ESXi 5.5 host fails with purple diagnostic screen error: #DE Exception 0 elxnet_queuedPkt elxnet_uplinkTx

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• An ESXi 5.5 host becomes unresponsive and displays a purple diagnostic screen
  
  
• You see diagnostic information similar to:
  
  cpu20:33665)@BlueScreen: #DE Exception 0 in world 33665:mclk-sched-v @ 0x41801cd58da4
cpu20:33665)Code start: 0x41801c600000 VMK uptime: 17:03:44:57.347
cpu20:33665)0x4123ce05dd80:[0x41801cd58da4]elxnet_queuedPkt@<None>#<None>+0x6f4 stack: 0x4123ce05df20
cpu20:33665)0x4123ce05de10:[0x41801cd53924]elxnet_uplinkTx@<None>#<None>+0x17c stack: 0x4109ad95c320
  
  
• You may also see diagnostic information similar to:
  
  cpu9:39150)@BlueScreen: #DE Exception 0 in world 39150:vmm3:vECApp0 @ 0x41800db2bda4
cpu9:39150)Code start: 0x41800d400000 VMK uptime: 12:05:31:08.560
cpu9:39150)0x412423b9cf98:[0x41800db2bda4]elxnet_queuedPkt@<None>#<None>+0x6f4 stack: 0x412423ba7000
cpu9:39150)0x412423b9d028:[0x41800db26924]elxnet_uplinkTx@<None>#<None>+0x17c stack: 0x410996843390
cpu9:39150)0x412423b9d0a8:[0x41800d588666]UplinkDevTransmit@vmkernel#nover+0x39e stack: 0x412423b9d158
cpu9:39150)0x412423b9d128:[0x41800dc6989b]NetSchedFIFORunLocked@<None>#<None>+0x15f stack: 0x412423b9d168
cpu9:39150)0x412423b9d1c8:[0x41800dc69d0c]NetSchedFIFOInput@<None>#<None>+0x198 stack:

Resolution

The issue is resolved in ESXi 5.5 NIC Driver for Emulex and OEM Branded Adapters version 10.0.783.13.

You can download the latest version of this driver from Download VMware ESXi ESXi5.5 NIC Driver for Emulex and OEM Branded Adapters.

Note: The preceding link was correct as of May 21, 2014. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.

Additional Information

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