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VMware ESX 3.5 Update 5, Patch ESX350-200911215-UG: Updates ixgbe Driver for Intel (1015037)

Release Date: December 3, 2009

Download Size:

104 KB

Download Filename:
ESX350-200911215-UG.zip
md5sum:
d568955161f47ea18748d4f8002ae286

Product Versions	ESX 3.5 Update 5
Build	207095
Patch Classification	Critical
Supersedes	ESX350-200803205-UG ESX350-200806210-UG ESX350-200808210-UG ESX350-200903220-UG
Requires	ESX350-200911201-UG ESX350-200911202-UG
Virtual Machine Migration or Reboot Required	Yes
Host Reboot Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	398637, 178879
Affected Hardware	None
Affected Software	None
RPMs Included	VMware-esx-drivers-net-ixgbe
Related CVE Numbers	None

This patch fixes the following issues or adds the following enhancements for ESX 3.5 Update 5:

Addresses proper handling of link-down events for ixgbe NICs. Improper handling of link-down events might adversely affect the zero-copy operations (including iSCSI clients).

Corrects the driver version numbers to be compliant with the standard RPM versioning scheme.

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