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During hot insert/removal operations of HPE Solid State Drives (SSDs) with VMware ESXi 8.0U3, the Purple Screen of Death (PSOD) may occur. This issue is linked to the firmware of the SSD and will cause downtime when the server stops because of the PSOD.
Any of the following HPE Solid State Drive (SSD) models listed below when using or updated to VMware ESXi 8.0.3:PS1010 U.3 Drives - HPK1 Firmware VersionHPE Part NumberHPE Drive ModelHPE DescriptionP70430-B21VO001920KYFFEHPE 1.92T NVMe RI BC U.3 PS1010 PVT SSDP70432-B21VO003840KYFEPHPE 3.84T NVMe RI BC U.3 PS1010 PVT SSDP70434-B21VO007680KYFEQHPE 7.68T NVMe RI SFF BC U.3 PS1010 SSDP70436-B21VO015360KYFERHPE 15.36T NVMe RI SFF BC U.3 PS1010 SSDP70423-B21MO001600KYFFFHPE 1.6TB NVMe MU BC U.3 PS1030 PVT SSDP70426-B21MO003200KYFETHPE 3.2TB NVMe MU SFF BC U.3 PS1030 SSDP70428-B21MO006400KYFEUHPE 6.4TB NVMe MU SFF BC U.3 PS1030 SSDPS1010 E3S Drives - HPK2 Firmware VersionHPE Part NumberHPE Drive ModelHPE DescriptionP70392-B21VV003840KYFFHHPE 3.84TB NVMe RI E3S EC1 PS1010 SSDP70395-B21VV007680KYFFLHPE 7.68TB NVMe RI E3S EC1 PS1010 SSDP70397-B21VV015360KYFEVHPE 15.36TB NVMe RI E3S EC1 PS1010 SSDP70399-B21MV003200KYFFKHPE 3.2TB NVMe MU E3S EC1 PS1030 SSDP70401-B21MV006400KYFFAHPE 6.4TB NVMe MU E3S EC1 PS1030 SSDP70403-B21MV012800KYFFBHPE 12.8TB NVMe MU E3S EC1 PS1030 SSD
This issue will be resolved by updating the firmware to HPK2 or HPK3 for HPE NVMe U.3 SSDs:Update the firmware toHPK2(23 July 2025) by using theUniversal Firmware Package for Drives - MO001600KYFFF, MO003200KYFET, MO006400KYFEU, VO001920KYFFE, VO003840KYFEP, VO007680KYFEQ and VO015360KYFERANDUpdate the firmware toHPK3(14 May 2025) by using theUniversal Firmware Package for Drives - MV003200KYFFK, MV006400KYFFA, MV012800KYFFB, VV003840KYFFH, VV007680KYFFL and VV015360KYFEV.
Operating Systems Affected:VMware ESXi 8.0
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