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VMware ESX 3.5, Patch ESX350-200901408-BG: Updates SATA Drivers (1006658)

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Release Date: Jan. 30, 2009

Download Size:
429KB
Download Filename:
ESX350-200901408-BG.zip
md5sum:
48c533fd2db8e1b12e5e58b594160a49

Product Versions	ESX 3.5
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	ESX350-200810206-UG
Requires	ESX350-200901402-SG ESX350-200901406-BG
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
Host Reboot Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	290564, 359666
Affected Hardware	Broadcom HT-1000 SATA controller SATA CD/DVD drive
Affected Software	N/A
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ahci VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-ata_piix VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_nv VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_promise VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_sil VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_svw VMware-esx-drivers-scsi-sata_vsc
Build	143198 Also see KB 1001179.
Related CVE numbers	None

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This fix changes the sata_svw driver to disable DMA and use PIO instead for ATAPI devices.

Symptoms seen without this patch: Certain ESX 3.5 systems might stall when loading the sata_svw.o module, when the system is rebooted. The affected ESX 3.5 systems are configured with:

a Broadcom HT-1000 SATA controller onboard (or built-in)
a SATA CD/DVD drive connected

If you try to install ESX 3.5 software from a CD-ROM on hosts with this hardware configuration, the ESX installer cannot detect the CD/DVD drive and installation cannot continue.

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://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bundle using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX Server 3 Patch Management Guide.

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