to the disk. If the battery
backup unit of the
controller gets
discharged during this
period, there might be
data corruption.
To resolve this issue, install
the ESX400-200907001
patch for ESX 4.0, and the
ESXi400-200907001 patch
for ESXi 4.0. Download the
patch files from
vmware.com/mysupport/
download.
For more information, see
kb.vmware.com/kb/1012794 .
ESX/ESXi
4.0
Internet SCSI
(iSCSI) storage
volumes
configured with
ESX/ESXi may be
lost when the
active storage
controller fails
and failover
occurs.
When the active storage
controller of an iSCSI
storage array fails and
failover occurs, the
iSCSI initiator of ESX/
ESXi may fail to retry.
The connection to the
iSCSI volumes
may be lost.
To use the iSCSI storage
arrays with ESX/ESXi, you
must download and install
the ESX400-200906001
patch for ESX 4.0 and
ESXi400-200906001 patch
for ESXi 4.0.
Download the patch files
from
vmware.com/mysupport/
download.
ESX/ESXi
4.0
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