Infrastructure components must be running the supported software versions.

Software Version Requirements for the HCX Installations

Note:

In cloud-to-cloud deployments, the HCX Cloud environment requirements apply to both sides of a site pair.

Component Type

HCX Connector Environment Requirements

HCX Cloud Environment Requirements

vSphere (vCenter Server and ESXi)

  • 6.0+
  • 6.5.x, 6.7.x, and 7.0

NSX
  • NSXv 6.4.4+ or NSX-T 2.4.0+
  • Interoperability with vSphere 7.0 requires NSX-T 3.0.1
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • Interoperability with vSphere 7.0 requires NSX-T 3.0.1+

vCloud Director
  • Not supported at the source site.
  • When the destination environment is integrated with vCloud Director, the minimum is 9.7.

Software Version Requirements Listed by HCX Feature

Note:

Listed VMware HCX Interoperable versions must also meet VMware Product Interoperability Matrix compatibility requirements.

Feature

Source Site Component Version Requirements

Destination Site Component Version Requirements

HCX Bulk Migration
  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

HCX vMotion

  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

HCX Cold Migration
  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

HCX Replication Assisted vMotion

  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5 U3F+ or vSphere 6.7U3
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

HCX OS Assisted Migration
  • vSphere 6.0+

For a list of supported guest OS versions, see Understanding VMware HCX OS Assisted Migration.

  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1

Network Extension of vSphere Distributed Switch VM Networks

  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

Network Extension for NSXv Logical Switches

  • vSphere 6.0+

  • NSX for vSphere 6.4.4+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+
Network Extension for NSX-T VLAN or Overlay Segments

  • vSphere 6.0+

  • NSX-T 2.4.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

VMware HCX Disaster Recovery

  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+
Site Recovery Manager Integration
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+
Mobility Optimized Networking
  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSX-T 3.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+
Traffic Engineering
  • Application Path Resiliency
  • TCP Flow Conditioning
  • vSphere 6.0+
  • vSphere 6.5+
  • NSXv 6.4.5+ or NSX-T 2.5.0+
  • vSphere 7.0+ with NSX-T 3.0.1+

Interoperability with External Software

HCX can operate with other VMware services provided they meet the requirements for interoperability.

Software Interoperability Requirements
vSphere Replication and HCX For HCX and vSphere Replication installations to co-exist, vSphere Replication 8.1 or above is required. This allows both systems to manage replications without disrupting the other system's configurations. Any single virtual machine cannot be managed by both systems simultaneously.
vRealize Operations (VROPS) and HCX VROPS 8.1.1+.
VROPS Management Pack for HCX HCX requires Management Pack 5.1+.