vRealize Network Insight supports several VMware and third party products and their different versions.

For the list of all VMware products and its supported versions in vRealize Network Insight, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

The following table lists all the third party devices and its associated operating systems supported in vRealize Network Insight.

Data Source Version/Model

Supported Operating System (OS) and Versions

Supports Network Assurance and Verification feature (Network Map and Intents)

New OS Versions Certification Frequency**

Amazon Web Services (Enterprise License Only)

Not Applicable

No

Not applicable

Arista 7050TX, 7250QX, 7050QX-32S, 7280SE-72, 7280TR

Arista EOS 4.13.*, 4.15.*, 4.16.*. 4.17.*, 4.18.*, 4.20.*, 4.22.*, 4.24.*, 4.26.*, 4.27*

Yes

6 months

Azure Subscription

Not Applicable

No

Not applicable

Brocade VDX 6740, VDX 6940, MLX, MLXe

NetIron 6.0.*, 6.2.*

Yes

Note:

Only on Brocade MLX

As per request

Check Point Firewall

Check Point GAiA R80, R80.10, R80.20, R80.30, R80.40, R81.10

Yes

Note: Only for R80.10, R80.40, and R81.10.

6 months

Cisco ACI

Fabric OS and iNXOS 3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2 (7f), 5.2 (4d)

Yes

Note: Only on Cisco ACI 4.2 (7f) and 5.2 (4d).

6 months

Cisco ASA X Series

ASA OS 8.4, 9.4, 9.8.1, 9.8(4), 9.9, 9.12.4

Yes

6 months

Cisco Catalyst 3000, 3660, 3725, 3745, 3750, 4500, 6000, 6500

IOS-XE and IOS-XR 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 15.2

Note:

Cisco Catalyst 6500 is supported on IOS 15 only.

Yes

Note:

Only on Cisco Catalyst 3660, 3725, 3745, 4500, 6500

6 months

Cisco Nexus 2000***, 3000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 9000

NX-OS 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, 7.3, 8.2, 8.4, 9.2, 9.3

Yes

Note:

Only on Nexus 2000 (N2K-C2348UPQ-10GE), 5000, 7000, 9000

6 months

Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) Series B blade servers, Chassis, Fabric Interconnect, FEX

Cisco UCS Manager and NX-OS 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2

Yes

Note: Only on Cisco UCS 4.1 and 4.2.

6 months

Cisco CSR1Kv, ISR1K

Note:

Supported only for SD-WAN Assessment.

Cisco IOS XE 16.07.01

No

6 months

Cisco ASR 1K

Cisco IOS XE 15.5(3)S8, 15.5(3)S10

Yes

6 months

Cisco ISR 4K

Cisco IOS XE 15.5(3)S9, 17.4.1a

Yes

6 months

Cisco ASR 9901 and 9910

Cisco IOS XR 6.1.3, 6.5.1

Yes

6 months

Dell S5248F-ON, FORCE10 MXL 10, FORCE10 S6000, S4048, Z9100, S4810, PowerConnect 8024, Dell S5200

Dell Networking Operating System (DNOS) 9.11, 10, 10.4

Yes

Note:

Only on Dell S5200 (OS10).

1 year

Fortinet FortiManager

FortiOS 6.0.1, 6.4, 7.0

No

1 year

F5 BIG - IP LTM

TMOS 11.3, 12.1, 13.1, 14.0, 14.1, 15.1.4, 16.1

Yes

As per request

HP Virtual Connect Manager 4.41, HP OneView 3.0

No

1 year

HPE 5940 and 10508

Comware

No

1 year

Huawei Cloud Engine 6800, 7800, 8800

VRP 8.18

No

As per request

Infoblox

Network Identity Operating System (NIOS) 8.0, 8.1, 8.2

No

As per request

Juniper EX3300, QFX 51xx Series, 5K1, 10K

Junos 12, 15, 17.x, 18.4, 18.x without QFabric, 19.4, 20.2

Yes

Note:

Only on Juniper QFX

6 months

Mellanox SN2010, SN2100, SN2410, SN2700, SN3420, SN3700c, and SN4600c.

Onyx 3.8.1304, 3.8.2306

No

As per request

OpenShift 3.1.1, 4.5.23

Note:

You must add OpenShift version 4.5.23 as individual kubernetes cluster using kube-config file.

Redhat Enterprise Linux

No

As per request

Palo Alto Networks Panorama

PanOS 5.0, 6.1, 7.0.x, 7.1, 8.0, 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1

Yes

6 months

Note:
  • ** Shows the frequency at which VMware certifies the compatibility of vRealize Network Insight version with the new OS versions of supported third-party devices. This timeline is based on the availability of the device.
  • *** vRealize Network Insight does not support Active-Active FEX (VPC) configuration for Cisco Nexus 2000 in Network Assurance and Verification.
  • In addition to the mentioned supported major OS versions, vRealize Network Insight supports all the minor releases associated with these major releases.

  • In addition to the devices mentioned in the table, the following VMware products also supports Network Assurance and Verification feature (Network Map and Intents) in the latest version of vRealize Network Insight:

    • VMware NSX-T Manager

      • Distributed and Edge firewall

      • Multiple VTEPs

    • VMware vCenter

      • VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)

  • You can get information about the required ports for all data sources supported in vRealize Network Insight at VMware Ports and Protocols.

  • For third-party devices such as switches, routers, and firewalls, vRealize Network Insight uses SSH connections for fetching the configuration data. To learn about supported algorithms for such SSH connections, see Encryption Algorithms and Ciphers.