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Article Number: 000225254

Firmware catalog for Dell's vSAN Ready Nodes with ESXi 8.x branch Images

Summary: This is a firmware catalog which contains validated and certified firmware stack for selected Dell VMware vSAN Ready Nodes based on Dell customized ESXi 8.X branch Images.

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Instructions

This KB provide Dell's vSAN ready nodes-specific firmware catalog payloads supported for Dell customized VMware ESXi 8.x branches. This firmware catalog is to be used for specific Dell branded vSAN Ready nodes as noted in the KB here. For general ESXi specific use cases, use the firmware catalog provided here.

 

NOTE:
  • The file named as vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz is the compressed version of the catalog file.
  • vSAN_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.

 

vSAN firmware catalog payloads:

Dell Customized VMware ESXi Revision Dell Addon Name and Version VMware ESXi Build and Version (Base Image) vSAN FW catalog Release date Version Catalog Location
VMware ESXi 8.0 A00 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A00		 Build: 20513097
Version: ESXi 8.0 GA		 26-Dec-22 22.12.26 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09378226M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09378245M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09378235M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0 A02 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A02		 Build: 20513097
Version: ESXi 8.0 GA		 17-Mar-23 23.03.17 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09707356M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09707325M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09707423M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0 A03 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A03		 Build: 21203435
Version: ESXi 8.0b
VMware ESXi 8.0 A02 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A02		 Build: 20513097
Version: ESXi 8.0 GA		 14-Apr-23 23.04.14 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09853416M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09853342M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER09853434M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0 A03 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A03		 Build: 21203435
Version: ESXi 8.0b
VMware ESXi 8.0 A05 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 800-A05		 Build: 21203435
Version: ESXi 8.0b		 11-Aug-23 23.06.12 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10445647M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10445646M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10445652M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0U1 A02 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 801-A02		 Build: 21813344
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 1a		 4-Sep-23 23.08.22 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10533371M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10533379M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10533381M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0U1 A04 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 801-A04		 Build: 22088125
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 1C
VMware ESXi 8.0U1 A04 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers
Version: 801-A04		 Build: 22088125
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 1C		 20-Nov-23 23.11.07 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10856926M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10856945M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER10856894M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 A03 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers 802-A03 Build: 22380479
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 2		 28-Dec-23 23.12.22
NOTE: vSAN Catalog Version 23.12.22 is demoted as it is identified that the payload download fails for certain specific NVMe device models. Dell has a revised version of the catalog soon addressing the same. The impacted device models for the 23.12.22 catalog are PM1733, PM1735, PM1733, PM1733v2, PM1735v2, 7400 family drives.
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VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 A03 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers 802-A03 Build: 22380479
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 2		 09-Feb-24 24.02.08 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11251158M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11251159M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11251140M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html
VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 A05 Name: Dell addon for PowerEdge Servers 802-A05 Build: 22380479
Version: ESXi 8.0 Update 2		 05-Apr-24 24.03.25 https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11436989M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11436975M/1/vSAN_Catalog.xml.gz.sign
https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER11436963M/1/vSAN_Catalog_SW_BundleReport.html

 

NOTE:
  • Starting catalog version "24.03.25," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R840, MX750c and MX760c vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Catalog version 24.02.08 replaces faulty catalog version 23.12.22 which is removed from the Dell downloads portal.
  • Starting catalog version "23.04.14," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R660, R760, R7615, R6615, and R7625 vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Starting catalog version "22.04.04," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R7515 and R6515 vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Starting catalog version "21.10.29," the vSAN firmware catalog supports R750 and R650 vSAN Ready Nodes in addition to the existing servers.
  • Starting catalog version 22.01.10, 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.
  • See VMware KB 2143832This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies. for a comparison of VMware base image and build number details noted in the above table.

 

Article Properties

Affected Product
PowerEdge MX750c, PowerEdge MX760c, PowerEdge R640, PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R6515, PowerEdge R660, PowerEdge R6615, PowerEdge R740, PowerEdge R740XD, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R7515, PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge R7615, PowerEdge R7625, PowerEdge R840 , Dell EMC vSAN MX750c Ready Node, Dell vSAN Ready Node MX760c, Dell EMC vSAN R640 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R650 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R6515 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R660 Ready Node, Dell vSAN R6615 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R740 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R740xd Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R750 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R7515 Ready Node, Dell EMC vSAN R760 Ready Node, Dell vSAN R7615 Ready Node, Dell vSAN Ready Node R7625, Dell EMC vSAN R840 Ready Node ...
Product

VMware ESXi 8.x

Last Published Date

21 Jun 2024

Version

2

Article Type

How To

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