This is the list of operating systems currently supported by NSX Cloud for your workload VMs in the NSX Enforced Mode.

See the NSX Cloud Known Issues section in the NSX Release Notes for exceptions. For supported operating systems it is assumed that you are using the standard Linux kernel versions. Public cloud marketplace images with custom kernels, for example, upstream Linux kernel with modified sources, are not supported.

On Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives, SELinux is not supported. To install NSX Tools, disable SELinux.

RHEL Extended Update Support (EUS) kernel in RHEL and CentOS are not supported.

OS

Kernal/Build Versions

Supported In

CentOS 7.2

2.4 and later

CentOS 7.3

2.4 and later

CentOS 7.4

2.4 and later

CentOS 7.5

2.4 and later

CentOS 7.6

2.5 and later

CentOS 7.7

3.2 and later

CentOS 7.8

3.2 and later

CentOS 7.9

3.2 and later

CentOS 8.0

3.2 and later

CentOS 8.1

3.2 and later

CentOS 8.2

3.2 and later

CentOS 8.3

3.2 and later

RHEL 7.0

3.10.0-123

3.1.2 only

New deployments are not supported for this OS. Updates may not be available in the future releases.

RHEL 7.1

3.10.0-229

3.1.2 to 3.1.3

New deployments are not supported for this OS. Updates may not be available in the future releases.

RHEL 7.2

3.10.0-327

2.4 and later

RHEL 7.3

3.10.0-514

2.4 and later

RHEL 7.4

3.10.0-693

2.4 and later

RHEL 7.5

3.10.0-862

2.4 and later

RHEL 7.6

3.10.0-957

2.5 and later

RHEL 7.7

3.10.0-1062

3.0 and later

RHEL 7.8

3.10.0-1127

3.1.2 and later

RHEL 7.9

3.10.0-1160

3.1.2 and later

RHEL 8.0

4.18.0-80

3.1.2 and later

RHEL 8.1

4.18.0-147

3.1.2 and later

RHEL 8.2

4.18.0-193

3.1.2 and later

RHEL 8.3

4.18.0-240

3.1.2 and later

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP3

3.0 to 3.1

New deployments are not supported for this OS. Updates may not be available in the future releases.

SLES 12 SP4

3.2 and later

Ubuntu 14.04

2.4 to 3.1

New deployments are not supported for this OS. Updates may not be available in the future releases.

Ubuntu 16.04

2.4 to 3.2

New deployments are not recommended for this OS. Updates may not be available in the future releases.

Ubuntu 18.04

2.5 and later

Ubuntu 20.04

3.2 and later

Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter

Version 6.3

2.4 and later

Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard

Version 6.3

3.1.2 and later

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter

Version 1607, 1803 and 1809

2.4 and later

Windows Server 2016 Standard

Version 1607

3.1.2 and later

Windows Server 2019 Datacenter

Version 1809

2.5 and later

Windows Server 2019 Standard

Version 1809

3.1.2 and later

Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1607, 1803, 1809, 1909, 2004, and 20H2 3.2.0 and later

Windows 10 Home

Version 1607, 1803, 1809, 1909, 2004, and 20H2

3.2.0 and later

Windows 10 Pro

Version 1607, 1803, 1809, 1909, 2004, and 20H2

3.2.0 and later

Note:

In NSX 3.1.1, we support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.8 and 7.9, with an edit required in the NSX Tools installation script.

Replace the following line:

if [ "$_ver" != "7.2" -a "$_ver" != "7.3" -a "$_ver" != "7.4" -a "$_ver" != "7.5" -a "$_ver" != "7.6" -a "$_ver" != "7.7" ]; then

...with this update for RHEL 7.8 and RHEL 7.9:

if [ "$_ver" != "7.2" -a "$_ver" != "7.3" -a "$_ver" != "7.4" -a "$_ver" != "7.5" -a "$_ver" != "7.6" -a "$_ver" != "7.7" -a "$_ver" != "7.8" -a "$_ver" != "7.9" ]; then