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Hi guys,
Since two weeks we had 2 PSOD.
I do some search and the fixit is to do a upgrade to ESXi 5.1 U3
At this moment i have ESXi 5.1 U1
Can you help me ?
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Do you have Windows VMs using the E1000 network driver? Upgrade them to vmxnet3 driver.
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This issue is resolved in ESXi 5.1 Update 2. Hope you see thsi article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=205905...
Also workaround is provided. Do you want to know how to upgrade to U2?
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Hi Homerzzz,
Yes we use the E1000E adapter for all the VMs.
Your recommend to change for vmxnet3 adapter ?
Thanks
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Hi AT10,
Yes i know. Maybe the U3 is better ?
Thanks
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This is the recommendation from VMware to workaround this issue. But it would be better i f you upgrade to U2.
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To work around this issue if you are unable to upgrade, identify virtual machines using the E1000 family of virtual network interfaces and perform one of these options:
- Use the VMXNET3 virtual adapter and reduce the usage of the E1000 series adapter as much as possible. For more information on adding or modifying a virtual machine's virtual network interfaces, see the Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines - Network Virtual Machine Configuration section of the Virtual Machine Administration Guide for the appropriate version of ESXi.
Or - In virtual machines using the e1000e adapter, disable RSS or configure the RSS multiple rx queue to 1 in the guest operating system. For more information, see Poor network performance or high network latency on Windows virtual machines (2008925).
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Yes, I would upgrade to vmxnet3 to prevent the PSOD if you are not going to upgrade ESXi version. There are performance benefits using vmxnet3 also.
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U3 is not yet released, and we do not have any ETA for U3
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Than you guys !!!!
We change the network adapter for VMXNET3.
Hoping that it remains functional.
Thanks