You must apply the patch provided by VMware on the ESXi host to resolve this issue. Symptoms: The ESXi 5.x host with a virtual machine that uses an E1000e adapter fails with a purple diagnostic screen (PSOD).You see the backtrace: @BlueScreen: #PF Exception 14 in world wwww:WorldName IP 0xnnnnnnnn addr 0x0 PTEs:0xnnnnnnnn;0xnnnnnnnn;0x0; 0xnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnn]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+ 0xdb9