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title: "vSphere 6.5 Update 1"
canonical: "https://www.virtcloudrocks.com/space/vblog01/blog/721268/vSphere%206.5%20Update%201"
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During mid August 2017, VMware has officially released as GA, update 1 for vSphere ESXi 6.5

All the details of the release notes can be found here, [https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-esxi-651-release-notes.html](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/rn/vsphere-esxi-651-release-notes.html)

  


The ESXi 6.5 Update 1 release includes the following list of new features.

- If you prefer to use Update Manager for the upgrade of ESXi and vSAN stack, you can now enable vSAN software upgrades through integration with vSphere Update Manager. This provides a unified and common workflow. For more information see the vSphere Update Manager Installation and Administration Guide.
- Driver Updates:
  - Cavium qlnativefc driver
  - VMware nvme driver
  - Intel i40en driver with Lewisburg 10G NIC Support
  - Intel ne1000 driver with Lewisburg 1G NIC Support
  - Intel igbn driver
  - Intel ixgben driver
  - Broadcom ntg3 driver

 

The resolved issues are grouped as follows. 

- Auto Deploy
- CIM and API Issues
- Internationalization
- Miscellaneous Issues
- Networking Issues
- Security Issues
- Server Configuration
- Storage Issues
- Supported Hardware Issues
- Upgrade and Installation Issues
- vCenter Server, vSphere Web Client, and vSphere Client Issues
- Virtual Machine Management Issues
- Virtual Volumes Issues
- VMware HA and Fault Tolerance Issues
- VMware Tools
- vSAN Issues
- vSphere Command-Line Interface