{"id":7457,"date":"2024-11-13T13:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/?p=7457"},"modified":"2024-11-13T13:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T12:42:09","slug":"after-upgrading-to-vmware-esxi-8-dell-vrtx-shared-perc-8-not-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/after-upgrading-to-vmware-esxi-8-dell-vrtx-shared-perc-8-not-available\/","title":{"rendered":"After upgrading to VMware ESXi 8 &#8211; Dell VRTX Shared PERC 8 Not Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>After upgrading to VMware ESXi 8 &#8211; Dell VRTX Shared PERC 8 Not Available\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>We just started a upgrade process from the VMware ESXi 7.0.3 to the latest VMware ESXi 8.0.3 on the DELL VRTX with Dell PowerEdge M630 blade servers. After successful upgrade of the first node the ESXi does not recognize the Shared PERC 8 controller for the direct attached storage. As always i used the Dell custom image.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7458\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7458 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54-494x190.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54-494x190.png 494w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54-288x111.png 288w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54-1536x591.png 1536w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.54.png 1602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the SPERC8 mini on the 7.0.0.update03- 20842708.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The main problem is, that the M640 for VRTX blades are on the HCL from VMware ESX 8, <em>but the chassis &#8211;<\/em><strong> the VRTX not &#8211; This is only supported up to 7.03.\u00a0 <\/strong>No current or future driver development is planned for ESXi 8.x OS with SPERC. Driver development stopped at VMware ESXi 7.x<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7459\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7459 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58-494x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58-494x154.png 494w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58-288x90.png 288w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58-768x239.png 768w, https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-13-at-13.33.58.png 1434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Missing SPERC 8 on the VMware ESXi, 8.0.3, 2428076 Dell Customized iso.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is very nice from the DELL, that stops developing SPERC driver for vSphere 8, when the vSphere 7 ends at 11\/2025. So the lot of customers, which buyed VRTX solution for 5+ years will be a forced to use old not supported vSphere 7.<\/p>\n<p>The solution in my case was downgrade back to the 7.0.3 A10 and update to the latest A23.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just started a upgrade process from the VMware ESXi 7.0.3 to the latest VMware ESXi 8.0.3 on the DELL VRTX with Dell PowerEdge M630 blade servers. After successful upgrade of the first node the ESXi does not recognize the Shared PERC 8 controller for the direct attached storage. 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