Release Date: NOV 12, 2019

Build Details

Download Filename:	ESXi650-201911001.zip
Build:	14990892
Download Size:	320.1 MB
md5sum:	0b319477636d3a447e58e1c2e1f61a27
sha1checksum:	eb7347916f0d08264cbf853a78ecb87d8f6bc117
Host Reboot Required:	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required:	Yes

Bulletins

Bulletin ID	Category	Severity
ESXi650-201911401-BG	Bugfix	Moderate
ESXi650-201911402-BG	Bugfix	Moderate

Rollup Bulletin

This rollup bulletin contains the latest VIBs with all the fixes since the initial release of ESXi 6.5.

Bulletin ID	Category	Severity
ESXi650-201911001	Bugfix	Moderate

Image Profiles

VMware patch and update releases contain general and critical image profiles. Application of the general release image profile applies to new bug fixes.

Image Profile Name

ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-standard

ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-no-tools

For more information about the individual bulletins, see the Download Patches page and the Resolved Issues section.

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware vSphere Update Manager. For details, see the About Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.

ESXi hosts can be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile command.

For more information, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples and the vSphere Upgrade Guide.

Resolved Issues

The resolved issues are grouped as follows.

• ESXi650-201911401-BG
• ESXi650-201911402-BG
• ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-standard
• ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-no-tools

ESXi650-201911401-BG

Patch Category	Bugfix
Patch Severity	Moderate
Host Reboot Required	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	VMware_bootbank_vsan_6.5.0-3.108.14833668 VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.5.0-3.108.14990892 VMware_bootbank_vsanhealth_6.5.0-3.108.14833669 VMware_bootbank_esx-tboot_6.5.0-3.108.14990892
PRs Fixed	2445070
Related CVE numbers	N/A

This patch updates the esx-base, vsan, esx-tboot and vsanhealth VIBs to update the following issue:

• PR 2445070:  Servers with AMD processors might fail with a purple diagnostic screen due to a physical CPU lockup

  Certain servers with AMD processors might fail with a purple diagnostic screen due to a physical CPU lockup. The issue occurs when
  a server has a device, such as a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), that shares an I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC) interrupt line with USB controllers. In such cases, the server might generate a lot of interrupts and cause an interrupt storm. You see messages similar to:
  2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu21:65700)WARNING: Heartbeat: 794: PCPU 0 didn't have a heartbeat for 7 seconds; *may* be locked up.
2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu0:65575)ALERT: NMI: 689: NMI IPI: RIPOFF(base):RBP:CS [0x8a46f2(0x418017e00000):0x43041572e040:0x4010] (Src 0x1, CPU0)

  This issue is resolved in this release.

ESXi650-201911402-BG

Patch Category	Bugfix
Patch Severity	Moderate
Host Reboot Required	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	VMware_bootbank_cpu-microcode_6.5.0-3.108.14990892
PRs Fixed	2432087
CVE numbers	CVE-2018-12207, CVE-2019-11135

• This patch updates the cpu-microcode VIB to resolve the following issues:
  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (MCEPSC), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2018-12207. This mitigation is not enabled by default. For more information, see section 3a of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2019-11135. For more information, see section 3b of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 contains a resolution to the Jump Conditional Code Erratum. For more information, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055650/processors/intel-xeon-processors.html.

  • The cpu-microcode VIB includes the following Intel microcode:

    Code Name	FMS	Plt ID	MCU Rev	MCU Date	Brand Names
    Nehalem EP	0x106a5	0x03	0x0000001d	5/11/2018	Intel Xeon 35xx Series Intel Xeon 55xx Series
    Lynnfield	0x106e5	0x13	0x0000000a	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 34xx Lynnfield Series
    Clarkdale	0x20652	0x12	0x00000011	5/8/2018	Intel i3/i5 Clarkdale Series Intel Xeon 34xx Clarkdale Series
    Arrandale	0x20655	0x92	0x00000007	4/23/2018	Intel Core i7-620LE Processor
    Sandy Bridge DT	0x206a7	0x12	0x0000002f	2/17/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series Intel i7-2655-LE Series Intel i3-2100 Series
    Westmere EP	0x206c2	0x03	0x0000001f	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 56xx Series Intel Xeon 36xx Series
    Sandy Bridge EP	0x206d7	0x6d	0x00000718	5/21/2019	Intel Pentium 1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series
    Nehalem EX	0x206e6	0x04	0x0000000d	5/15/2018	Intel Xeon 65xx Series Intel Xeon 75xx Series
    Westmere EX	0x206f2	0x05	0x0000003b	5/16/2018	Intel Xeon E7-8800 Series Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series Intel Xeon E7-2800 Series
    Ivy Bridge DT	0x306a9	0x12	0x00000021	2/13/2019	Intel i3-3200 Series Intel i7-3500-LE/UE Intel i7-3600-QE Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series Intel Pentium B925C
    Haswell DT	0x306c3	0x32	0x00000027	2/26/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series Intel i7-4700-EQ Series Intel i5-4500-TE Series Intel i3-4300 Series
    Ivy Bridge EP	0x306e4	0xed	0x0000042e	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series
    Ivy Bridge EX	0x306e7	0xed	0x00000715	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2 Series
    Haswell EP	0x306f2	0x6f	0x00000043	3/1/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series
    Haswell EX	0x306f4	0x80	0x00000016	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series
    Broadwell H	0x40671	0x22	0x00000021	6/13/2019	Intel Core i7-5700EQ Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series
    Avoton	0x406d8	0x01	0x0000012d	9/16/2019	Intel Atom C2300 Series Intel Atom C2500 Series Intel Atom C2700 Series
    Broadwell EP/EX	0x406f1	0xef	0x0b000038	6/18/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v4 Series
    Skylake SP	0x50654	0xb7	0x02000065	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 Series Intel Xeon D-2100 Series Intel Xeon D-1600 Series Intel Xeon W-3100 Series Intel Xeon W-2100 Series
    Cascade Lake B-0	0x50656	0xbf	0x0400002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Cascade Lake	0x50657	0xbf	0x0500002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Broadwell DE	0x50662	0x10	0x0000001c	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50663	0x10	0x07000019	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50664	0x10	0x0f000017	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell NS	0x50665	0x10	0x0e00000f	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1600 Series
    Skylake H/S	0x506e3	0x36	0x000000cc	4/1/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1500-v5 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200-v5 Series
    Denverton	0x506f1	0x01	0x0000002e	3/21/2019	Intel Atom C3000 Series
    Kaby Lake H/S/X	0x906e9	0x2a	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Series Intel Xeon E3-1500-v6 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ea	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906eb	0x02	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ec	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake Refresh	0x906ed	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2200 Series

ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-standard

Profile Name	ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-standard
Build	For build information, see the top of the page.
Vendor	VMware, Inc.
Release Date	November 12, 2019
Acceptance Level	PartnerSupported
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
Affected VIBs	VMware_bootbank_vsan_6.5.0-3.108.14833668 VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.5.0-3.108.14990892 VMware_bootbank_vsanhealth_6.5.0-3.108.14833669 VMware_bootbank_esx-tboot_6.5.0-3.108.14990892 VMware_bootbank_cpu-microcode_6.5.0-3.108.14990892
PRs Fixed	2445070, 2432087
Related CVE numbers	CVE-2018-12207, CVE-2019-11135

• This patch updates the following issues:

  • Certain HPE servers with AMD processors might fail with a purple diagnostic screen due to a physical CPU lockup. The issue occurs when HPE servers run HPE modules and management agents installed by using HPE VIBs. You can see messages similar to:
    2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu21:65700)WARNING: Heartbeat: 794: PCPU 0 didn't have a heartbeat for 7 seconds; *may* be locked up.
2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu0:65575)ALERT: NMI: 689: NMI IPI: RIPOFF(base):RBP:CS [0x8a46f2(0x418017e00000):0x43041572e040:0x4010] (Src 0x1, CPU0)

  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (MCEPSC), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2018-12207. This mitigation is not enabled by default. For more information, see section 3a of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2019-11135. For more information, see section 3b of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 contains a resolution to the Jump Conditional Code Erratum. For more information, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055650/processors/intel-xeon-processors.html.

  • The cpu-microcode VIB includes the following Intel microcode:

    Code Name	FMS	Plt ID	MCU Rev	MCU Date	Brand Names
    Nehalem EP	0x106a5	0x03	0x0000001d	5/11/2018	Intel Xeon 35xx Series Intel Xeon 55xx Series
    Lynnfield	0x106e5	0x13	0x0000000a	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 34xx Lynnfield Series
    Clarkdale	0x20652	0x12	0x00000011	5/8/2018	Intel i3/i5 Clarkdale Series Intel Xeon 34xx Clarkdale Series
    Arrandale	0x20655	0x92	0x00000007	4/23/2018	Intel Core i7-620LE Processor
    Sandy Bridge DT	0x206a7	0x12	0x0000002f	2/17/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series Intel i7-2655-LE Series Intel i3-2100 Series
    Westmere EP	0x206c2	0x03	0x0000001f	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 56xx Series Intel Xeon 36xx Series
    Sandy Bridge EP	0x206d7	0x6d	0x00000718	5/21/2019	Intel Pentium 1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series
    Nehalem EX	0x206e6	0x04	0x0000000d	5/15/2018	Intel Xeon 65xx Series Intel Xeon 75xx Series
    Westmere EX	0x206f2	0x05	0x0000003b	5/16/2018	Intel Xeon E7-8800 Series Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series Intel Xeon E7-2800 Series
    Ivy Bridge DT	0x306a9	0x12	0x00000021	2/13/2019	Intel i3-3200 Series Intel i7-3500-LE/UE Intel i7-3600-QE Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series Intel Pentium B925C
    Haswell DT	0x306c3	0x32	0x00000027	2/26/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series Intel i7-4700-EQ Series Intel i5-4500-TE Series Intel i3-4300 Series
    Ivy Bridge EP	0x306e4	0xed	0x0000042e	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series
    Ivy Bridge EX	0x306e7	0xed	0x00000715	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2 Series
    Haswell EP	0x306f2	0x6f	0x00000043	3/1/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series
    Haswell EX	0x306f4	0x80	0x00000016	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series
    Broadwell H	0x40671	0x22	0x00000021	6/13/2019	Intel Core i7-5700EQ Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series
    Avoton	0x406d8	0x01	0x0000012d	9/16/2019	Intel Atom C2300 Series Intel Atom C2500 Series Intel Atom C2700 Series
    Broadwell EP/EX	0x406f1	0xef	0x0b000038	6/18/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v4 Series
    Skylake SP	0x50654	0xb7	0x02000065	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 Series Intel Xeon D-2100 Series Intel Xeon D-1600 Series Intel Xeon W-3100 Series Intel Xeon W-2100 Series
    Cascade Lake B-0	0x50656	0xbf	0x0400002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Cascade Lake	0x50657	0xbf	0x0500002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Broadwell DE	0x50662	0x10	0x0000001c	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50663	0x10	0x07000019	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50664	0x10	0x0f000017	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell NS	0x50665	0x10	0x0e00000f	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1600 Series
    Skylake H/S	0x506e3	0x36	0x000000cc	4/1/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1500-v5 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200-v5 Series
    Denverton	0x506f1	0x01	0x0000002e	3/21/2019	Intel Atom C3000 Series
    Kaby Lake H/S/X	0x906e9	0x2a	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Series Intel Xeon E3-1500-v6 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ea	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906eb	0x02	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ec	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake Refresh	0x906ed	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2200 Series

ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-no-tools

Profile Name	ESXi-6.5.0-20191104001-no-tools
Build	For build information, see the top of the page.
Vendor	VMware, Inc.
Release Date	November 12, 2019
Acceptance Level	PartnerSupported
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
Affected VIBs	VMware_bootbank_vsan_6.5.0-3.108.14833668 VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.5.0-3.108.14990892 VMware_bootbank_vsanhealth_6.5.0-3.108.14833669 VMware_bootbank_esx-tboot_6.5.0-3.108.14990892 VMware_bootbank_cpu-microcode_6.5.0-3.108.14990892
PRs Fixed	2445070, 2432087
Related CVE numbers	CVE-2018-12207, CVE-2019-11135

• This patch updates the following issues:

  • Certain HPE servers with AMD processors might fail with a purple diagnostic screen due to a physical CPU lockup. The issue occurs when HPE servers run HPE modules and management agents installed by using HPE VIBs. You can see messages similar to:
    2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu21:65700)WARNING: Heartbeat: 794: PCPU 0 didn't have a heartbeat for 7 seconds; *may* be locked up.
2019-05-22T09:04:01.510Z cpu0:65575)ALERT: NMI: 689: NMI IPI: RIPOFF(base):RBP:CS [0x8a46f2(0x418017e00000):0x43041572e040:0x4010] (Src 0x1, CPU0)

  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (MCEPSC), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2018-12207. This mitigation is not enabled by default. For more information, see section 3a of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 mitigates TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA), a speculative-execution vulnerability identified by CVE-2019-11135. For more information, see section 3b of https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html.
  • ESXi650-201911001 contains a resolution to the Jump Conditional Code Erratum. For more information, see https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055650/processors/intel-xeon-processors.html.

  • The cpu-microcode VIB includes the following Intel microcode:

    Code Name	FMS	Plt ID	MCU Rev	MCU Date	Brand Names
    Nehalem EP	0x106a5	0x03	0x0000001d	5/11/2018	Intel Xeon 35xx Series Intel Xeon 55xx Series
    Lynnfield	0x106e5	0x13	0x0000000a	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 34xx Lynnfield Series
    Clarkdale	0x20652	0x12	0x00000011	5/8/2018	Intel i3/i5 Clarkdale Series Intel Xeon 34xx Clarkdale Series
    Arrandale	0x20655	0x92	0x00000007	4/23/2018	Intel Core i7-620LE Processor
    Sandy Bridge DT	0x206a7	0x12	0x0000002f	2/17/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series Intel i7-2655-LE Series Intel i3-2100 Series
    Westmere EP	0x206c2	0x03	0x0000001f	5/8/2018	Intel Xeon 56xx Series Intel Xeon 36xx Series
    Sandy Bridge EP	0x206d7	0x6d	0x00000718	5/21/2019	Intel Pentium 1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series
    Nehalem EX	0x206e6	0x04	0x0000000d	5/15/2018	Intel Xeon 65xx Series Intel Xeon 75xx Series
    Westmere EX	0x206f2	0x05	0x0000003b	5/16/2018	Intel Xeon E7-8800 Series Intel Xeon E7-4800 Series Intel Xeon E7-2800 Series
    Ivy Bridge DT	0x306a9	0x12	0x00000021	2/13/2019	Intel i3-3200 Series Intel i7-3500-LE/UE Intel i7-3600-QE Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series Intel Pentium B925C
    Haswell DT	0x306c3	0x32	0x00000027	2/26/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series Intel i7-4700-EQ Series Intel i5-4500-TE Series Intel i3-4300 Series
    Ivy Bridge EP	0x306e4	0xed	0x0000042e	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series
    Ivy Bridge EX	0x306e7	0xed	0x00000715	3/14/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2 Series
    Haswell EP	0x306f2	0x6f	0x00000043	3/1/2019	Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series
    Haswell EX	0x306f4	0x80	0x00000016	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series
    Broadwell H	0x40671	0x22	0x00000021	6/13/2019	Intel Core i7-5700EQ Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series
    Avoton	0x406d8	0x01	0x0000012d	9/16/2019	Intel Atom C2300 Series Intel Atom C2500 Series Intel Atom C2700 Series
    Broadwell EP/EX	0x406f1	0xef	0x0b000038	6/18/2019	Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-4600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series Intel Xeon E5-1600-v4 Series
    Skylake SP	0x50654	0xb7	0x02000065	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 Series Intel Xeon D-2100 Series Intel Xeon D-1600 Series Intel Xeon W-3100 Series Intel Xeon W-2100 Series
    Cascade Lake B-0	0x50656	0xbf	0x0400002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Cascade Lake	0x50657	0xbf	0x0500002c	9/5/2019	Intel Xeon Platinum 9200/8200 Series Intel Xeon Gold 6200/5200 Intel Xeon Silver 4200/Bronze 3200 Intel Xeon W-3200
    Broadwell DE	0x50662	0x10	0x0000001c	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50663	0x10	0x07000019	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell DE	0x50664	0x10	0x0f000017	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1500 Series
    Broadwell NS	0x50665	0x10	0x0e00000f	6/17/2019	Intel Xeon D-1600 Series
    Skylake H/S	0x506e3	0x36	0x000000cc	4/1/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1500-v5 Series Intel Xeon E3-1200-v5 Series
    Denverton	0x506f1	0x01	0x0000002e	3/21/2019	Intel Atom C3000 Series
    Kaby Lake H/S/X	0x906e9	0x2a	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Series Intel Xeon E3-1500-v6 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ea	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906eb	0x02	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake H/S	0x906ec	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2100 Series
    Coffee Lake Refresh	0x906ed	0x22	0x000000c6	8/14/2019	Intel Xeon E-2200 Series

Known Issues from Previous Releases

To view a list of previous known issues, click here.

The earlier known issues are grouped as follows.

• Miscellaneous Issues

Miscellaneous Issues

• Мanually triggering a non-maskable interrupt (NMI) might not work оn a vCenter Server system with an AMD EPYC 7002 series processor

  Requesting an NMI from the hardware management console (BMC) or by pressing a physical NMI button should cause ESXi hosts to fail with a purple diagnostic screen and dump core. Instead, nothing happens and ESXi continues running.

  Workaround: Disable the use of the interrupt remapper by setting the kernel boot option iovDisableIR to TRUE:

  1. Set iovDisableIR=TRUE by using this command: # esxcli system settings kernel set -s iovDisableIR -v TRUE
  2. Reboot the ESXi host.
  3. After the reboot, verify that iovDisableIR is set to TRUE: # esxcli system settings kernel list |grep iovDisableIR.

  Do not apply this workaround unless you need it to solve this specific problem.

• A virtual machine that has a PCI passthrough device assigned to it might fail to power on in a vCenter Server system with an AMD EPYC 7002 series processor

  In specific vCenter Server system configurations and devices, such as AMD EPYC 7002 series processors, a virtual machine that has a PCI passthrough device assigned to it might fail to power on. In the vmkernel log, you can see a similar message:
  4512 2019-08-06T06:09:55.058Z cpu24:1001397137)AMDIOMMU: 611: IOMMU 0000:20:00.2: Failed to allocate IRTE for IOAPIC ID 243 vector 0x3f
4513 2019-08-06T06:09:55.058Z cpu24:1001397137)WARNING: IOAPIC: 1238: IOAPIC Id 243: Failed to allocate IRTE for vector 0x3f

  Workaround: Disable the use of the interrupt remapper by setting the kernel boot option iovDisableIR to TRUE:

  1. Set iovDisableIR=TRUE by using this command: # esxcli system settings kernel set -s iovDisableIR -v TRUE
  2. Reboot the ESXi host.
  3. After the reboot, verify that iovDisableIR is set to TRUE: # esxcli system settings kernel list |grep iovDisableIR.

  Do not apply this workaround unless you need it to solve this specific problem.

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