topic RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5 in ExtremeWireless (Identifi)

V2110 ESXi 6.5

Mykhaylo_Skrypk — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:22:00 GMT

Hi All,

Is it possible to run V2110 on ESXi 6.5? Release notes suggests the following:

The V2110 is packaged in the .OVA file format defined by VMware. It must be deployed on a VMware ESX or ESXi host running version 4.1 u1, 5.0, or 5.1 of vSphere.

Not sure.

Thank you,
Mykahylo

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Alexandr_P — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:29:00 GMT

Hello, Mikhaylo!

In newer RelNotes - The V2110 is supported on ESXi version 5.5 and 6.0
It's mean that V2110 tested on this ESXi releases.

Asked our VMWare colleagues - they tell that if soft work on 5.5 and 6.0 then it would be working on 6.5

Thank you!

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Mykhaylo_Skrypk — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:32:00 GMT

Hello Alex,

Thanks for your reply. Am l able to get a trial version to test this first before buying a license?

Regards,
Mykhaylo

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Alexandr_P — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:32:00 GMT

You have to talk with your local representative (in your country).
They can generate trial license.

Relying on your name - am I right that you from Ukraine?
If yes - you can wright to MUK company, local distributor. (or directly to me  )

Thank you!

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Mykhaylo_Skrypk — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:32:00 GMT

Hi Alex,

Yeap l am from Ukraine but based in UK (London) 
Can you still help or l need to talk to UK distributor?

thanks,
Mykhaylo

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Alexandr_P — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:32:00 GMT

Mykhaylo!

I think it's better to talk with your local dist.
Because in feature it would be more simple to work with issues in testing  (if such be present)

Thank you!

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

William_Aguilar — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:18:00 GMT

V10.31.01 due out at the end of March will support 6.5.

Thanks,

Will

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Jason1 — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:57:00 GMT

For reference - https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Q_A/What-versions-of-ESXi-does-the-V2110-support

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Mykhaylo_Skrypk — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:59:00 GMT

Thanks all

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Hi!
Initially deployed V2110-10.11.03.0004.ova on ESXi 5.0 (VM version  then upgraded to v10.31.04.0009 then upgraded ESXi to 6.5 (VM version 13). Unable to access V2110 ever since.
Any clue?

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Gareth_Mitchell — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Dusan

Did you upgrade v2110 hardware?

https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Q_A/Should-I-upgrade-if-my-vmware-vsphere-client-has-a-virtual-hardware-upgrade-option-available-for-my-v2110-controller
https://gtacknowledge.extremenetworks.com/articles/Solution/After-upgrading-my-V2110s-Virtual-Hardware-all-configurations-are-lost

-Gareth

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Hi Gareth,

I was following the Article #000013111: "Firmware Version 10.31 and newer support ESXi 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5."
How to upgrade the VM HW to 6.5 then? Latest .ova file is 10.11.x which is only supported on 6.0.

-Dusan

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Gareth_Mitchell — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Hi Dusan

There is no need to upgrade the virtual hardware, it should be left at the same version as the official OVA.

-Gareth

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Quote:
"Firmware Version 10.31 and newer support ESXi 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5."
"Validation of V2110 with VMWare ESXi 6.5 - Added support for VMWare ESXi 6.5 to the V2110."
Q: In what way? And should the customer want to upgrade to 6.5?

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Gareth_Mitchell — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

Hi Dusan

You are correct, those versions of ESXi are supported with that version of v2110 software.

What is not supported is updating the virtual hardware, updating the virtual hardware is analogous to replacing an entire PC hardware system and expecting pre-installed software to support it the new configuration.

So if you are on ESXi 6.5 and hardware 8 and have issues, then please open a case with GTAC and we will look at it.

My understanding is that now you have rolled back to virtual hardware 8 and are on ESXi 6.5, everything is working, please correct me if I'm wrong.

-Gareth

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:43:00 GMT

ESXi 5.5 & Virtual Hardware Version 10 was the highest we could get with V2110-10.11.03.0004.ova template, which is based on version 8.
For future ESXi upgrades you should bring V2110 hw version up ...
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&external...

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Ronald_Dvorak — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:16:00 GMT

Is the VM set to paravirtual as mentioned in the release notes...

http://documentation.extremenetworks.com/release_notes/extremewireless/9035069-03_ExtremeWireless_v1...

You need to be more precise... what do you mean with "unable to access" ?
Via GUI or via ssh, could you log in via the VM console

-Ron

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:16:00 GMT

Sure. Paravirtual was set at the installation.

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Dusan_K_ — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:36:00 GMT

Hi Ron,

no ping response, no GUI, ... only log in via VM console was possible. All the settings looked fine.
VM Hardware change back to 8 solved it 😕

-Dusan

RE: V2110 ESXi 6.5

Ronald_Dvorak — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:41:00 GMT

I had the same issue before - please reboot the controller via the console.

# shutdown reboot