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PowerEdge R810 and ESXi 6.7

Hello,

I have install ESXi 6.5 on DELL PowerEdge R810 ..... run correct. It will work with version 6.7?

What is the compatibility between 6.5 and 6.7?

Thank you very much for answer.

Martin

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In general, the VMware Compatibility Guide is the best place to look for hardware compatibility: VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

Unfortunately, the Dell Poweredge R810 is only supported up to 6.0 U3:

VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

If it works with 6.5 without errors, fine. However, it is not recommended.

And I've seen some posts with problems and purple screens for the Dell R x10 series with 6.7. So I wouldn't bet on it.

--- Regards, Sebastian VCP6.5-DCV // VCP7-CMA // vSAN 2017 Specialist Please mark this answer as 'helpful' or 'correct' if you think your question has been answered correctly.

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In general, the VMware Compatibility Guide is the best place to look for hardware compatibility: VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

Unfortunately, the Dell Poweredge R810 is only supported up to 6.0 U3:

VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search

If it works with 6.5 without errors, fine. However, it is not recommended.

And I've seen some posts with problems and purple screens for the Dell R x10 series with 6.7. So I wouldn't bet on it.

--- Regards, Sebastian VCP6.5-DCV // VCP7-CMA // vSAN 2017 Specialist Please mark this answer as 'helpful' or 'correct' if you think your question has been answered correctly.
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I know, officially R810 supported up to 6.0 U3. I have problem after upgrading to last build 8935087 with warning "Host hardware temperature status". I clean event logs and alarms on ESXi and iDRAC (see google). I'm still looking for a solution. I wanted to try the ESXi 6.7 version.

Martin

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Not supported by VMware means that all kinds of weird errors and unexpected behavior can occur. I'm not sure this is a solid platform to try out the new version.

If you want to familiarize yourself with the new features in 6.7, I can recommend the Hands-on Lab - What's new in vSphere 6.7:
What's New in vSphere 6.7 Hands-on Lab - VMware vSphere Blog

But if you only want to get rid of the error "Host hardware temperature status" and you don't care about the rest, you can also disable this one alarm:

1. Login with vSphere Web Client

2. Click on your vCenter

3. Choose tab "Monitor"

4. Go to "Issues" -> "Alarm Definitions"

5. Select Alarm Definition "Host hardware temperature status"

6. Click on "Edit"

7. Uncheck "Enable this alarm"

--- Regards, Sebastian VCP6.5-DCV // VCP7-CMA // vSAN 2017 Specialist Please mark this answer as 'helpful' or 'correct' if you think your question has been answered correctly.
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It could work out provided you're not running the Intel Xeon 65xx, 74xx or 75xx series processors in the host. If it's on the newer E7-xxxx processors you SHOULD be OK for 6.7. Not to say that VMware won't include the next generation of processors on it's "unsupported" list.

This is in the release notes for 6.7 (under the lines for the unsupported processors):

"During an installation or upgrade, the installer checks the compatibility of the host CPU with vSphere 6.7. If your host hardware is not compatible, a purple screen appears with an incompatibility information message, and the vSphere 6.7 installation process stops."

IF the rest of your hardware is not on the "unsupported" list, then [IMO] it could be worth a shot. I would NOT do the update/upgrade on a production box though. Best to do it in a test configuration.

BTW, this follows the quoted line above:

The following CPUs are supported in the vSphere 6.7 release, but they may not be supported in future vSphere releases. Please plan accordingly:

  • Intel Xeon E3-1200 (SNB-DT)
  • Intel Xeon E7-2800/4800/8800 (WSM-EX)
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