vCloud NFV includes required and recommended components. The required components are mandatory for the solution to function and the recommended components provide useful additional capabilities.
You can use alternative or third-party components for recommended components as appropriate.
Based on the upgrade path, check appropriate VMware products for required in solution.
Component |
vCloud NFV 2.1 |
vCloud NFV 3.2 |
---|---|---|
VMware ESXi™ |
6.5 U1 |
6.7 U2 |
VMware vCenter™ Server Appliance™ |
6.5 U1 |
6.7 U2 |
VMware vSphere® Replication™ |
6.5.1 |
8.1.2 |
VMware Virtual SAN™ |
6.5 |
6.7 |
VMware vRealize® Operations™ |
6.7.0 |
7.5.0 |
VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ |
4.6.0 |
4.8.0 |
VMware vRealize® Orchestrator Appliance |
7.4.0 |
7.6.0 |
VMware Site Recovery Manager™ |
6.5.1 |
8.1.2 |
VMware vCloud Director® for Service Providers |
9.1 |
9.7 |
VMware vRealize® Network Insight |
3.8.0 |
4.1.0 |
VMware NSX® for vSphere® |
6.4.1 |
6.4.4 |
Starting from 6.4.2, NSX for vSphere is known as NSX Data Center for vSphere.