Hello,
Yesterday a client of mine had their ESXi 5.5.0 host crash with purple screen. Everything came back up fine. I followed the instructions to extract the vmkernel log. I'd appreciate some assistance deciphering the log and whether there is an issue I need to address. Thank you in advance!
I see some PF warnings and then PF exceptions. However, I'm not sure if I need to take action.
I'm pasting log entries around the PF exception. I'll attach the complete log as well.
2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9deb8:[0x418026c54930]CpuSchedDispatch@vmkernel#nover+0x1630 stack: 0x4124d9f9df28, 0x4124
2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df28:[0x418026c55c65]CpuSchedWait@vmkernel#nover+0x245 stack: 0xffffffff00000001, 0xd67e,
2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df98:[0x418026c561cb]CpuSched_VcpuHalt@vmkernel#nover+0x197 stack: 0x418000000000, 0x4100
2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dfe8:[0x418026acde30]VMMVMKCall_Call@vmkernel#nover+0x48c stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.714Z cpu7:54910)0x418026acd484:[0xfffffffffc223baa]__vmk_symbol_NFSVolume_GetLocalPath@com.vmware.nfsmod#1.0.0.0+0x
2018-06-20T14:29:39.745Z cpu7:54910) [45m [33;1mVMware ESXi 5.5.0 [Releasebuild-1331820 x86_64] [0m
#PF Exception 14 in world 54910:vmm7:w2012Sr IP 0x418026c10c57 addr 0x0
PTEs:0x0;
2018-06-20T14:29:39.746Z cpu7:54910)cr0=0x80050031 cr2=0x0 cr3=0x3ed1a7000 cr4=0x2668
2018-06-20T14:29:39.747Z cpu7:54910)Last branch from 0x418026b73b1e to 0x418026c10c4c
2018-06-20T14:29:39.747Z cpu7:54910)frame=0x4124d9f9d0b0 ip=0x418026c10c57 err=0 rflags=0x10216
2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rax=0x0 rbx=0xf6 rcx=0x7
2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rdx=0x2 rbp=0x4124d9f9d558 rsi=0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.748Z cpu7:54910)rdi=0x41086e796a40 r8=0x1 r9=0x1
2018-06-20T14:29:39.749Z cpu7:54910)r10=0x41095fa42080 r11=0x4 r12=0x41000b91cef4
2018-06-20T14:29:39.749Z cpu7:54910)r13=0x1 r14=0x4124d9f9d468 r15=0x4124d9f9d4bc
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:0 world:28657396 name:"vmm0:SBS" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:1 world:28657399 name:"vmm2:SBS" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:2 world:63628092 name:"vmm1:Sales-01_v2" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:3 world:63628094 name:"vmm3:Sales-01_v2" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:4 world:63628093 name:"vmm2:Sales-01_v2" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:5 world:63628100 name:"vmx-vcpu-0:Sales-01_v2" (U)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:6 world:28657400 name:"vmm3:SBS" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)pcpu:7 world:54910 name:"vmm7:w2012SrvrForSQL" (V)
2018-06-20T14:29:39.750Z cpu7:54910)@BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world 54910:vmm7:w2012Sr IP 0x418026c10c57 addr 0x0
PTEs:0x0;
2018-06-20T14:29:39.751Z cpu7:54910)Code start: 0x418026a00000 VMK uptime: 280:15:33:20.761
2018-06-20T14:29:39.752Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d558:[0x418026c10c57]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+0xb73 stack: 0x410886733c80
2018-06-20T14:29:39.753Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d5c8:[0x418026c13bb5]E1000DevRx@vmkernel#nover+0x3a9 stack: 0x1
2018-06-20T14:29:39.753Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d668:[0x418026b92164]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x174 stack: 0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.754Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d6b8:[0x418026b79e22]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0x136 stack: 0x410886698780
2018-06-20T14:29:39.755Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d718:[0x418027127f58]EtherswitchForwardLeafPortsQuick@<None>#<None>+0x4c stack: 0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.757Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d938:[0x418027128f51]EtherswitchPortDispatch@<None>#<None>+0xe25 stack: 0x412400000014
2018-06-20T14:29:39.758Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d9a8:[0x418026b7a7d2]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x192 stack: 0x412e84b72100
2018-06-20T14:29:39.759Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9d9f8:[0x418026b7ba39]Port_Input_Committed@vmkernel#nover+0x25 stack: 0x417fe6c60008
2018-06-20T14:29:39.760Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9da68:[0x418026c1763a]E1000DevAsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0x112 stack: 0x4124d9f9dbe8
2018-06-20T14:29:39.761Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dad8:[0x418026badd70]NetWorldletPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0x218 stack: 0x4124d9f9db48
2018-06-20T14:29:39.762Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dc38:[0x418026aeae77]WorldletProcessQueue@vmkernel#nover+0xcf stack: 0x4124d9f9dc78
2018-06-20T14:29:39.763Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dc78:[0x418026aeb93c]WorldletBHHandler@vmkernel#nover+0x54 stack: 0xc881591ad3be2b
2018-06-20T14:29:39.764Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dce8:[0x418026a2e5b9]BH_Check@vmkernel#nover+0xc9 stack: 0x19800
2018-06-20T14:29:39.765Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dd58:[0x418026c4e72d]CpuSchedIdleLoopInt@vmkernel#nover+0x391 stack: 0x411100000002
2018-06-20T14:29:39.766Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9deb8:[0x418026c54930]CpuSchedDispatch@vmkernel#nover+0x1630 stack: 0x4124d9f9df28
2018-06-20T14:29:39.767Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df28:[0x418026c55c65]CpuSchedWait@vmkernel#nover+0x245 stack: 0xffffffff00000001
2018-06-20T14:29:39.768Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9df98:[0x418026c561cb]CpuSched_VcpuHalt@vmkernel#nover+0x197 stack: 0x418000000000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.769Z cpu7:54910)0x4124d9f9dfe8:[0x418026acde30]VMMVMKCall_Call@vmkernel#nover+0x48c stack: 0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.770Z cpu7:54910)0x418026acd484:[0xfffffffffc223baa]__vmk_symbol_NFSVolume_GetLocalPath@com.vmware.nfsmod#1.0.0.0+0x
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)base fs=0x0 gs=0x418041c00000 Kgs=0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkernel 0x0 .data 0x0 .bss 0x0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)chardevs 0x418026f6e000 .data 0x417fc0000000 .bss 0x417fc0000400
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)user 0x418026f75000 .data 0x417fc0400000 .bss 0x417fc040e100
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_mgmt 0x418027026000 .data 0x417fc0800000 .bss 0x417fc0800140
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iodm 0x41802702c000 .data 0x417fc0c00000 .bss 0x417fc0c00138
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dell 0x418027030000 .data 0x417fc1000000 .bss 0x417fc1002880
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_socket 0x418027033000 .data 0x417fc1400000 .bss 0x417fc14005c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_vmkernel_shim 0x418027038000 .data 0x417fc1800000 .bss 0x417fc18080c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_vmkernel_shim 0x41802703d000 .data 0x417fc1c00000 .bss 0x417fc1c08840
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vprobe 0x418027042000 .data 0x417fc2000000 .bss 0x417fc200b7c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)procfs 0x418027080000 .data 0x417fc2400000 .bss 0x417fc2400240
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)procMisc 0x418027083000 .data 0x417fc2800000 .bss 0x417fc2800000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkplexer 0x418027084000 .data 0x417fc2c00000 .bss 0x417fc2c00260
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9 0x418027088000 .data 0x417fc3000000 .bss 0x417fc3008e80
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_0_0 0x41802710f000 .data 0x417fc3400000 .bss 0x417fc3407e84
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_1_0 0x418027112000 .data 0x417fc3800000 .bss 0x417fc3807f98
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklinux_9_2_2_0 0x418027115000 .data 0x417fc3c00000 .bss 0x417fc3c08838
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans 0x418027118000 .data 0x417fc4000000 .bss 0x417fc4001800
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans_compat_shim 0x418027123000 .data 0x417fc4400000 .bss 0x417fc440096c
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_trans_incompat_shim 0x418027124000 .data 0x417fc4800000 .bss 0x417fc48007e4
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)etherswitch 0x418027125000 .data 0x417fc4c00000 .bss 0x417fc4c13900
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)netsched 0x41802715a000 .data 0x417fc5000000 .bss 0x417fc5004800
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cnic_register 0x41802716c000 .data 0x417fc5400000 .bss 0x417fc54001e0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)bnx2 0x41802716e000 .data 0x417fc5800000 .bss 0x417fc581c200
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cnic 0x418027184000 .data 0x417fc5c00000 .bss 0x417fc5c002a0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)random 0x418027198000 .data 0x417fc6000000 .bss 0x417fc6000600
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb 0x41802719c000 .data 0x417fc6400000 .bss 0x417fc6401660
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ehci-hcd 0x4180271be000 .data 0x417fc6800000 .bss 0x417fc68002a0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb-uhci 0x4180271c9000 .data 0x417fc6c00000 .bss 0x417fc6c00220
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)hid 0x4180271d0000 .data 0x417fc7000000 .bss 0x417fc70004e0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dm 0x4180271d5000 .data 0x417fc7400000 .bss 0x417fc7400000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)nmp 0x4180271d7000 .data 0x417fc7800000 .bss 0x417fc7803e50
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_satp_local 0x4180271fa000 .data 0x417fc7c00000 .bss 0x417fc7c00028
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_satp_default_aa 0x4180271fc000 .data 0x417fc8000000 .bss 0x417fc8000000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_lib 0x4180271fd000 .data 0x417fc8400000 .bss 0x417fc8400290
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_fixed 0x4180271ff000 .data 0x417fc8800000 .bss 0x417fc8800000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_rr 0x418027201000 .data 0x417fc8c00000 .bss 0x417fc8c00068
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmw_psp_mru 0x418027204000 .data 0x417fc9000000 .bss 0x417fc9000000
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_92 0x418027206000 .data 0x417fc9400000 .bss 0x417fc9402660
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_9_2_0_0 0x418027227000 .data 0x417fc9800000 .bss 0x417fc9801750
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libata_9_2_1_0 0x418027228000 .data 0x417fc9c00000 .bss 0x417fc9c01750
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)usb-storage 0x418027229000 .data 0x417fca000000 .bss 0x417fca004780
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_nmp_shim 0x418027235000 .data 0x417fca400000 .bss 0x417fca400ca8
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_nmp_shim 0x418027236000 .data 0x417fca800000 .bss 0x417fca800ca8
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)iscsi_linux_92 0x418027237000 .data 0x417fcac00000 .bss 0x417fcac00900
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)bnx2i 0x41802723a000 .data 0x417fcb000000 .bss 0x417fcb0005e0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_92 0x418027252000 .data 0x417fcb400000 .bss 0x417fcb400b80
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_92 0x41802726b000 .data 0x417fcb800000 .bss 0x417fcb8001c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_9_2_0_0 0x418027271000 .data 0x417fcbc00000 .bss 0x417fcbc00868
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_9_2_0_0 0x418027272000 .data 0x417fcc000000 .bss 0x417fcc0001f4
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfc_9_2_1_0 0x418027273000 .data 0x417fcc400000 .bss 0x417fcc400868
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)libfcoe_9_2_1_0 0x418027274000 .data 0x417fcc800000 .bss 0x417fcc8001f4
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)megaraid_sas 0x418027275000 .data 0x417fccc00000 .bss 0x417fccc007c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ata_piix 0x418027287000 .data 0x417fcd000000 .bss 0x417fcd000380
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_iscsi_shim 0x41802728b000 .data 0x417fcd400000 .bss 0x417fcd400970
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_iscsi_shim 0x41802728c000 .data 0x417fcd800000 .bss 0x417fcd800970
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)healthchk 0x41802728d000 .data 0x417fcdc00000 .bss 0x417fcdc11d00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)teamcheck 0x4180272a2000 .data 0x417fce000000 .bss 0x417fce012140
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vlanmtucheck 0x4180272b5000 .data 0x417fce400000 .bss 0x417fce411f00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)heartbeat 0x4180272ca000 .data 0x417fce800000 .bss 0x417fce811e00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)shaper 0x4180272da000 .data 0x417fcec00000 .bss 0x417fcec13d80
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lldp 0x4180272ed000 .data 0x417fcf000000 .bss 0x417fcf000040
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cdp 0x4180272f2000 .data 0x417fcf400000 .bss 0x417fcf413300
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipfix 0x41802730e000 .data 0x417fcf800000 .bss 0x417fcf812480
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)tcpip4 0x418027321000 .data 0x417fcfc00000 .bss 0x417fcfc18180
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvsdev 0x418027427000 .data 0x417fd0000000 .bss 0x417fd0000030
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmci 0x41802742a000 .data 0x417fd0400000 .bss 0x417fd04057c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfilter 0x41802744d000 .data 0x417fd0800000 .bss 0x417fd0800b00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lacp 0x41802746f000 .data 0x417fd0c00000 .bss 0x417fd0c00160
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)esxfw 0x418027479000 .data 0x417fd1000000 .bss 0x417fd1012c00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)svmmirror 0x41802748e000 .data 0x417fd1400000 .bss 0x417fd14000c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cbt 0x41802749a000 .data 0x417fd1800000 .bss 0x417fd1800080
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)migrate 0x41802749e000 .data 0x417fd1c00000 .bss 0x417fd1c04d40
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)hbr_filter 0x4180274fd000 .data 0x417fd2000000 .bss 0x417fd2000300
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkstatelogger 0x418027528000 .data 0x417fd2400000 .bss 0x417fd2403a00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_dvfilter_shim 0x41802754c000 .data 0x417fd2800000 .bss 0x417fd28009b0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkapi_v2_0_0_0_dvfilter_shim 0x41802754d000 .data 0x417fd2c00000 .bss 0x417fd2c00930
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfilter-generic-fastpath 0x41802754e000 .data 0x417fd3000000 .bss 0x417fd3012380
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vfat 0x418027568000 .data 0x417fd3400000 .bss 0x417fd3402600
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_msghandler 0x418027572000 .data 0x417fd3800000 .bss 0x417fd3800600
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_si_drv 0x41802757b000 .data 0x417fd3c00000 .bss 0x417fd3c00680
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)ipmi_devintf 0x418027586000 .data 0x417fd4000000 .bss 0x417fd4000180
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)sunrpc 0x418027589000 .data 0x417fd4400000 .bss 0x417fd4402b80
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmkibft 0x418027598000 .data 0x417fd4800000 .bss 0x417fd48037c0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lvmdriver 0x41802759b000 .data 0x417fd4c00000 .bss 0x417fd4c03380
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)deltadisk 0x4180275af000 .data 0x417fd5000000 .bss 0x417fd5005c00
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)tracing 0x4180275da000 .data 0x417fd5400000 .bss 0x417fd5405980
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)rdt 0x4180275e1000 .data 0x417fd5800000 .bss 0x417fd5804c40
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vsanutil 0x418027602000 .data 0x417fd5c00000 .bss 0x417fd5c06800
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)lsomcommon 0x418027622000 .data 0x417fd6000000 .bss 0x417fd6001480
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)plog 0x418027653000 .data 0x417fd6400000 .bss 0x417fd6404c40
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmfs3 0x418027691000 .data 0x417fd6800000 .bss 0x417fd6803840
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vflash 0x4180276f8000 .data 0x417fd6c00000 .bss 0x417fd6c03540
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vfc 0x418027703000 .data 0x417fd7000000 .bss 0x417fd7002ac0
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)dvfg-igmp 0x418027722000 .data 0x417fd7400000 .bss 0x417fd7400208
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds_net 0x418027728000 .data 0x417fd7800000 .bss 0x417fd7802f40
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds 0x418027735000 .data 0x417fd7c00000 .bss 0x417fd7c05140
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)cmmds_resolver 0x418027768000 .data 0x417fd8000000 .bss 0x417fd8000140
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vsan 0x418027774000 .data 0x417fd8400000 .bss 0x417fd8419200
2018-06-20T14:29:39.776Z cpu7:54910)vmklink_mpi 0x418027865000 .data 0x417fd8800000 .bss 0x417fd8802400
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Since this crash was experienced on an ESXi host running 5.5 GA, that means it is horrendously behind on patches and the likelihood is that this issue was resolved in a patch somewhere along the line. First order of business is to bring this host completely up-to-date with patches and updates for 5.5.
Is Update 3b the latest update for ESXi 5.5? I don't think I can update or install the latest 6.7 on the older Poweredge 2950 III. Its not compatible according to the compatibility guide. Has anyone tried or been successful?
No, don't *upgrade* to a different version but do *update* to a higher build. The latest build for 5.5 is U3h (build 7967571). This is what you should patch up to.
This issue occurs because the bnx2x driver is not correctly handling the data structure being passed by vmkernel callback for a specific NetQueue operation.
This issue is resolved in ESXi 5.5 Update 3f and ESXi 6.0 Patch 6.
Please check the Vmware KB Article as below:
Please let me know incase this is the case that we have been discussing on.
Regards
Ankur
Thanks, I will update to the latest patch. I plan to update via the command line. Are there any pitfalls to this method? I don't have vCenter.
Hmm. I will monitor after the updates. Thanks for the info.