Emulex® FC Driver for ESXi 6.5 Release Notes
Version: 12.0.257.5 
Date:	 August 11, 2018
Systems: ESXi 6.5, and updates

Purpose and Contact Information
These release notes describe the new features, resolved issues, known issues, and technical tips associated with these Emulex® drivers for VMware releases.
For the latest product documentation, go to www.broadcom.com. If you have questions or require additional information, contact an authorized Broadcom® technical support representative at ecd-tech.support@broadcom.com or request assistance online at https://oemsupportportal.emulex.com/web2tech/ecd.html

New Feature Components
l	Added support for duration in the Link Beacon ELS command.
2	Increased the size of the Completion Queue and Work Queue. 
3	Added support for LPe35000-series adapters.
4	Added support for Direct Packet Push (DPP) on LPe35000-series adapters.
5	Discontinued support for VMware ESXi 5.5 and ESXi 6.0 operating systems. 
6	Discontinued support for LPe16202 FCoE+NIC adapters. 

Prerequisite/Assumptions
There are no prerequisites/assumptions in this release. 

Resolved Issues
1.	An unrecoverable operating system fault no longer occurs during the release of an object when destroying a slab. 
2.	An unrecoverable operating system fault no longer occurs when processing RSCN/ELS commands while unloading the driver. 
3.	The issue of a core dump to disk is fixed. 
4.	The issue of incorrect display of driver version of the Racadm hwinventory tool operating system is fixed. 
5.	An unrecoverable operating system fault no longer occurs when migrating a VM to another ESXi host.
6.	An unrecoverable operating system fault no longer occurs when the driver is unloaded or rebooted.

Known Issues/Limitations with the Current Release
There are no known issues or limitations in this release.

Supported Upgrade Versions
There are no specific upgrade restrictions for moving from inbox to out-of-box.

Related KB-Articles
There are no related KB-articles in this release.
