PSOD Occurs on ESXi 6.7 & 7.0 When Using Multiple VLANs and Qlogic qfle3f driver prior to 1.1.14
Article ID: 318904
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Issue/Introduction
Backtrace of PSOD will be similar to this:
@BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4908 - Corruption in dlmalloc
Backtrace for Current CPU - 3:
0x451a99c1bcf0:[0x41801950bb65]PanicvPanicInt@vmkernel#nover+0x439 stack: 0x0, 0x4180198aded8, 0x451a99c1bd98, 0x0, 0x1
0x451a99c1bd90:[0x41801950bd98]Panic_NoSave@vmkernel#nover+0x4d stack: 0x451a99c1bdf0, 0x451a99c1bdb0, 0x451aaa523500, 0x4180198adeb9, 0x132c
0x451a99c1bdf0:[0x418019554523]DLM_free@vmkernel#nover+0x6a8 stack: 0x430f865e2d40, 0x4180195516c1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
0x451a99c1be10:[0x4180195516c0]Heap_Free@vmkernel#nover+0x115 stack: 0x0, 0x430f865e2d40, 0x25, 0x40000000, 0x0
0x451a99c1be60:[0x41801943d297]vmk_SpinlockDestroy@vmkernel#nover+0x48 stack: 0x430f85599000, 0x41801a19cfcd, 0x1, 0x41801970f975, 0x41800000ffff
0x451a99c1be80:[0x41801a19cfcc]DeleteFabric@(qfle3f)#<None>+0x29 stack: 0x41800000ffff, 0xbaea85493d3b1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x430f855ad610
0x451a99c1bee0:[0x41801a19d1b9]_ReleaseFabricReference@(qfle3f)#<None>+0x2e stack: 0x430f85599000, 0x430f865cd018, 0x1, 0x41801a19346e, 0x0
0x451a99c1bf10:[0x41801a19346d]DeleteSession@(qfle3f)#<None>+0x4a stack: 0x0, 0x41801952932d, 0x7d0, 0x430f86603870, 0x430f86603870
0x451a99c1bf70:[0x41801a1a88da]ql_fcoe_do_singlethread_work@(qfle3f)#<None>+0x83 stack: 0x25, 0x4180195291cf, 0xfe7000000000025, 0x41801a1a8858, 0x4180195291ca
0x451a99c1bf90:[0x4180195291ce]vmkWorldFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x4f stack: 0x4180195291ca, 0x0, 0x451a8e0a3100, 0x451a99c23000, 0x451a8e0a3100
0x451a99c1bfe0:[0x4180197107da]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x77 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.x
VMware ESXi 6.5.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0.0
Cause
Resolution
This issue is resolved in an updated QLogic's qfle3f driver for both ESXi 6.7 and 7.0:
VMware Compatibility Guide - https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=35469&vcl=true
ESXi 6.7 - qfle3f version 1.1.14.2
https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/group/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-QLOGIC-MRVL-E3-ETHERNET-ISCSI-FCOE-201352&productId=742
ESXi 7.0 - qfle3f version 2.1.14.2
https://customerconnect.vmware.com/en/group/vmware/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI70-QLOGIC-MRVL-E3-ETHERNET-ISCSI-FCOE-301352&productId=974
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