From fd655fd795cbf1de75e1ec5d6f4315a7eef4b927 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Scott Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:13:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Updating vSphere installation requirements for 4.12 --- modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc | 14 ++++++-------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc b/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc index 3a627993b3..f03f4e411c 100644 --- a/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc +++ b/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc @@ -52,16 +52,14 @@ You must install the {product-title} cluster on a VMware vSphere version 7 insta [cols=2, options="header"] |=== |Virtual environment product |Required version -|VM hardware version | 15 or later +|VMware virtual hardware | 15 or later |vSphere ESXi hosts | 7.0.2 or later |vCenter host | 7.0.2 or later |=== [IMPORTANT] ==== -Installing a cluster on VMware vSphere version 7.0.1 or earlier is now deprecated. These versions are still fully supported, but version 4.11 of {product-title} requires vSphere virtual hardware version 15 or later. Hardware version 15 is now the default for vSphere virtual machines in {product-title}. To update the hardware version for your vSphere nodes, see the "Updating hardware on nodes running in vSphere" article. - -If your vSphere nodes are below hardware version 15 or your VMware vSphere version is earlier than 6.7.3, upgrading from {product-title} 4.10 to {product-title} 4.11 is not available. +Installing a cluster on VMware vSphere versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 is deprecated. These versions are still fully supported, but all vSphere 6.x versions are no longer supported. Version 4.12 of {product-title} requires VMware virtual hardware version 15 or later. To update the hardware version for your vSphere virtual machines, see the "Updating hardware on nodes running in vSphere" article in the _Updating clusters_ section. ==== .Minimum supported vSphere version for VMware components @@ -69,17 +67,17 @@ If your vSphere nodes are below hardware version 15 or your VMware vSphere versi |Component | Minimum supported versions |Description |Hypervisor -|vSphere 6.7u3 and later with HW version 15 +|vSphere 7.0.2 and later with virtual hardware version 15 |This version is the minimum version that {op-system-first} supports. See the link:https://access.redhat.com/ecosystem/search/#/ecosystem/Red%20Hat%20Enterprise%20Linux?sort=sortTitle%20asc&vendors=VMware&category=Server[Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 supported hypervisors list]. |Storage with in-tree drivers -|vSphere 6.7u3 and later +|vSphere 7.0.2 and later |This plug-in creates vSphere storage by using the in-tree storage drivers for vSphere included in {product-title}. ifndef::vmc[] |Optional: Networking (NSX-T) -|vSphere 7.0.1 and later -|vSphere 7.0.1 is required for {product-title}. VMware's NSX Container Plug-in (NCP) is certified with {product-title} 4.6 and NSX-T 3.x+. +|vSphere 7.0.2 and later +|vSphere 7.0.2 is required for {product-title}. VMware's NSX Container Plug-in (NCP) is certified with {product-title} 4.6 and NSX-T 3.x+. endif::vmc[] |===