Revision History
The following table provides an overview of the significant changes to this guide with the exception of the current release. The table does not provide an exhaustive list of all changes made to this guide or of all new features in this release. For details on the current release, see What's New in this Guide.
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Release |
Description |
Release or date added |
Where Documented |
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6.0(2b) |
Added UCS 4.2(3p) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 6.0(2x) |
November 17, 2025 |
Cisco HX Release 6.0(2x) - Software Requirements |
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6.0(2a) |
Added UCS 4.2(3o) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 6.0(2x) |
July 31, 2025 |
Cisco HX Release 6.0(2x)- Software Requirements |
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5.5(2b) |
Added UCS 4.2(3o) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.5(2x) |
May 05, 2025 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.5(x) Releases |
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5.5(2a) |
Added UCS 4.2(3l) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.5(2x) |
November 19, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.5(x) Releases |
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6.0(1b) |
Added UCS 4.2(3j) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 6.0(x) |
September 04, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 6.0(x) Releases |
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5.5(1x), 5.0(2x) |
Updated dates for Release Support Timeline for 5.5(1x) and 5.0(2x). |
August 13, 2024 |
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6.0(1a) |
Added content for HX 6.0(1a). |
July 18, 2024 |
Cisco HX Release 6.0(x) - Software Requirements |
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5.5(1a) |
Added UCS 4.2(3j) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.5(x) |
May 9, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.5(x) Releases |
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5.0(2g) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2g). |
April 16, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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5.0(2g) |
Added UCS 4.2(3j) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.0(x) |
March 20, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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5.0(2g) |
Updated Software Requirements for 5.0(2g). |
March 5, 2024 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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EOL 4.5(2x) |
Updates made to move the HXDP 4.5 requirements to the end-of-life section of this document. |
December 31, 2023 | Cisco HX Obsolete Releases - Software Requirements |
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5.0(2e) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2e). |
September 27, 2023 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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5.5(1a) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.5(1a). |
August 22, 2023 |
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5.0(2d) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2d). Added UCS 4.2(3g) to the list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.0(x) |
July 28, 2023 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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5.0(2c) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2c). |
April 4, 2023 |
FI/Server Firmware - 5.0(x) Releases |
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5.0(x) |
Added UCS 4.2(3b) to list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.0(x) |
March 10, 2023 |
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EOL 4.0(x) |
Updates made to move the HXDP 4.0 requirements to the end-of-life section of this document. |
February 28, 2023 |
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5.0(2b), 4.0(2x) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2b). Updated dates for Release Support Timeline for 4.0(2x). |
January 31, 2023 |
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5.0(x), 4.5(x) |
Added note to FI/Server Firmware tables for HX 5.0(x) and HX 4.5(x). |
November 23, 2022 |
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5.0(2x), 5.0(1x) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(2a). Updated dates for Release Support Timeline for 5.0(2x) and 5.0(1x). |
October 4, 2022 |
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5.0(x) |
Removed UCS 4.1(3j) from list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HX 5.0(x) |
September 28, 2022 |
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4.5(2e) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 4.5(2e). |
September 21, 2022 | |
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5.0(x), 4.5(x) |
Added UCS 4.1(3h) and 4.1(3i) to list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HyperFlex Edge/DC-No-FI and Firmware Compatibility Matrix for HX 5.0(x) and 4.5(2x). |
September 12, 2022 |
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5.0(x), 4.5(x) |
Added UCS 4.1(3h) and 4.1(3i) to list of qualified FI/Server Firmware for HyperFlex Edge/DC-No-FI and Firmware Compatibility Matrix for HX 5.0(x) and 4.5(2x). |
September 12, 2022 |
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4.5(2e) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 4.5(2e). |
September 6, 2022 |
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5.0(2a) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 5.0(2a). Updated Recommended Release for HX M6 clusters and clusters looking to enable software encryption to HX 5.0(1c). |
August 23, 2022 |
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5.0(x), 4.5(x) |
Added Compute-Only information for DC-No-FI Storage Cluster specifications. |
August 2, 2022 |
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5.0(1c) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 5.0(1c). |
July 19, 2022 | |
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4.5(2d) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 4.5(2d). |
July 19. 2022 |
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4.5(2c) |
Updated Recommended Release for all new and existing clusters to HX 4.5(2c). |
June 9, 2022 | |
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5.0(1c) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 5.0(1c). |
June 7, 2022 | |
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4.0(2f) |
Added UCS 4.1(3f) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.0(2f). |
April 28, 2022 |
FI/Server Firmware -4.0(x) Releases |
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4.5(2c) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 4.5(2c). |
April 19, 2022 |
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5.0(x), 4.5(2x) |
Updated title of chapter describing HyperFlex Software Recommendations and Guidelines. Added topic describing how to choose UCS Server Firmware Versions. Updated topics describing how to choose HXDP and Hypervisor Versions for ESXi, Hyper-V. Updated Available Releases. Added topic describing Release Support Time line for UCS Server Firmware. |
April 19, 2022 |
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4.0(x) |
Removed vSphere 6.0 as VMware has announced it as EOL as of 3/12/2022 |
March 14, 2022 |
Software Requirements for VMware ESXi 4.0(x) Releases |
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4.0(x) |
Added UCS 4.1(3h) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.0(x). |
March 2, 2022 |
FI/Server Firmware - 4.0(x) Releases |
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5.0(x), 4.5(2x) |
Added UCS 4.1(3h) and 4.2(1l) to list of qualified versions for HX 5.0(x) and 4.5(2x). |
February 24, 2022 |
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5.0(1a) |
Updated Qualified Software Version for HX Edge M4 cluster to 4.1(2f). |
February 7, 2022 |
HyperFlex Edge/DC-No-FI and Firmware Compatibility Matrix for 5.0(x) Deployments |
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4.5(2b) |
Updated VMware ESXi and Hyper-V release version to HX 4.5(2b). |
January 31, 2022 |
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4.5(2a), 4.5(1a) |
Added note describing HX Compatibility Catalog. |
January 27, 2021 |
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4.5(2b) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 4.5(2b). Removed/updated HX 3.5(x) requirements and recommendations as the release is EOL. |
December 9, 2021 |
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5.0(1a), 4.5(2a) |
Updated qualified software version for HX Edge M5 cluster to 4.1(3d). Added UCS 4.2(1i) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.5(2a). |
November 17 2021 |
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5.0(1a) |
Added content for HX 5.0(1a). |
November 10, 2021 |
n/a |
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4.5(2a) |
Added Important note regarding Field Notice affecting UCS 4.1(3b). Updated releases to UCS 4.1(3f). |
November 5, 2021 |
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4.5(2a) |
Updated VMware ESXi and Hyper-V release version to 4.5(2a). |
September 22, 2021 |
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3.5(2x), 4.0(2x), 4.5(1x), 4.5(2x) |
Updated Last Date of Support for HX 3.5(2x), 4.0(2x), 4.5(1x) and 4.5(2x). |
August 31, 2021 |
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4.5(2a), 4.0(2x) |
Added UCS 4.1(3e) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.5(2a) and 4.0(2x). |
August 30, 2021 |
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4.5(2a), 4.0(2x) |
Added UCS 4.0(4m) and 4.1(3d) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.5(2a) and 4.0(2x). |
August 9, 2021 |
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4.5(2a) |
Updated VMware ESXi and Hyper-V release version to 4.5(2a) for specific cluster configurations. |
August 4, 2021 |
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4.5(2a) |
Updated Software Requirements for HX 4.5(2a). |
June 30, 2021 |
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4.0(2f) |
Updated VMware ESXi and Hyper-V release version to 4.0(2f). |
June 24, 2021 |
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4.5(1a) |
Updated Software Requirements for VMware ESXi - 4.5(1a) indicating support for vCenter Version 7.0 U2. |
June 10, 2021 |
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4.0(2f) |
Added content for HX 4.0(2f). |
June 3, 2021 |
n/a |
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HX 4.5(1a), 4.0(2x), 3.5(2i), 3.5(2h) |
Added HXDP-P Licensed node scale increase to 64 for compute-only nodes. Added UCS 4.0(4l) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.5(1a), 4.0(2x), 3.5(2i) and 3.5(2h). |
May 7, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a), 4.0(2x), 3.5(2i) |
Added UCS 4.1(3c) to list of qualified versions for HX 4.5(1a), 4.0(x), and 3.5(2i). |
April 29, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a), 4.0(2x) |
Updated Software Requirements for VMware ESXi - 4.5(x) and 4.0(x) releases indicating support for VMware ESXi and vCenter Versions 7.0 U1c through 7.0 U1d builds. |
March 30, 2021 |
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HX 4.0(2e) |
Added content for HX 4.0(2e). Updated HUU for UCS 4.1(2f) for all M5 Edge servers |
March 17, 2021 |
n/a |
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HX 4.5(1a) |
Added UCS 4.0(4k) to list of versions in FI/Server Firmware - 4.0(x) and 3.5(x) releases. |
March 11, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a) |
Added UCS 4.1(2c) to list of qualified versions in FI/Server Firmware - 4.5(x), 4.0(x) and 3.5(x) releases. |
February 19, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a) |
Added 4.1(1e), 4.1(3b) to list of qualified versions in FI/Server Firmware - 4.5(x) release. Added UCS 4.1(3b) to list of qualified versions in FI/Server Firmware - 4.0(x) and 3.5(x) releases. |
February 12, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a) |
Added ESXi version 7.0 U1c (build 17325551) and higher to Software Requirements for VMware ESXi - 4.5(x) releases. |
January 26, 2021 |
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HX 4.5(1a) |
Added content for HX 4.5(1a). |
January 6, 2021 |
n/a |
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HX 4.0(1x) |
Removed HX 4.0(1x) from Cisco HX Release 4.0(x) - Software Requirements as the release is EOL. |
September 29, 2020 |
n/a |
| Cisco HyperFlex Recommended Software Release and Requirements Guide | The guide was introduced. |
September 28, 2020 |
n/a |
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