Release Notes

Systems running ESXi may freeze and display a purple screen of death or PSOD screen if the

max CPUID value limit token is enabled in the BIOS.........................................................................23

PCI devices listed as unknown under PCI passthrough section of vSphere client.......................... 23

ESXi reports 1011.5 GB of memory on specific systems populated with 1 TB Of memory............. 24

Uninstallation of Dell OpenManage VIB fails to delete certain files..................................................24

vCenter displays physical BMC MAC address although flex addressing is enabled.........................24

Creating local VMFS Datastore fails after a ESXi installation............................................................. 24

Dell systems management monitoring applications fail to authenticate to an ESXi host after a

few days of use....................................................................................................................................25

VMware vCenter service stops responding when fibre channel LUN is attached to ESXi host

via software FCoE adapter.................................................................................................................. 25

Unable to install and configure VMware vShield on Dell customized ESXi image...........................25

Upgrade from Dell customized VMware ESXi 5.0 ISO to a later update fails...................................26

vmkernel Portgroups uses unused adapters when the active adapter goes down......................... 26

Scripted installation of Dell-Customized VMware ESXi image fails..................................................26

DHCP lookup failed message is displayed on the DCUI....................................................................27

PERC H310 mini controller is displayed as MegaRAID SAS SKINNY controller................................ 27

ESXi with BIOS versions older than 1.2.6 may crash under heavy load ........................................... 27

Drive type listed as non-SSD for datastores created with SSD......................................................... 27

Power management settings displayed as not supported or not applicable...................................28

FC or iSCSI LUN details are not displayed in vCenter server.............................................................28

IPMI related error messages logged in the vmkernel log file............................................................28

ESXi may fail to install or boot on a NUMA-enabled system............................................................ 29

USB optical driver or iDRAC virtual CD drive is not available to a VM.............................................. 29

vCenter server or VI client does not report a failed or critical array.................................................29

Windows Server 2008 cannot be automatically preactivated.......................................................... 30

DCUI displays the hardware label as N/A...........................................................................................30

vSphere client displays invalid values for DDR3 memory................................................................. 30

RAID 10 virtual disks are displayed as RAID 1 in vCenter server or VI client.....................................30

ESXi reports an incorrect MAC address for FlexAddress-enabled modular systems........................31

4 Related information........................................................................................... 32

Technical support resources.............................................................................................................. 32

Discussion forums...............................................................................................................................32

Knowledge base..................................................................................................................................32

5 Getting help.........................................................................................................34

Contacting Dell................................................................................................................................... 34