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I successfully upgraded my vCenter from 7 to 8 and that part looks pretty happy.
With that update came the notice that Baselines are deprecated and I needed to use Images to manage the hosts going forward. Fine, I clicked the ‘convert from baseline to image’ button.

I create an image, selecting ESXi 8.0 U3d, the HPE Customizations for HPE Servers 803.xxx latest, then Validate.

Component Network driver for Intel(R) X722 and E810 based RDMA Adapters(1.4.0.1-1vmw) obsoletes Intel Network Driver for Intel(R) X722 RDMA Adapters(1.1.2.6-1vmw).
Remove component(s) Intel Network Driver for Intel(R) X722 RDMA Adapters(1.1.2.6-1vmw) to resolve the problem.

I am unable to apply the image because the hosts are not compatible, I cannot revert to Baselines, and now I am stuck. I cannot figure out how to remove the offending component. There is no place in Lifecycle Manager nor in the Image editor itself where I can remove a component.

Anyone have any insight for me? My last day is Friday and I don’t want to leave this mess in the hands of whoever comes along behind me.

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I am not sure about HPe… but recently a few of my Dell servers had relatively same update issues (I think one of the updates require ISO but admin went to update).

The workaround is maybe to reinstall latest ESXi using the manufacturer ISO instead of updating, although the ISO have option to update, but for that effort, a clean re-install could be better ?

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What model are your hosts?

Try this on a test machine first to ensure after upgrade you still have network.

SSH in to the host

esxcli software vib list | grep -i x722
esxcli software vib remove -n <vib-name>

Did you confirm on the HCL that your servers are supported?

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I am on the verge of a clean install from .iso at this point, thanks for confirming the idea is valid.

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Running 7 identical HPE Proliant Gen 10.

Now THIS sounds like a great plan, I’ll do that right now!

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380, 360, 560, 310, microservers?

It’s not important, but it may help confirming on the HCL.

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DL 560

FYI: I ran the vib remove command against that network driver and after a reboot I still have network connection AND the error is gone! I’m going to hit the other two drivers next.

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Make sure to update the firmware on these cards to avoid issues. They both work in ESXi 8 but there are known issues and limitations, you can update them using the HPE SPP.

Intel® X722

Support: The Intel X722 is supported on ESXi 8, but there are some known issues and limitations. For example, iWARP on Intel X722 NIC hardware is no longer supported in ESXi 8.0 Update 2
Driver Compatibility: Ensure that you have the latest drivers and firmware installed to avoid compatibility issues

Intel® E810

Support: The Intel E810 is also supported on ESXi 8. However, users have reported issues such as warning messages in the VMkernel logs related to the icen_SetRxQueueFilter function
Driver and Firmware Updates: It’s important to keep the drivers and firmware up to date to ensure proper functionality. For instance, updating to driver version 23.0.0 is recommended to resolve some of the known issues.

I hope this helps.

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Thanks Rod, as usual you are the man.

Firmwares are current as of last week, and I’ll be looking at driver versions next. Thank you for the bits about driver compatibility.

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Glad you were able to solve it, and your kind words.

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