Custom ESXi 7.0 U3i Offline Bundle, Catalog file, and Interop Guide now available

[Kipp_Glover]

Good day SimpliVity Community!   We have posted a new Custom ESXi 7.0 U3i Offline Bundle, OmniStack Interoperability Catalog File, and Interoperability Guide on the HPE Support Center.

Here is a link to the advisory:  https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00130248en_us 

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

• HPE SimpliVity Custom ESXi 7.0 U3i offline bundle

• HPE SimpliVity OmniStack Interoperability Guide 4.1.3, v1.5.2

• HPE SimpliVity OmniStack Interop Catalog version 1.3

Reminder: Check out the SimpliVity Software Releases page to quickly find download links to the latest SimpliVity OmniStack software and firmware: www.hpe.com/storage/SimpliVitySoftwareReleases

Cheers!
/Kipp

[Per_Johansson]

Hello Kipp.

Thank you for the update!

Do you know when Simplivity will support ESXi 8?

Kind Regards 

Per

[Kipp_Glover]

Howdy Per!

Sounds like you were able to get the U3i bundle downloaded.  I had the issue until cleared files and images from my browser.  

As for ESXi 8.0, we are working on this and will have a new OmniStack release that will support ESXi 8.0 this year.  Sorry, I don't have a date yet to share.  

Cheers!
/Kipp

[Per_Johansson]

Hello Kipp!

Thank you for your answer! Yes I was able to download the files.

There is a issue with Windows server 2022 on ESXi 7.x Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2022 KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) configured with secure boot enabled not booting up.

Vmware has publish a fix called VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3k Build 21313628 

Will HPE Simplivity support that update?

Kind Regards

[Kipp_Glover]

Hi Per!  

Please take a look at this discussion thread:  https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-simplivity/win-2022-february-patches-can-make-windows-not-boot-no-solution/td-p/7183094#.ZAAORXbMI2w  

We are working on qualifying ESXi 7.0 U3k and I will post to the thread mentioned once qualified.  

/Kipp

[J-Philippe]

Hi Kipp, something goes wrong with the HPE wbesite since the start of 2023.

Impossible to download the files regarding SImpliVity. Just try a few second ago with the 4.1.3 and once again the same message "Product not found or is no longer active" 

https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/softwaredetails?language=en_US&softwareId=MTX-5a7666c62d6c4e04ac76493332?

Switching to another browser and refreshing the page may it work sometime but not always. This is not my computer or my bandwidth me and my colleagues are facing the same issue.

If you have a trick...

[MikeSeden]

Open a service ticket and one of the SimpliVity engineers will help you get the software.

[J-Philippe]

Thank You Mike, no doubt about the HPE suport commitment but to be honnest this is not normal.

Imagine if each time you have to downlad a file you need to open case.... 

The dangerous side effect is that you can be tempted to keep the file locally once you have them and missed that in the meantime that the binaries have been retired from the website because of a bug.

Best Regards,

Jean-Philippe

[Kipp_Glover]

Hi Jean-Philippe,

I had the same problem as you when I tried to download the Interop Guide using Chrome last month.  I went into Chrome settings and deleted files and images.  Once I did this I was able to see the Interop.  If this doesn't help you then please reach out to me.  

Cheers!
/Kipp