ESXi600-201803402-BG & Intel Nehalem (X5570)

[Aviator20111014]

Hi *,

I'm running ESXi 6.0 on Dell R610 with X5570 CPU.

With reference to VMware Knowledge Base 52085... Do I need to install this patch, even if my CPU is not listed?

Any pros and cons?

Cheers

David

[bluefirestorm · Accepted solution]

ESXi600-201803402-BG only delivers the microcode update to mitigate against Spectre. The microcode update can also come in the form of the BIOS/EFI firmware update from the server vendor. For PowerEdge R610, it is in this link

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=60HK9&lwp=rt

You do need to apply ESXi600-201803401-BG for the Spectre microcode update to be exposed to the VMs.

[Aviator20111014]

Wow, that was fast... Thanks for your advice.