The supported upgrade paths for the NSX product versions.

Adhere to the following upgrade paths for each NSX release version.

  • NSX 3.2.x > NSX 4.2.x.
  • NSX 4.0.x > NSX 4.2.x.
  • NSX 4.1.x > NSX 4.2.x.
Table 1. Hypervisor Support
NSX 4.2, 4.1, 4.0, 3.2: Supported vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
Table 2. Bare Metal Server Support
NSX 4.2, 4.1 NSX 4.0 NSX 3.2
Ubuntu: 20.04, 18.04, 16.04 Ubuntu: 20.04, 18.04, 16.04 Ubuntu: 18.04, 16.04
RHEL: 8.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.7, 7.6 RHEL: 8.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.7, 7.6 RHEL: 8.3, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6
CentOS: 8.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.7, 7.6 CentOS: 8.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.7, 7.6 CentOS: 8.3, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES): 12 sp5, 12 sp4, 12 sp3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES): 12 sp5, 12 sp4, 12 sp3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES): 12 sp4, 12 sp3
OEL: 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6 OEL: 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6 OEL: 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6
Windows Server: 2016, 2019

Windows Server: 2012R2 (Starting NSX 4.1.1)

 Windows Server: 2016, 2019 Windows Server: 2016, 2019