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Firmware catalog for Dell customized VMware ESXi 6.x images

Summary: Dell's firmware catalogs for customized versions of Dell's VMware ESXi 6.x, 6.5.x and 6.7.x releases. When users use the Dell customized ESXi versions along with corresponding firmware catalogs, the end to end wanted state is achieved. ...

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Instructions

This Dell KB provide the firmware catalog payloads supported for Dell customized VMware ESXi 6.x branches. The firmware catalog is to be used for general ESXi use cases and not for vSAN. For vSAN, we provide a specific catalog for each release. To know more about the ESXi firmware catalog in general, see ESXi firmware catalog KB.

Below table maps the recommended firmware for Dell customized VMware ESXi 6.x, 6.5.x and 6.7.x images. This is a living document and gets modified as and when new catalogs are released. However, since this is the ESXi 6.x branch and is End Of Life already, there will not be releases for this branch unless there is absolute necessity.

 

NOTE:
  • The file named ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz is the compressed version of the catalog file.
  • ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign is the signature associated with the specific file. Some of the Dell provided user space applications which consume the catalog file may need the signature file as well to verify the checksum.

 

Firmware catalogs for Dell Customized VMware ESXi 6.x, 6.5.x and 6.7.x images

Dell Customized VMware ESXi Revision Dell Addon Name and Version VMware ESXi Build and Version (Base Image) ESXi FW catalog Release date Version Catalog Location
VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 A04 N/A No information available in 6.5.x customization information document 7th Nov 2017 17.11.07 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04655306M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04655307M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.0 U3 A05 N/A No information is available in 6.0 customization information document 19th Oct 2017
VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 A05 N/A No information available in 6.5.x customization information document 14th Dec 2017 18.01.26 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04796351M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04796352M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.0 U3 A07 N/A No information is available in 6.0 customization information document 14th Dec 2017
VMware ESXi 6.7 A01 N/A Build: 8169922
Version: ESXi 6.7.0
23rd Apr 2018 18.17.01 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05091474M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05091475M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U1 A11 N/A Build Number: 7967591
Version: ESXi 6.5 Update 1g
14th Jun 2018
VMware ESXi 6.7 A03 N/A Build: 8941472
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 02
28th Aug 2018 18.09.27 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05232989M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05232990M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 A03 N/A Build Number: 8935087
Version: ESXi 6.5 Update 2b
4th Sept 2018
VMware ESXi 6.7 A05 N/A Build: 9484548
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 03
4th Sep 2018 18.12.01 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05554168M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05554167M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 A04 N/A Build Number: 9298722
Version: ESXi 6.5 Update 2c
10th Sep 2018
VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 A02 N/A Build: 10302608
Version: ESXi 6.7.0 Update 1
30th Nov 2018 19.01.18 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05417571M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05417570M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 A06 N/A Build Number: 10175896
Version: ESXi 6.5 EP 09
VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 A04 N/A Build: 10764712
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 05
12th Mar 2019 19.04.00 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05554180M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05554179M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 A05 N/A Build: 11675023
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 06
19th April 2019 19.05.30 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05860211M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05860210M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U2 A10 N/A Build Number: 10719125
Version: ESXi 6.5 EP 11
VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 A00 N/A Build: 13006603
Version: ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2
25th April 2019 19.07.30 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05860209M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05860208M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7 U2 A03 N/A Build: 13981272
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 10
17th September 2019 19.10.23 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05895170M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER05895169M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U3 A01 N/A Build Number: 13932383
Version: ESXi 6.5.0 Update 3
19th September 2019
VMware ESXi 6.7 U3 A02 N/A Build: 14320388
Version: ESXi 6.7 Update 3
20th November 2019 20.01.08 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06035529M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06035530M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U3 A03 N/A Build Number: 14320405
Version: ESXi 6.5.0 Update 3a
11th December 2019
VMware ESXi 6.7 U3 A04 N/A Build: 15160138
Version: ESXi 6.7 Update 3b
18th February 2020 20.03.10 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06165376M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06165377M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.5 U3 A05 N/A Build Number: 15256549
Version: ESXi 6.5 P04
VMware ESXI 6.7 U3 A05 N/A Build: 16075168
Version: ESXi 6.7 P02
13th July 2020 20.08.15 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06520644M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06520643M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A07 N/A Build: 16773714
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 16
25th November 2020 20.12.28 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06953755M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06953752M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A08 N/A Build: 17167734
Version: ESXi 6.7 P04
15th Dec 2020
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A10 N/A Build: 17499825
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 18
13th April 2021 21.04.22 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07333465M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07333464M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A11 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05
30th Jun 2021 21.06.30 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07541455M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07541454M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A13 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05
19th Nov 2021 21.10.13 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07848990M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07848988M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A14 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05
15th Nov 2021 21.11.15 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07973969M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER07973963M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
VMware ESXi 6.7U3 A15 N/A Build: 17700523
Version: ESXi 6.7 P05
1st Feb 2022 22.02.01 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171566M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171567M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08171568M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A16 N/A Build: 18828794
Version: ESXi 6.7 P06
19th Apr 2022 22.04.19 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444744M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444743M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08444751M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A17 N/A Build: 19195723
Version: ESXi 6.7 EP 23
15th July 2022 22.07.15 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790538M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790543M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER08790557M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 A18 N/A Build: 19898906
Version: ESXi 6.7 P07
23rd Sept 2022 22.09.23 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023697M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023544M/1/ESXi_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09023564M/1/ESXi_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html

 

NOTE:
  • Starting catalog version 22.02.01, Dell started providing a firmware version report as well along with catalog payload and signature file. This helps the users to review the firmware versions in an HTML format without using any external utilities.

 

Affected Products

VMware ESXi 6.5.X, VMware ESXi 6.7.X, VMware ESXi 6.x
Article Properties
Article Number: 000225272
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2024
Version:  3
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