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You can always get back to the old hardware version. on the day software is released and lasts until a pre-determined end date. Make always a snapshot before upgrading the hardware version. This post focuses on the pending end of support date for VMware ESXi 5.5.
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VMWARE VSPHERE 5.5 RELEASE DATE DRIVER
Mellanox ConnectX-4 NATIVE ESX Driver for VMware vSphere 5.5/6.0 supports the following uplinks to servers 1.
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Don’t upgrade to hardware version 10 on vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 (free version of ESXi) HPSSACLI can be used in the configuration of HP Smart Array controllers and attached storage.To edit settings of a version 10 VM you need the VMware vSphere Web Client! vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 does not come with the VMware vSphere Web Client, so don’t use version 10 with the vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 else you are unable to edit the settings of a VM! Hardware Version 10 is only compatible with ESXi 5.5 and later. You cannot use the vSphere Client to edit the settings of virtual machines of version 10 or higher……. You can find the vSphere 5.5 Release Notes at the following location: /support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-55-releasenotes.html. When you try to edit a hardware version 10 in the vSphere 5.5 client the following warning appear:
VMWARE VSPHERE 5.5 RELEASE DATE UPDATE
The vSphere Client cannot edit settings of VMs that have hardware version 10. RECOMMENDED HP Custom Image for VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2. VMware ESXi 5.5 and vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 it is possible to upgrade the Virtual Machine to hardware version 10. If you want to edit the advanced VM settings available in higher hardware versions you need to use the vSphere Web Client. When editing a hardware version 10 VM it is only possible to edit hardware version 8 features. With vSphere Client 5.5.0 Build 1993072 (available with ESXi 5.5 Update 2) it is possible to edit hardware version 10 VMs settings. Update: 09-09-2014: Today VMware released a new vSphere Client (vSphere Windows client).