Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi images
Summary: This article talks about Dell's firmware catalogs for customized versions of Dell's VMware ESXi releases. When the Dell customized ESXi versions are used along with corresponding firmware catalogs, so that the end to end wanted state is achieved. ...
Instructions
- This firmware catalog is meant to be used only for VMware ESXi use cases. This catalog is unsupported for VMware vSAN. For vSAN, you may see firmware catalogs released specific to Dell's selected VMware vSAN ready nodes (OR) see Broadcom HCL
for the specific firmware versions. Seek additional guidance from your aligned Dell account team if you need further details.
- Dell releases new and refreshed catalogs for customized VMware ESXi images on a quarterly basis. Up to N-1 of the Dell customized VMware ESXi ISO image has refreshed catalogs.
What is a firmware catalog?
A firmware catalog is an aggregation of all firmware bundles that is supported on multiple generations of Dell servers.
Firmware catalogs for Dell customized VMware ESXi
Dell started releasing firmware catalogs for Dell customized versions of VMware ESXi releases. The intent of this catalog is to announce the recommended firmware versions for Dell customized versions of VMware ESXi for various server models and peripherals. NOTE that the catalog contains firmware versions for all the generations of servers and corresponding peripherals. Hence it is advised that end users go through the compatibility matrix carefully to assess the support stance for the specific server model and the peripheral that they use for a specific version of VMware ESXi. The compatibility guides of various versions of Dell customized VMware ESXi are found at Dell Support as below.
- Dell VMware ESXi 8.x manuals
- Dell VMware ESXi 7.0.x Manuals
- Dell VMware ESXi 6.7.x Manuals
- Dell VMware ESXi 6.5.x Manuals
- Dell VMware ESXi 6.0.x Manuals
The driver versions that are integrated into Dell customized VMware ESXi images are documented in 8.x, 7.x and 6.x customization guides.
Starting May 2024, we have divided the payload content to multiple KBs based on the ESXi branch. This page is going to be static and the below KBs have the payloads for individual ESXi branches moving forward.