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Advisory: HPE Network Adapters - On Servers Running VMware ESXi 6.5/6.7, and Configured With Certain HPE Intel Based Network Adapters, The Vmkernel.log File May Report Multiple Instances of "(Unsupported) Device 10fb Does Not Support Flow Control"

SUPPORT COMMUNICATION - CUSTOMER ADVISORY

Document ID: a00057927en_us

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Advisory: HPE Network Adapters - On Servers Running VMware ESXi 6.5/6.7, and Configured With Certain HPE Intel Based Network Adapters, The Vmkernel.log File May Report Multiple Instances of "(Unsupported) Device 10fb Does Not Support Flow Control"
NOTICE: The information in this document, including products and software versions, is current as of the Release Date. This document is subject to change without notice.

Release Date: 2018-10-04

Last Updated: 2018-10-04

DESCRIPTION

On any HPE ProLiant server running VMware ESXi 6.5 or VMware ESXi 6.7, and configured with any HPE Intel based network adapters listed in the Scope section below, the vmkernel.log file may report multiple instances of "(unsupported) Device 10fb does not support flow control." These messages are displayed with the ixgben VMware ESXi 6.5 driver version 1.6.5 or with the ixgben VMware ESXi 6.7 driver version 1.7.1.

Messages similar to the following will be displayed in the vmkernel.log file:

SCOPE

Any HPE ProLiant server running VMware ESXi 6.5 or VMware ESXi 6.7, and configured with any of the following HPE Intel-based network adapters:

  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560M Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561FLR-T Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561T Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T Adapter
  • HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, update the HPE Intel ixgben driver version to 1.7.10, available at the following URLs:

VMware ESXi 6.5 ixgben 1.7.10 NIC Driver for Intel Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550 and x552 family Version 1.7.10

Note: The ESXi 6.0 driver package is also compatible with ESXi 6.5

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI60-INTEL-IXGBEN-1710&productId=491 Non-HPE site

VMware ESXi 6.7 ixgben 1.7.10 NIC Driver for Intel Ethernet Controllers 82599, x520, x540, x550, x552 and x553 family Version 1.7.10

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-INTEL-IXGBEN-1710&productId=742 Non-HPE site  Non-HPE site

Note: One or more of the links above will take you outside the Hewlett Packard Enterprise web site. HPE does not control and is not responsible for information outside of the HPE web site.




NOTE: Products sold prior to the November 1, 2015 separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc. may have older product names and model numbers that differ from current models.




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Hardware Platforms Affected: HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562FLR-T Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 562T Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLB Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560SFP+ Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560FLR-SFP+ Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 560M Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561FLR-T Adapter, HPE Ethernet 10Gb 2-port 561T Adapter
Operating Systems Affected: Not Applicable
Software Affected: Not Applicable
Support Communication Cross Reference ID: SIK3795
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Document title: Advisory: HPE Network Adapters - On Servers Running VMware ESXi 6.5/6.7, and Configured With Certain HPE Intel Based Network Adapters, The Vmkernel.log File May Report Multiple Instances of "(Unsupported) Device 10fb Does Not Support Flow Control"
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