Cause

Panic Details: Crash at 2023-02-05T07:30:19.561Z on CPU 4 running world 2098384 – hclk-sched-vmnic4. VMK Uptime:422:20:42:55.138

Panic Message: @BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world 2098384:hclk-sched-v IP 0x41800a037c55 addr 0x0

Backtrace:

0x451a9ab1bbf0:[0x41800a037c55]qfle3_xmit_pkt@(qfle3)#<None>+0x1e1d stack: 0x459c633c2680, 0xbad0039, 0xbad0039, 0x4180096f7f62, 0x4180478000800x451a9ab1bdd0:[0x41800a0398aa]qfle3_uplink_tx@(qfle3)#<None>+0x8b stack: 0x430db543f790, 0x430632d89a00, 0x430632d89a00, 0x4305bcee6640, 0x10x451a9ab1be20:[0x41800985d144]UplinkDevTransmit@vmkernel#nover+0x4cd stack: 0x1, 0x0, 0x7c, 0x0, 0x451a9ab1bf300x451a9ab1bef0:[0x41800a3edb2f]NetSchedHClkRunCycle@(netsched_hclk)#<None>+0x1f8 stack: 0x1, 0x2f, 0x0, 0x4305bcee6640, 0x7c000000000x451a9ab1bfb0:[0x41800a3edd69]NetSchedHClkSchedSysWorld@(netsched_hclk)#<None>+0x8a stack: 0x451a9ab23000, 0x451a8d023100, 0x451a9ab23100, 0x418009912c1b, 0x00x451a9ab1bfe0:[0x418009912c1a]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0x77 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0

PSOD Can Occur When Using QFLE3 Driver your current version qfle3 1.0.50.11-9vmw.670.0.0.8169922

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/79058

Qlogic has released a new driver for ESXi 6.7 and 7.0 to address this issue:

ESXi 6.7: Version 1.1.9.0

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI67-QLOGIC-ETHERNET-ISCSI-FCOE-201230&productId=742

ESXi 7.0: Version 1.4.8.0:

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI70-QLOGIC-MRVL-E3-ETHERNET-ISCSI-FCOE-301250&productId=974