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[enterprise-4.21] OSDOCS-17378# Add VVF/VCF9 support.
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Joe Aldinger
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modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc
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[id="installation-vsphere-infrastructure_{context}"]
= VMware vSphere infrastructure requirements
You must install an {product-title} cluster on a version of a {vmw-full} instance that meets the requirements for the components that you use:
You must install an {product-title} cluster on one of the following versions of a {vmw-full} instance that meets the requirements for the components that you use:
* Version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
* {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
This release supports Container Storage Interface (CSI) migration, which is enabled by default on {product-title} {product-version}.
Both of these releases support Container Storage Interface (CSI) migration, which is enabled by default on {product-title} {product-version}.
You can host the VMware vSphere infrastructure on-premise or on a link:https://cloud.vmware.com/providers[VMware Cloud Verified provider] that meets the requirements outlined in the following tables:
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ You can host the VMware vSphere infrastructure on-premise or on a link:https://c
|===
|Virtual environment product |Required version
|VMware virtual hardware | 15 or later
|vSphere ESXi hosts | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
|vCenter host | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
|vSphere ESXi hosts | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later; VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
|vCenter host | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later; VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
|===
[IMPORTANT]
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ You must ensure that the time on your ESXi hosts is synchronized before you inst
|Component | Minimum supported versions |Description
|Hypervisor
|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later with virtual hardware version 15
|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later with virtual hardware version 15; {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
|This hypervisor version is the minimum version that {op-system-first} supports. For more information about supported hardware on the latest version of {op-system-base-full} that is compatible with {op-system}, see link:https://catalog.redhat.com/hardware/search[Hardware] on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
|Optional: Networking (NSX-T)
|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
|For more information about the compatibility of NSX and {product-title}, see the Release Notes section of VMware's link:https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Container-Plugin/index.html[NSX container plugin documentation].
|Networking (NSX)
|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later; VMware vSphere Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
|Red Hat uses the Partner Certification process to verify NSX compatibility.
|CPU micro-architecture
|x86-64-v2 or higher
@@ -57,4 +58,13 @@ The following list provides some guidance in selecting the VPUs needed for speci
* Heavy-use production environment: More than 500 GB, and 100 or more VPUs.
Consider allocating additional VPUs to give enough capacity for updates and scaling activities. See link:https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Block/Concepts/blockvolumeperformance.htm[Block Volume Performance Levels (Oracle documentation)].
====
[NOTE]
====
The following additional {vmw-full} Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation components are outside the scope of Red Hat support:
* Management: VCF Operations, VCF Automation, VCF Fleet Management, and VCF Identity Broker.
* Networking: VMware NSX Container Plugin (NCP).
* Migration: VMware HCX.
====

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.Prerequisites
* You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
.Procedure

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.Prerequisites
* You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
.Procedure

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.Prerequisites
* You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
.Procedure