Beside Server Hardware, also double check if your IO Devices (eg. NIC, HBA,..) are supported when updating ESXi hosts from VMware vSphere 6.0 to 6.5. The following devices were supported in vSphere 6.0 but are according to VMwares HCL not (yet) supported in vSphere 6.5.
- Not supported does not say that it does not work.
- The list has been created with the help of my IO-Devices HCL in JSON Format.
- Did I miss something? Please comment.
Last Update: May 2, 2018
The following list is based on VMware HCL:
- HP - (HP NC551i) Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 10GbE FCoE CNA for HP ProLiant AMD G7 BladeSystems
- HP - (HP NC551i) Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 10GbE iSCSI CNA for HP ProLiant AMD G7 BladeSystems
- HP - (HP NC551i) Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 10GbE NIC CNA for HP ProLiant AMD G7 BladeSystems
- HP - (HP NC553i) Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 10GbE iSCSI CNA for HP ProLiant Intel G7 BladeSystems
- HP - (HP NC553i) Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 10GbE NIC CNA for HP ProLiant Intel G7 BladeSystems
- IBM - 00JY820 Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter for IBM System x (OCe14102-UX-X)
- IBM - 00JY830 Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ Adapter and FCoE/iSCSI SW for IBM System x (OCe14102-U3-X)
- IBM - 1078 MegaRAID DC
- QLogic - 4000 Series 1Gb iSCSI
- HP - 403619-B21 -QMH2462 4Gb FC Mezzanine HBA for c-Class Blade System
- HP - 451871-B21 (QMH2562) 8Gb/s FC Mezzanine HBA for BladeSystem c-Class Servers
- HP - 526FLR-SFP+
- HP - 526FLR-SFP+
- HP - 526FLR-SFP+ (Networking)
- HP - 554FLR-SFP+
- HP - 590647-B21 Brocade 804 8Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem
- HP - 613431-B21 (HP NC553m) Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 10GbE iSCSI CNA FlexFabric Adapter for HP ProLiant S
- HP - 613431-B21 (HP NC553m) Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 10GbE NIC CNA FlexFabric Adapter for HP ProLiant S
- HP - AB429A - FC1143
- HP - AE311A - FC1142SR
- HP - AE312A - FC1242SR
- HP - AE369A - FC1243
- HP - AJ764A - 82Q
- HP - AK344A - 81Q
- HP - BCM5717C0
- HP - CN1000Q - HP StorageWorks Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
- HP - CN1000Q - HP StorageWorks Dual Port Converged Network Adapter
- HP - CN1000Q - HP StorageWorks Dual Port Converged Network Adapter (iSCSI)
- HP - CN1100E (BK835A)
- DELL - DELL CERC 6/E Adapter RAID Controller
- DELL - DELL CERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller
- DELL - Dell PERC 5
- DELL - Dell PERC 5/E
- DELL - Dell PERC 5/i Adapter
- DELL - Dell PERC 5/i Integrated
- DELL - Dell PERC 6/E Adapter
- DELL - Dell PERC 6/i
- DELL - Dell PERC 6/i Adapter
- DELL - DELL PERC 6/I Integrated RAID Controller
- DELL - Dell PERC H200
- DELL - Dell PERC H200 Adapter
- DELL - Dell PERC H200 Embedded
- DELL - Dell PERC H200 Integrated
- DELL - Dell PERC H200 Modular
- DELL - Dell PERC H700
- DELL - Dell PERC H700 Adapter
- DELL - Dell PERC H700 Integrated
- DELL - Dell PERC H700 Modular
- DELL - Dell PERC H800
- DELL - Dell PERC H800
- DELL - Dell PERC H800 Adapter
- DELL - Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 2
- DELL - Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 2
- DELL - Dell SAS 5/E Adapter
- DELL - Dell SAS 6/iR Adapter
- DELL - Dell SAS 6/iR Integrated
- DELL - Dell SAS 6/iR Integrated
- DELL - Dell SAS 6/iR Integrated
- Lenovo - Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for HS23 (81Y3120)
- DELL - Emulex LPe1105-M4 4 Dual-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
- DELL - Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
- Emulex - Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA
- HP - HP 552M
- HP - HP 554FLB
- HP - HP 554FLB
- HP - HP 554M
- HP - HP 554M
- HP - HP CN1100E Converged Network Adapter
- HP - HP NC365T PCIe Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter
- HP - HP NC552m
- Intel - i219LM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- IBM - IBM 8Gb FC 1xE DC
- IBM - IBM Flex System 4-port 10Gb LOM Virtual Fabric Adapter (OCI14104-U2-X)
- IBM - IBM iSCSI Server TX adapter (30R5201) (QLA4050C)
- Dell EMC - LPe1150-E Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA for Dell and EMC
- DELL - LSI 1068
- LSI - LSI SAS2208
- Cisco - M72KR-E Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 10GbE FCoE Mezzanine CNA for Cisco UCS-B Servers
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9360-4i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9360-8i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9362-4i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9362-8i w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9380-4i4e w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e w/ SDS Mode
- LSI - MegaRAID SAS 9380-8i w/ SDS Mode
- Mangstor Inc - MX6300-Series NVMe Solid-State Drives
- NEC - N8403-018
- HP - NC105i
- HP - NC107i 1G LOM
- HP - NC325m
- HP - NC326i PCIe Dual-port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
- HP - NC326m
- HP - NC375i Integrated Quad Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
- HP - NC382i
- HP - NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter
- HP - NC524SFP
- HP - NC552SFP
- DELL - NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit Ethernet
- DELL - NetXtreme II BCM57711 10-Gigabit Ethernet
- NetApp - OCe10102-FM
- Dell EMC - OCe10102-FM-E Emulex OneConnect 10GbE FCoE, iSCSI, NIC CNA for EMC VNX (including VNXe) Symmetrix an
- Dell EMC - OCe10102-FX-E Emulex OneConnect 10GbE FCoE, iSCSI, NIC CNA for EMC VNX (including VNXe) Symmetrix an
- Hitachi - OCl14104-U2-HI
- Emulex - OneConnect OCe10102-I
- Memblaze - pblaze3
- Memblaze - pblaze3
- Fujitsu - PCNA EP OCec14102-UX
- Fujitsu - PCNA EP OCec14102-UX
- Fujitsu - PCNA EP OCec14102-UX
- ASUSTeK Computer - PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD
- ASUSTeK Computer - PIKE II 3108-8i/16PD/2G
- ASUSTeK Computer - PIKE II 3108-8i/240PD
- ASUSTeK Computer - PIKE II 3108-8i/240PD/2G
- Fujitsu - PY SAS RAID Mezz Card 6Gb
- DELL - QLA 2462
- QLogic - QLA2462
- QLogic - QLA4022
- QLogic - QLA4050
- QLogic - QLA4050C
- Dell EMC - QLA4050C-E-SP
- Hitachi Vantara - QLA4050C-HDS-SP
- QLogic - QLA4052C
- Dell EMC - QLA4052C-E-SP
- Hitachi Vantara - QLA4052C-HDS-SP
- IBM - QLE2560
- QLogic - QLE4060C
- Dell EMC - QLE4060C-E-SP
- QLogic - QLE4062C
- Dell EMC - QLE4062C-E-SP
- IBM - QLogic 4Gb PCIe FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x (39R6527) (QLE2462)
- IBM - QLogic 4Gb SFF FC Expansion Card (26R0890) (QMC2462S)
- IBM - QLogic iSCSI Dual Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x (42C1770) (QLE4062C)
- IBM - QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for BladeCenter (32R1923) (QMC4052R)
- IBM - QLogic iSCSI Single-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x (39Y6146) (QLE4060C)
- DELL - QLogic QLA4050C
- DELL - QLogic QLA4052C
- DELL - QLogic QLE4060C
- DELL - QLogic QLE4062C
- QLogic - Qlogic QME2462
- QLogic - QMC2462s
- Fujitsu - RAID 0/1 SAS based on LSI MegaRAID 4P
- Fujitsu - RAID 0/1 SAS based on LSI MegaRAID 8P
- Fujitsu - RAID 5/6 SAS based on LSI MegaRAID
- Fujitsu - RAID Crtl SAS 6G 0/1
- Fujitsu - RAID Crtl SAS 6G 5/6 512MB
- Sun Microsystems - SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4
- Oracle - SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4 (QLE2460)
- Oracle - SG-XPCIE2FC-QB4-Z (QEM2462)
- Oracle - SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 (QLE2462)
- Sun Microsystems - SG-XPCIE2FCGBE-Q-Z [FC PORTION]
- Compaq - Smart Array 5300
- Compaq - Smart Array 5i
- Compaq - Smart Array 6400
- Compaq - Smart Array 6400 EM
- HP - Smart Array 6402
- HP - Smart Array 6404
- Compaq - Smart Array 641
- Compaq - Smart Array 642
- Compaq - Smart Array 6i
- HP - Smart Array P212
- HP - Smart Array P410
- HP - Smart Array P410i
- HP - Smart Array P411
- HP - Smart Array P700m
- HP - Smart Array P711m
- HP - Smart Array P712m
- HP - Smart Array P812
- HP - StorageWorks 41B (AP767A)
- HP - StorageWorks 42B (AP768A)
- HP - StorageWorks 81B (AP769A)
- HP - StorageWorks 82B (AP770A)
- Cisco - UCS-PCI25-16003
- Cisco - UCS-PCI25-40010
- Cisco - UCS-PCI25-80010
- Cisco - UCS-PCI25-8003
- Cisco - UCSC-F-I12003
- Cisco - UCSC-F-I160010
- Cisco - UCSC-F-I20003
- Cisco - UCSC-F-I80010
- Cisco - VIC M81KR
- OCZ Storage Solutions - Z Drive 6000
- OCZ Storage Solutions - Z Drive 6300
Source: VMware HCL | List created with JSON based HCL
I notice a couple of items are showing that are *not* supported on ESXi 6.0
eg "HP - NC522SFP", is this because they have been removed from the HCL since your script ran or is the script picking up everything that isn't supported with 6.5 but has previous support (eg under 5.5)?