Knowledge Base

Summary

This patch includes a fix to the megaraid2 driver for UNISYS platforms. (PR 230542)

Symptom

The ESX Server host might stall at boot up when loading the VMkernel megaraid2 driver on a UNISYS system.

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table, above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX Server 3.5 hosts.

To update ESX Server 3.5 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the most recent patch bundle from http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_35.html and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.