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ESXi 6.7u1 and OneConnect driver

Hello there.

Few of ours ESXis based on Huawei CH121v3 blades were upgraded from 6.5u1 to 6.7u1 recently. When I've checked the drivers version of CNA MZ510 (it is actually the Emulex OneConnect OCe 11100) I saw that lpfc driver is not used anymore, and it seems that it is not used for OneConnect CNA from 6.5u2 (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/53087😞

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esxcfg-info also confirms that brcmfcoe in used now:

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However the lpfc driver is still present in ESXi:

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Elxnet driver:

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Well fine, I don't mind if the lpfc driver was replaced by brcmfcoe, but I can't figure out if these drivers (elxnet and brcmfcoe) are really supported by ESXi6.7u1. Our firmware of CNA MZ510 is 11.1.240.0 and it is supported, but there are no such drivers in the VMware Compatibility Guide:

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I guess elxnet 11.4.1095.0 and brcmfcoe 11.4.1078.5 are pretty new and may not be listed in the Compatibility Guide, but maybe someone can confirm if they are supported by ESXi 6.7u1?

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