HP advisory on patch ESXi650-201707205-UG, how can i determine if it is installed?

[erpadmin2]

unable to run esxupdate query (Usage: This program is not meant to be used directly.  Please use esxcli software instead)

# esxcli software vib list |grep net-ixgbe

net-ixgbe                      4.5.2-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585           INT        VMwareCertified   2017-11-07

how can I determine if the patch is installed ?

[daphnissov]

This patch came with 6.5 U1. The ixgbe you listed is not the same version, so it looks like you need to patch to at least U1.

[erpadmin2]

# vmware -l

VMware ESXi 6.5.0 Update 1

how are you able to tell it is not the same version?

[daphnissov]

You have

net-ixgbe                      4.5.2-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585           INT        VMwareCertified   2017-11-07

The patch contains

VMW_bootbank_ixgben_1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303

[erpadmin2]

sorry but I don't see any correlation between those two versioning schemes.   either they are unrelated or HPE's customized Update 1 image does not contain this patch (which is actually a good thing as the patch is known to cause PSOD's)

[erpadmin2]

according to VMware Knowledge Base

VMW_bootbank_ixgben_1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303

So I guess this is one way of figuring it out.

[daphnissov]

They are two separate drivers. If you have U1 installed, it supplies ixgben 1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303. What are you asking for specifically here?

[erpadmin2]

EDIT:  removed inaccurate answer

just noticed is has 600 in the versioning

would the ixgbe version number as reported by `esxcli software vib list` match the boot bank version?

[erpadmin2]

sorry for the confusion

if i understand correctly, it looks like HP's custom 6.5U1 ISO was customized to use the old 6.0 ixgbe driver.

[daphnissov]

Yeah, so I was trying to indicate that you asked if X patch was applied. That patch is defined by a driver called "ixgben" of version  1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303. You posted about net-ixgbe. Those are two separate drivers. HP's ISO was built with the version you state. 6.5 U1 provides ixgben with v1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303.

[erpadmin2]

is there anyway to query information on ixgben from the esxi host other than simply knowing "6.5 U1 provides ixgben with v1.4.1-2vmw.650.1.26.5969303"

this issue isn't a big deal on the current hosts i've upgraded because they are using broadcomm nic/fcoe cards but i may have to look at using a different build on a few other hosts (per the HP advisory to rollback that patch)

[daphnissov]

is there anyway to query information on ixgben from the esxi host

What type of other information would you hope to get regarding that driver other than its version? If you wanted to check if that was in use by any devices (although it sounds like you've already done this) you can run vsish -e get /net/pNics/vmnic0/properties | grep Driver and you'll be shown the driver and firmware of vmnic0. Replace the 0 with any N numbered vmnic you have in the system.