Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

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Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

vSphere CLI Software Version Compatibility

Server Compatibility

Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Release Compatibility

Host Software Version Compatibility

Identifying the ESX/ESXi Platform Build Number

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

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Published: November 27, 2012 

This document provides the following compatibility information for the Cisco Nexus 1000V:

•vSphere CLI Software Version Compatibility

•Server Compatibility

•Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Release Compatibility

•Host Software Version Compatibility

•Identifying the ESX/ESXi Platform Build Number

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

vSphere CLI Software Version Compatibility

You can use the following minimum versions of vSphere CLI software to install the VEM software:

•vCLI—VMware-vSphere-CLI-4.0.0-161974.exe

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/

•vMA—vMA-4.0.0-161993.zip

http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/

Server Compatibility

The servers running the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM and VEM must be in the VMware Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). This is a requirement for running the ESX 4.0 software, VMware vSphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus.

The Cisco Nexus 1000V is compatible with any upstream physical access layer switch that is Ethernet standard compliant, including Catalyst 6500 series switches, Cisco Nexus switches, and switches from other network vendors.

Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Release Compatibility

Table 1 shows the Cisco Nexus 1000V releases that are supported by VMware release.

Table 1 VMware and Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Compatibility

VMware Software Release Supported		Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Name
		4.0(4)SV1(2)	4.0(4)SV1(1)
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P-12	ESX/ESXi400-201209001	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 EP-8	ESX/ESXi400-201206001	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi400-EP-7	ESX/ESXi400-201205001	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P11	ESX/ESXi400-201203001	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 4	update-from-esx/esxi4.0-4.0_update4	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 3	ESX/ESXi upgrade from esx4.0-u1/u2 to u3	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 EP05	ESX/ESXi400-201104401-SG	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P10	ESX/ESXi400-201110401	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P09	ESX/ESXi400-201103401	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P08	ESX/ESXi400-201101401	Compatible	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P07	ESX/ESXi400-201009401	Compatible1	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 2	ESX/ESXi400-201006201	Compatible1	Not Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P06	ESX/ESXi400-201005401-SG	Compatible1	Compatible1
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P05	ESX/ESXi400-201003001	Compatible1	Compatible1
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P04	ESX/ESXi400-201002001	Compatible1	Compatible1
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P03	ESX/ESXi400-200912001	Compatible1	Compatible1
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 1	ESX/ESXi4.0.0-update01	Compatible2	Compatible1
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P02	ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200909001	Compatible2	Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 EP01	ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200907001	Compatible2	Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P01	ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200906001	Compatible2	Compatible
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 GA		Compatible2	Compatible2

1 These VIB packages need to be downloaded from cisco.com or the VMware website. 2 Cisco Nexus 1000V VIB is available in the VSM home page http://<vsm_ip>.

Host Software Version Compatibility

Table 2 lists the compatible host software versions for VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM for Release 4.0(4)SV1(2).

Table 2 Host Software Version Compatibility for ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 

VMware Software Version	Host Build 1	VIB Version 2	VEM Bundle 3	Minimum Required Version
				vCenter Server	Update Manager	vSphere CLI
ESX/ESXi400-P-12 ESX/ESXi400-201209001.zip	787047	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG(Online) VEM400-201006011.zip(Offline)	496403 385281 258672 208111	502336 387643 264019 282702	253290 253290 253290 253290
ESX/ESXi400-EP-8 ESX/ESXi400-201206001.zip	721907	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online) VEM400-201006011.zip(Offline)	496403	502336	253290
				385281	387643	253290
				258672	264019	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi400-EP-7 ESX/ESXi400-201205001.zip	702116	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online) VEM400-201006011.zip(Offline)	496403	502336	253290
				385281	387643	253290
				258672	264019	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P11 ESX/ESXi400-201203001	660575	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online & Offline)	258672	264019	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 4 update-from-esx/esxi4.0-4.0_update4	504850	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG(Online) VEM400-201006011.zip(Offline)	496403	502336	253290
				385281	387643	253290
				258672	264019	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 3 ESX/ESXi upgrade from esx4.0-u1/u2 to u3	398348	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	385281	3876434	253290
				2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 EP05 ESX/ESXi400-201104401	392990	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P10 ESX/ESXi400-201110401	480973	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P09 ESX/ESXi400-201103401	360236	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P08 ESX/ESXi400-201101401	332073	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P07 ESX/ESXi400-201009401	294855	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 2 ESX/ESXi 400-201006201	261974	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.90-1.20.19.vib	VEM400-201006011-BG (Online and Offline)	2586724	2640194	253290
				208111	282702	253290
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P06 ESX/ESXi400-201005401-SG	256968	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.81-1.13.9.vib	VEM400-201005011-BG (Online) VEM400-201005011-BG (Offline)	208111	282702	198790
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P05 ESX/ESXi400-201003001	244038	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.81-1.12.16.vib	VEM400-201003011-BG (Online) VEM400-201003011-BG (Offine)	208111	282702	198790
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P04 ESX/ESXi400-201002001	236512	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.81-1.11.11.vib	VEM400-201002011-BG (Online) VEM400-201002011-BG (Offline)	208111	282702	198790
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P03 ESX/ESXi400-200912001	219382	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.81-1.10.180.vib	VEM400-200912016-BG (Online) VEM400-200912016-BG (Offline)	208111	282702	198790
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 Update 1 ESX/ESXi4.0.0-update01	208167	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-1.9.179.vib	VEM400-200912272-BG (Online) VEM400-200912015-BG (Offline)	208111	282702	198790
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P02 ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200909001	193498	cross_cisco-vem_v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-0.7.179.vib	VEM400-200912271-BG (Online) VEM400-200912014-BG (Offline)	162856	162871	161974
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 EP01 ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200907001	181792	cross_cisco-vem-v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-0.6.179.vib	VEM400-200912270-BG (Online) VEM400-200912013-BG (Offline)	162856	162871	161974
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 P01 ESX/ESXi400-VEM-200906001	175625	cross_cisco-vem-v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-0.5.179.vib	VEM400-200912269 (Online) VEM400-200912012-BG (Offline)	162856	162871	161974
ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 GA	164009 171294	cross_cisco-vem-v110-4.0.4.1.2.0.80-0.4.179.vib	VEM400-200912268 (Online) VEM400-200912011-BG (Offline)	162856	162871	161974

1 After installing VMware patches, verify the ESX software build number on the ESX server console. 2 VIB files are available at http://www.vmware.com/patch/download. 3 VMware bundled software updates require placing the host in maintenance mode. 4 If you upgrade/install your vCenter server to Update 2 VC and VUM (build# 258672, 256163), then you do not need the VUM U1 Patch2 (build# 282702).

Identifying the ESX/ESXi Platform Build Number

To obtain the build number for the ESX platform in use that corresponds to your VMware software release, type the following command at the shell prompt:

[root@hostname ~] # rpm -qa | grep vmkernel | awk -F. '{print $5}'

236512

To obtain the build number for the ESXi platform in use that corresponds to your VMware software release, type the following command at the vCLI host prompt:

~ # vmware -v

VMware ESXi 4.0.0 build-236512

Related Documentation

Cisco Nexus 1000V includes the following documents available on Cisco.com:

General Information

Cisco Nexus 1000V Release Notes, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Compatibility Information, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Install and Upgrade

Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Installation Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module Software Installation Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Software Upgrade Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Configuration Guides

Cisco Nexus 1000V License Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Getting Started Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Interface Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Port Profile Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V System Management Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V High Availability and Redundancy Configuration Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V XML API User Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Programming Guide

Cisco Nexus 1000V XML API User Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Reference Guides

Cisco Nexus 1000V Command Reference, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V MIB Quick Reference

Troubleshooting and Alerts

Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0(4)SV1(2)

Cisco Nexus 1000V Password Recovery Guide

Cisco NX-OS System Messages Reference

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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