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On any HPE ProLiant server running VMware ESXi 8.0 / 9.0 and configured with an NVIDIA GPU (NVIDIA L20 PCIe / NVIDIA H100 PCIe / NVIDIA H100 NVL / NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell), a Purple Diagnostic Screen (PSOD) is experienced when a Virtual Machine (VM) is started with the NVIDIA GPU configured as a PCI Pass-through Device.The Purple Diagnostic Screen (PSOD) signature can be seen as "LINT1/NM1(motherboard non maskable interrupt),undiagnosed" :This issue is caused by a device failure during the initial reset.
Any HPE ProLiant Server running VMware ESXi 8.0 / 9.0 and configured with an NVIDIA GPU (NVIDIA L20 PCIe / NVIDIA H100 PCIe / NVIDIA H100 NVL / NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell).Note:This issue has been originally reported onHPE XL645d Gen10 Plus / HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 servers, but other servers configured with the listed NVIDIA GPUs may be potentially affected.
To resolve the issue, perform the following steps:Navigate to the file "/etc/vmware/passthru.map" that controls how specific devices should reset.This file includes----------------------# passthrough attributes for devices## file format: vendor-id device-id resetMethod fptShareable# vendor/device id: xxxx (in hex) (ffff can be used for wildchar match)# reset methods: flr, d3d0, link, bridge, default# fptShareable: true/default, false...# NVIDIA10de ffff bridge false----------------------Use "Bridge Reset" to reset any NVIDIA pass-through device.Remove or comment out this line "# 10de ffff bridge false"Reboot the VMware ESXi system.After the VMware ESXi system is rebooted, the next time the Virtual Machine starts with NVIDIA pass-through device, the system should use "Function Level Reset (FLR)" rather than "Bridge Reset" which avoids the Purple Diagnostic Screen (PSOD).Revision HistoryDocument VersionRelease DateDetails4April 17, 2026The following GPU is also affected by this issue:NVIDIA L20 PCIe3March 16, 2026Title has been updated for more clarity.Any HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 server running VMware ESXi 9.0 and configured with an NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell is also affected by this issue.A note has been added to the Scope section.2March 4, 2026The following hardware and software options are also affected by this issue:HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 ServerVMware ESXi 9.0NVIDIA H100 NVL GPU1June 16, 2023Original Document Release.
Operating Systems Affected:VMware ESXi 8.0, VMware ESXi 9.0
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