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Article Number: 000136989


vSphere ESXi 5.1 Host Crashes After VM with PCI Passthru Enabled is Powered On

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Article Summary: This article provides information on vSphere ESXi 5.1 host crashes after VM with PCI Passthru enabled is powered on.


 
Issue :

When powering on a virtual machine (VM) that has PCI Passthru enabled, the VMware vSphere ESXi host 5.1 host crashes. The purple screen appears similar to this : 

SLN285949_en_US__1I_CRASHES_PASSTHRU_JP_V1a

Resolution :

Update the host with patch ESXi510-201212401-BG. You can download the patch here : http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035777
 


 

Article Properties


Affected Product

Servers, PowerEdge

Last Published Date

21 Feb 2021

Version

3

Article Type

Solution