ESXi 6.7 and 6.5 Host PSOD on QFLE3I driver on QLogic 57712/57712MF/57800/57800MF/ 57810/57810MF/57840/57840MF 10G Ethernet Controllers

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Several PSODs reported for ESXi 6.7 Host PSOD on QFLE3I driver on QLogic 57712/57712MF/57800/57800MF/ 57810/57810MF/57840/57840MF 10G Ethernet Controllers.

Failed at partners/samples/e3-esx-storage-native/qfle3i/qfle3i_iscsi.c:1343 - VMK_ASSERT(0)

 

qfle3i:vmhba64: qfle3i_dump_queues:1342 #### ASSERT NOW ####

PanicvPanicInt@vmkernel
Panic_vPanic@vmkernel
vmk_PanicWithModuleID@vmkernel
qfle3i_tear_down_conn
qfle3i_ep_disconnect
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VmkApiLinkSocketCallback@vmkernel
UserSocketUnixDoCallback@(user
UserSocketUnixWritev@(user)
LinuxFileDesc_Write@(user)
User_LinuxSyscallHandler@(user)
User_LinuxSyscallHandler@vmkernel
gate_entry@vmkernel

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5

Cause

This issue is due to iSCSI Out of Order handling.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in: 
 

• ESX6.7: Driver Bundle: 2.0.88.0, https://customerconnect.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-QLOGIC-QFLE3-10860&productId=742
• ESX6.5: Driver bundle: 1.0.95.0, https://customerconnect.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESX65-QLOGIC-QFLE3-10860&productId=614

Additional Information

To update driver through Update manager refer to Installing async drivers in ESXi 5.x and 6.x using VMware Update Manager (2137856)