VMware vSphere 6.5 GA Limitations for Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Processor

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information on minor vSphere 6.5 GA limitations for the Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 processor.

Resolution

VMware vSphere 6.5 GA has the following limitations for the Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Processor:

• No support for the Enhanced vMotion (EVC). However, vMotion works fine with Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 Processor.
• No support for running the virtual machines with Binary Translation.
  
  Note: This is a requirement only for old Guest Operating Systems require this.
   
• The Virtual Performance Monitoring Counters (VPMC) feature is not supported.

These limitations are fixed in ESXi 6.5, Patch ESXi650-201703001, available at VMware Patch Downloads. For more information on downloading patches, see How to download patches in Customer Connect (1021623).

Additional Information

How to download patches in Customer Connect
VMware ESXi 6.5, Patch Release ESXi650-201703001
简体中文：使用 Intel Xeon E3-1200-v6 处理器时 VMware vSphere 6.5 GA 的限制