I've been having issues upgrading vmware from 5.5 to 6.5 so Vmware support have asked for some firmware to be upgrade.
Their email said:
As per the log bundle:
ESXi 5.5.0 build-3568722
HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 | BIOS: I31 | Date: 05/21/2018
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2670 0 @ 2.60GHz
NIC driver name VID:DID SVID:SDID driver version firmware version
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vmnic0 elxnet 19a2:0710 103c:337b 11.1.145.0 11.1.183.23
vmnic1 elxnet 19a2:0710 103c:337b 11.1.145.0 11.1.183.23
vmnic2 elxnet 19a2:0710 103c:184e 11.1.145.0 11.1.183.23
vmnic3 elxnet 19a2:0710 103c:184e 11.1.145.0 11.1.183.23
vmhba0 Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array P220i
vmhba1 Emulex Corporation Emulex OneConnect OCe11100 10GbE, iSCSI UCNA
vmhba2 Emulex Corporation Emulex OneConnect OCe11100 10GbE, iSCSI UCNA
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HBA driver name VID:DID SVID:SDID driver version
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vmhba0 hpsa 103c:323b 103c:3355 5.5.0.124-1OEM
vmhba1 be2iscsi 19a2:0712 103c:337b 11.1.145.8
vmhba2 be2iscsi 19a2:0712 103c:337b 11.1.145.8
As per VMware Compatibility Guide,the latest recommended version is as follows:
hpsa driver version 6.0.0.44-4vmw
Link for Download:
http://www.vmware.com/download/vsphere/drivers_tools.html
be2iscsi driver version 11.1.145.8 firmware version: 11.1.145.18
Link for Download:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI55-EMULEX-BE2ISCSI-1111458&productId=353
elxnet driver version 11.1.183.654 firmware 11.1.183.23
Link for Download:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI55-EMULEX-ELXNET-111183654&productId=353
they posted links for drivers but i can't find the firmware 11.1.183.23 for elxnet or 11.1.145.18 for be2iscsi on hp's site: https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/home/driverHome?sp4ts.oid=5177951