EMC interoperability with Emulex HBA and ESX drivers

interesting indeed, i suspect Support matrix has not been updated as E-Lab navigator states:

All released updates to ESX Server version are supported unless otherwise specified by a footnote. Please contact server vendor for the update level required for a specific server.

There are no footnotes for ESX. Because U4 was release on 31th ..support matrix has not been updated yet. I would not mess with integrated ESX drivers.

This answer is very, very helpful, but I'm not quite over the finish line.

Indeed there is a footnote in the interop guide that states; "All released updates to ESX Server version are supported unless otherwise specified by a footnote. Please contact server vendor for the update level required for a specific server." We bounced it back to the EMC rep and see how it plays.

A matrix on the same page as the above footnote also states an explicit supported driver version - where the EMC tech is hung up. I guess where I don't feel completely satisfied with this answer is the question; "does the footnote apply to the entire server release including the HBA driver?" I get that this is probably a very fine point, but these are production servers and EMC support is at stake as well. So even a little ambiguity makes me very hesitant.

Any official EMC comment on this?

regards,
~Patrick

i understand your concern ..i am hoping new support matrix will be out this or next week so U4 might be included in there. I am also waiting on some Cisco MDS code compatibility info.