vmkernel dump, purple screen. help deciphering log

[Joschide]

Hello,

Yesterday a client of mine had their ESXi 5.5.0 host crash with purple screen.  Everything came back up fine.  I followed the instructions to extract the vmkernel log.  I'd appreciate some assistance deciphering the log and whether there is an issue I need to address.  Thank you in advance!

I see some PF warnings and then PF exceptions.  However, I'm not sure if I need to take action.

I'm pasting log entries around the PF exception.  I'll attach the complete log as well.

2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9deb8:[0x418026c54930]CpuSchedDispatch@vmkernel#nover+0x1630 stack: 0x4124d9f9df28, 0x4124

2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df28:[0x418026c55c65]CpuSchedWait@vmkernel#nover+0x245 stack: 0xffffffff00000001, 0xd67e,

2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df98:[0x418026c561cb]CpuSched_VcpuHalt@vmkernel#nover+0x197 stack: 0x418000000000, 0x4100

2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dfe8:[0x418026acde30]VMMVMKCall_Call@vmkernel#nover+0x48c stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x418026acd484:[0xfffffffffc223baa]__vmk_symbol_NFSVolume_GetLocalPath@com.vmware.nfsmod#1.0.0.0+0x

2018-06-20T14:29:39.745Z cpu7:54910) [45m [33;1mVMware ESXi 5.5.0 [Releasebuild-1331820 x86_64] [0m

#PF Exception 14 in world 54910:vmm7:w2012Sr IP 0x418026c10c57 addr 0x0

PTEs:0x0;

2018-06-20T14:29:39.746Z cpu7:54910)cr0=0x80050031 cr2=0x0 cr3=0x3ed1a7000 cr4=0x2668

2018-06-20T14:29:39.747Z cpu7:54910)Last branch from 0x418026b73b1e to 0x418026c10c4c

2018-06-20T14:29:39.747Z cpu7:54910)frame=0x4124d9f9d0b0 ip=0x418026c10c57 err=0 rflags=0x10216

2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rax=0x0 rbx=0xf6 rcx=0x7

2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rdx=0x2 rbp=0x4124d9f9d558 rsi=0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rdi=0x41086e796a40 r8=0x1 r9=0x1

2018-06-20T14:29:39.749Z cpu7:54910)r10=0x41095fa42080 r11=0x4 r12=0x41000b91cef4

2018-06-20T14:29:39.749Z cpu7:54910)r13=0x1 r14=0x4124d9f9d468 r15=0x4124d9f9d4bc

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:0 world:28657396 name:"vmm0:SBS" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:1 world:28657399 name:"vmm2:SBS" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:2 world:63628092 name:"vmm1:Sales-01_v2" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:3 world:63628094 name:"vmm3:Sales-01_v2" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:4 world:63628093 name:"vmm2:Sales-01_v2" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:5 world:63628100 name:"vmx-vcpu-0:Sales-01_v2" (U)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:6 world:28657400 name:"vmm3:SBS" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:7 world:54910 name:"vmm7:w2012SrvrForSQL" (V)

2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)@BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world 54910:vmm7:w2012Sr IP 0x418026c10c57 addr 0x0

PTEs:0x0;

2018-06-20T14:29:39.751Z cpu7:54910)Code start: 0x418026a00000 VMK uptime: 280:15:33:20.761

2018-06-20T14:29:39.752Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d558:[0x418026c10c57]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+0xb73 stack: 0x410886733c80

2018-06-20T14:29:39.753Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d5c8:[0x418026c13bb5]E1000DevRx@vmkernel#nover+0x3a9 stack: 0x1

2018-06-20T14:29:39.753Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d668:[0x418026b92164]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x174 stack: 0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.754Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d6b8:[0x418026b79e22]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0x136 stack: 0x410886698780

2018-06-20T14:29:39.755Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d718:[0x418027127f58]EtherswitchForwardLeafPortsQuick@<None>#<None>+0x4c stack: 0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.757Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d938:[0x418027128f51]EtherswitchPortDispatch@<None>#<None>+0xe25 stack: 0x412400000014

2018-06-20T14:29:39.758Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d9a8:[0x418026b7a7d2]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x192 stack: 0x412e84b72100

2018-06-20T14:29:39.759Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d9f8:[0x418026b7ba39]Port_Input_Committed@vmkernel#nover+0x25 stack: 0x417fe6c60008

2018-06-20T14:29:39.760Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9da68:[0x418026c1763a]E1000DevAsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0x112 stack: 0x4124d9f9dbe8

2018-06-20T14:29:39.761Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dad8:[0x418026badd70]NetWorldletPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0x218 stack: 0x4124d9f9db48

2018-06-20T14:29:39.762Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dc38:[0x418026aeae77]WorldletProcessQueue@vmkernel#nover+0xcf stack: 0x4124d9f9dc78

2018-06-20T14:29:39.763Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dc78:[0x418026aeb93c]WorldletBHHandler@vmkernel#nover+0x54 stack: 0xc881591ad3be2b

2018-06-20T14:29:39.764Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dce8:[0x418026a2e5b9]BH_Check@vmkernel#nover+0xc9 stack: 0x19800

2018-06-20T14:29:39.765Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dd58:[0x418026c4e72d]CpuSchedIdleLoopInt@vmkernel#nover+0x391 stack: 0x411100000002

2018-06-20T14:29:39.766Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9deb8:[0x418026c54930]CpuSchedDispatch@vmkernel#nover+0x1630 stack: 0x4124d9f9df28

2018-06-20T14:29:39.767Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df28:[0x418026c55c65]CpuSchedWait@vmkernel#nover+0x245 stack: 0xffffffff00000001

2018-06-20T14:29:39.768Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df98:[0x418026c561cb]CpuSched_VcpuHalt@vmkernel#nover+0x197 stack: 0x418000000000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.769Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dfe8:[0x418026acde30]VMMVMKCall_Call@vmkernel#nover+0x48c stack: 0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.770Z cpu7:54910)0x418026acd484:[0xfffffffffc223baa]__vmk_symbol_NFSVolume_GetLocalPath@com.vmware.nfsmod#1.0.0.0+0x

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)base fs=0x0 gs=0x418041c00000 Kgs=0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkernel             0x0 .data 0x0 .bss 0x0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)chardevs             0x418026f6e000 .data 0x417fc0000000 .bss 0x417fc0000400

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)user                 0x418026f75000 .data 0x417fc0400000 .bss 0x417fc040e100

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_mgmt          0x418027026000 .data 0x417fc0800000 .bss 0x417fc0800140

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iodm                 0x41802702c000 .data 0x417fc0c00000 .bss 0x417fc0c00138

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dell                 0x418027030000 .data 0x417fc1000000 .bss 0x417fc1002880

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_socket        0x418027033000 .data 0x417fc1400000 .bss 0x417fc14005c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_vmkernel_shim 0x418027038000 .data 0x417fc1800000 .bss 0x417fc18080c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_vmkernel_shim 0x41802703d000 .data 0x417fc1c00000 .bss 0x417fc1c08840

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vprobe               0x418027042000 .data 0x417fc2000000 .bss 0x417fc200b7c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)procfs               0x418027080000 .data 0x417fc2400000 .bss 0x417fc2400240

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)procMisc             0x418027083000 .data 0x417fc2800000 .bss 0x417fc2800000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkplexer            0x418027084000 .data 0x417fc2c00000 .bss 0x417fc2c00260

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9           0x418027088000 .data 0x417fc3000000 .bss 0x417fc3008e80

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_0_0     0x41802710f000 .data 0x417fc3400000 .bss 0x417fc3407e84

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_1_0     0x418027112000 .data 0x417fc3800000 .bss 0x417fc3807f98

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_2_0     0x418027115000 .data 0x417fc3c00000 .bss 0x417fc3c08838

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans          0x418027118000 .data 0x417fc4000000 .bss 0x417fc4001800

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans_compat_shim 0x418027123000 .data 0x417fc4400000 .bss 0x417fc440096c

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans_incompat_shim 0x418027124000 .data 0x417fc4800000 .bss 0x417fc48007e4

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)etherswitch          0x418027125000 .data 0x417fc4c00000 .bss 0x417fc4c13900

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)netsched             0x41802715a000 .data 0x417fc5000000 .bss 0x417fc5004800

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cnic_register        0x41802716c000 .data 0x417fc5400000 .bss 0x417fc54001e0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)bnx2                 0x41802716e000 .data 0x417fc5800000 .bss 0x417fc581c200

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cnic                 0x418027184000 .data 0x417fc5c00000 .bss 0x417fc5c002a0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)random               0x418027198000 .data 0x417fc6000000 .bss 0x417fc6000600

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb                  0x41802719c000 .data 0x417fc6400000 .bss 0x417fc6401660

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ehci-hcd             0x4180271be000 .data 0x417fc6800000 .bss 0x417fc68002a0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb-uhci             0x4180271c9000 .data 0x417fc6c00000 .bss 0x417fc6c00220

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)hid                  0x4180271d0000 .data 0x417fc7000000 .bss 0x417fc70004e0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dm                   0x4180271d5000 .data 0x417fc7400000 .bss 0x417fc7400000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)nmp                  0x4180271d7000 .data 0x417fc7800000 .bss 0x417fc7803e50

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_satp_local       0x4180271fa000 .data 0x417fc7c00000 .bss 0x417fc7c00028

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_satp_default_aa  0x4180271fc000 .data 0x417fc8000000 .bss 0x417fc8000000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_lib          0x4180271fd000 .data 0x417fc8400000 .bss 0x417fc8400290

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_fixed        0x4180271ff000 .data 0x417fc8800000 .bss 0x417fc8800000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_rr           0x418027201000 .data 0x417fc8c00000 .bss 0x417fc8c00068

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_mru          0x418027204000 .data 0x417fc9000000 .bss 0x417fc9000000

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_92            0x418027206000 .data 0x417fc9400000 .bss 0x417fc9402660

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_9_2_0_0       0x418027227000 .data 0x417fc9800000 .bss 0x417fc9801750

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_9_2_1_0       0x418027228000 .data 0x417fc9c00000 .bss 0x417fc9c01750

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb-storage          0x418027229000 .data 0x417fca000000 .bss 0x417fca004780

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_nmp_shim 0x418027235000 .data 0x417fca400000 .bss 0x417fca400ca8

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_nmp_shim 0x418027236000 .data 0x417fca800000 .bss 0x417fca800ca8

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_linux_92       0x418027237000 .data 0x417fcac00000 .bss 0x417fcac00900

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)bnx2i                0x41802723a000 .data 0x417fcb000000 .bss 0x417fcb0005e0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_92             0x418027252000 .data 0x417fcb400000 .bss 0x417fcb400b80

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_92           0x41802726b000 .data 0x417fcb800000 .bss 0x417fcb8001c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_9_2_0_0        0x418027271000 .data 0x417fcbc00000 .bss 0x417fcbc00868

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_9_2_0_0      0x418027272000 .data 0x417fcc000000 .bss 0x417fcc0001f4

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_9_2_1_0        0x418027273000 .data 0x417fcc400000 .bss 0x417fcc400868

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_9_2_1_0      0x418027274000 .data 0x417fcc800000 .bss 0x417fcc8001f4

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)megaraid_sas         0x418027275000 .data 0x417fccc00000 .bss 0x417fccc007c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ata_piix             0x418027287000 .data 0x417fcd000000 .bss 0x417fcd000380

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_iscsi_shim 0x41802728b000 .data 0x417fcd400000 .bss 0x417fcd400970

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_iscsi_shim 0x41802728c000 .data 0x417fcd800000 .bss 0x417fcd800970

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)healthchk            0x41802728d000 .data 0x417fcdc00000 .bss 0x417fcdc11d00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)teamcheck            0x4180272a2000 .data 0x417fce000000 .bss 0x417fce012140

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vlanmtucheck         0x4180272b5000 .data 0x417fce400000 .bss 0x417fce411f00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)heartbeat            0x4180272ca000 .data 0x417fce800000 .bss 0x417fce811e00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)shaper               0x4180272da000 .data 0x417fcec00000 .bss 0x417fcec13d80

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lldp                 0x4180272ed000 .data 0x417fcf000000 .bss 0x417fcf000040

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cdp                  0x4180272f2000 .data 0x417fcf400000 .bss 0x417fcf413300

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipfix                0x41802730e000 .data 0x417fcf800000 .bss 0x417fcf812480

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)tcpip4               0x418027321000 .data 0x417fcfc00000 .bss 0x417fcfc18180

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvsdev               0x418027427000 .data 0x417fd0000000 .bss 0x417fd0000030

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmci                 0x41802742a000 .data 0x417fd0400000 .bss 0x417fd04057c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfilter             0x41802744d000 .data 0x417fd0800000 .bss 0x417fd0800b00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lacp                 0x41802746f000 .data 0x417fd0c00000 .bss 0x417fd0c00160

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)esxfw                0x418027479000 .data 0x417fd1000000 .bss 0x417fd1012c00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)svmmirror            0x41802748e000 .data 0x417fd1400000 .bss 0x417fd14000c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cbt                  0x41802749a000 .data 0x417fd1800000 .bss 0x417fd1800080

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)migrate              0x41802749e000 .data 0x417fd1c00000 .bss 0x417fd1c04d40

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)hbr_filter           0x4180274fd000 .data 0x417fd2000000 .bss 0x417fd2000300

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkstatelogger       0x418027528000 .data 0x417fd2400000 .bss 0x417fd2403a00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_dvfilter_shim 0x41802754c000 .data 0x417fd2800000 .bss 0x417fd28009b0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_dvfilter_shim 0x41802754d000 .data 0x417fd2c00000 .bss 0x417fd2c00930

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfilter-generic-fastpath 0x41802754e000 .data 0x417fd3000000 .bss 0x417fd3012380

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vfat                 0x418027568000 .data 0x417fd3400000 .bss 0x417fd3402600

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_msghandler      0x418027572000 .data 0x417fd3800000 .bss 0x417fd3800600

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_si_drv          0x41802757b000 .data 0x417fd3c00000 .bss 0x417fd3c00680

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_devintf         0x418027586000 .data 0x417fd4000000 .bss 0x417fd4000180

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)sunrpc               0x418027589000 .data 0x417fd4400000 .bss 0x417fd4402b80

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkibft              0x418027598000 .data 0x417fd4800000 .bss 0x417fd48037c0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lvmdriver            0x41802759b000 .data 0x417fd4c00000 .bss 0x417fd4c03380

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)deltadisk            0x4180275af000 .data 0x417fd5000000 .bss 0x417fd5005c00

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)tracing              0x4180275da000 .data 0x417fd5400000 .bss 0x417fd5405980

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)rdt                  0x4180275e1000 .data 0x417fd5800000 .bss 0x417fd5804c40

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vsanutil             0x418027602000 .data 0x417fd5c00000 .bss 0x417fd5c06800

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lsomcommon           0x418027622000 .data 0x417fd6000000 .bss 0x417fd6001480

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)plog                 0x418027653000 .data 0x417fd6400000 .bss 0x417fd6404c40

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmfs3                0x418027691000 .data 0x417fd6800000 .bss 0x417fd6803840

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vflash               0x4180276f8000 .data 0x417fd6c00000 .bss 0x417fd6c03540

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vfc                  0x418027703000 .data 0x417fd7000000 .bss 0x417fd7002ac0

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfg-igmp            0x418027722000 .data 0x417fd7400000 .bss 0x417fd7400208

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds_net            0x418027728000 .data 0x417fd7800000 .bss 0x417fd7802f40

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds                0x418027735000 .data 0x417fd7c00000 .bss 0x417fd7c05140

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds_resolver       0x418027768000 .data 0x417fd8000000 .bss 0x417fd8000140

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vsan                 0x418027774000 .data 0x417fd8400000 .bss 0x417fd8419200

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklink_mpi          0x418027865000 .data 0x417fd8800000 .bss 0x417fd8802400

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)swapobj              0x41802786a000 .data 0x417fd8c00000 .bss 0x417fd8c03010

2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)nfsclient            0x418027872000 .data 0x417fd9000000 .bss 0x417fd9003940

Coredump to disk.

2018-06-20T14:29:39.826Z cpu7:54910)Slot 1 of 1.

2018-06-20T14:29:39.826Z cpu7:54910)Dump: 2212: Using dump slot size 2684354560.

[daphnissov]

Since this crash was experienced on an ESXi host running 5.5 GA, that means it is horrendously behind on patches and the likelihood is that this issue was resolved in a patch somewhere along the line. First order of business is to bring this host completely up-to-date with patches and updates for 5.5.

[Joschide]

Is Update 3b the latest update for ESXi 5.5?  I don't think I can update or install the latest 6.7 on the older Poweredge 2950 III.  Its not compatible according to the compatibility guide.  Has anyone tried or been successful?

[daphnissov]

No, don't *upgrade* to a different version but do *update* to a higher build. The latest build for 5.5 is U3h (build 7967571). This is what you should patch up to.

[ankurgoyal01]

This issue occurs because the bnx2x driver is not correctly handling the data structure being passed by vmkernel callback for a specific NetQueue operation.

This issue is resolved in ESXi 5.5 Update 3f and ESXi 6.0 Patch 6.

Please check the Vmware KB Article as below:

VMware Knowledge Base

Please let me know incase this is the case that we have been discussing on.

Regards

Ankur

[Joschide]

Thanks, I will update to the latest patch.  I plan to update via the command line.  Are there any pitfalls to this method?  I don't have vCenter.

[Joschide]

Hmm.  I will monitor after the updates.  Thanks for the info.