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VMware ESX 4.1 Patch ESX410-201010415-BG: Updates Cisco fnic driver (1027025)

Release date: November 15, 2010

Patch Classification	Critical
Build	For build information, see KB 1027027.
Host Reboot Required	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
PRs Fixed	587383
Affected Hardware	Cisco FCOE HBA and IBM SVC storage device
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-fnic
Related CVE numbers	N/A

This patch fixes an issue where the Cisco fnic driver might fail to format LUNs of IBM SVC storage devices as VMFS3 volumes.

The required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table above.

See the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX 4.1 hosts.

To update ESX 4.1 hosts without using Update Manager, download the patch ZIP file from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bulletin by using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide.

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