VMware has published a list that includes unsupported and deprecated devices from two vendors:
- Emulex
- Qlogic
Deprecated devices may still be worked and drivers will be installed but those devices are not supported on vSphere 6.5 officially.
You need to upgrade your hardware before upgrading vSphere, but it’s your choice! Because your device may be worked without any issue.
You can find the deprecated and unsupported devices in the below table:
| Partner | Driver Name | Device IDs | Device Name |
| Emulex | lpfc | 10DF:F0E5:0000:0000 | Emulex LPe1105-M4 4 Dual-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA |
| 10DF:F0E5:0000:0000 | Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA | ||
| 10DF:F0E5:0000:0000 | Emulex LPe1150 4Gb/s Fibre Channel Adapter | ||
| 10DF:F0E5:10DF:F0E5 | Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA | ||
| 10DF:F0E5:10DF:F0E5 | LPe1150-E Emulex LPe1150 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA for Dell and EMC | ||
| 10DF:FE00:0000:0000 | LPe11002 4Gb Fibre Channel Host Adapter | ||
| 10DF:FE00:0000:0000 | NE3008-102 | ||
| 10DF:FE00:0000:0000 | NE2000-001 | ||
| 10DF:FE00:0000:0000 | Emulex LPe11000 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | Emulex LPe11002 Dual-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | N8403-018 | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | EMC LPe11000-E | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | EMC LPe11002-E | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | Emulex LPe11000 Single-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE22 | Emulex L1105-M Emulex LPe1105-M4 Dual-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel mezzanine card for Dell PowerEdge | ||
| 10DF:FE00:103c:1708 | 403621-B21 Emulex LPe1105-HP Dual-Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel mezzanine card for HP BladeSystem c-Cl | ||
| 10DF:FE00:10DF:FE00 | A8002A – FC2142SR Emulex LPe1150-F4 Single Channel 4Gb/s Fibre Channel HBA for HP | ||
| 19A2:0704:0000:0000 | Emulex OneConnect OCe10100 FCoE Initiator | ||
| 19A2:0704:1137:006E | M72KR-E Emulex OneConnect OCe10102 10GbE FCoE Mezzanine CNA for Cisco UCS-B Servers | ||
| 19A2:0704:10DF:E630 | OCe10102-FM-E Emulex OneConnect 10GbE FCoE, iSCSI, NIC CNA for EMC VNX (including VNXe) Symmetrix an | ||
| 19A2:0704:10DF:E630 | OCe10102-FX-E Emulex OneConnect 10GbE FCoE, iSCSI, NIC CNA for EMC VNX (including VNXe) Symmetrix an | ||
| elxnet | 19A2:0211:0000:0000 | Emulex OneConnect OCe10100 NIC | |
| 19A2:0700:0000:0000 | Emulex OneConnect OCe10100 NIC | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:1746 | HP NC550m Dual Port Flex-10 10Gbe BL-c Adapter | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:1747 | HP NC550SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:1748 | Emulex OneConnect OCm10102-I-HP, NIC | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:1749 | Emulex OneConnect OCe10102-I-HP, NIC | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:174A | HP NC551m Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Network Adapter | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:174B | HP CN1000E Converged Network Adapter | ||
| 19A2:0700:103C:3314 | HP NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter | ||
| Qlogic | qla4xxx | 1077:4022:0000:0000 | QLA4022 |
| 1077:4022:1077:0122 | QLA4050 | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0124 | QLogic QLA4050C | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0124 | QLA4050C-E-SP | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0124 | QLA4050C-HDS-SP | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0124 | IBM iSCSI Server TX adapter (30R5201) (QLA4050C) | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0124 | QLA4050C | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0128 | QLogic QLA4052C | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0128 | QLA4052C-E-SP | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0128 | QLA4052C-HDS-SP | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:0128 | QLA4052C | ||
| 1077:4022:1077:012E | QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for BladeCenter (32R1923) (QMC4052R) | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:014F | QLogic QLE4060C | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:014F | QLE4060C | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:014F | QLE4060C-E-SP | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:014F | QLogic iSCSI Single-Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x (39Y6146) (QLE4060C) | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:0158 | QLE4062C | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:0158 | QLE4062C-E-SP | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:0158 | QLogic iSCSI Dual Port PCIe HBA for IBM System x (42C1770) (QLE4062C) | ||
| 1077:4032:1077:0158 | QLogic QLE4062C |
