Knowledge Base

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch fixes the following issues or adds the following enhancements for the VI Client in ESXi 3.5 Update 4:

• For specific guest operating systems, the BusLogic SCSI adapter is inaccurately listed as supported.
  
  When using the VI Client to view available adapters for the Windows Vista 32-bit or Windows Server 2008 32-bit guest operating systems, the BusLogic SCSI adapter is listed as supported. In fact, this adapter is not recommended.
  
  This issue is resolved in this release. Now, when you edit the SCSI controller settings of a virtual machine using Windows Vista 32-bit or Windows Server 2008 32-bit, BusLogic is listed as Not Recommended.
  
  
• Present E1000 as an option for NetWare 5 and 6 guests, through the VI Client.
  
  Virtual machines running NetWare 5 and 6 can now be configured to use E1000 network adapters.

Deployment Considerations

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

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware Update Manager. For details, see the VMware Update Manager Administration Guide.

ESXi hosts can also be updated by downloading the most recent "O" (offline) patch bundle from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and installing the bundle using VMware Infrastructure Update or by using the vihostupdate command through the Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI). For details, see the ESX Server 3i Configuration Guide and the ESX Server 3i Embedded Setup Guide (Chapter 10, Maintaining ESX Server 3i and the VI Client) or the ESX Server 3i Installable Setup Guide (Chapter 11, Maintaining ESX Server 3i and the VI Client).

Note: ESXi hosts do not reboot automatically when you patch with the offline bundle.