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 7050QX-32S, 7280TR |
Arista EOS 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 Only on Brocade MLX |
As per request |
| Check Point Firewall |
Check Point GAiA R80.40, R81.10 |
Yes |
6 months |
| Cisco ACI |
Fabric OS and iNXOS 3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2 (7f), 5.2 (4d) |
Yes Only on Cisco ACI 4.2 (7f) and 5.2 (4d). |
6 months |
| Cisco ASA X Series |
ASA OS 9.8.1, 9.8(4), 9.9, 9.12.4 |
Yes |
6 months |
| Cisco Catalyst 3000, 4500, 6500 |
IOS-XE and IOS-XR 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 15.2 Cisco Catalyst 6500 is supported on IOS 15 only. |
Yes |
6 months |
| Cisco Nexus 2000***, 3000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 9000 |
NX-OS 7.3, 8.2, 8.4, 9.2, 9.3 |
Yes 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, 4.2(2a). |
Yes 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, IOS XE 16.12.5. |
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, PowerConnect 8024, Z9100, Dell S5200 |
Dell Networking Operating System (DNOS) 10. |
Yes Only on Dell S5200 (OS10). |
1 year |
| Fortinet FortiManager |
FortiOS 6.4, 7.0 |
No |
1 year |
| F5 BIG - IP LTM |
TMOS 13.1, 14.1, 15.1.4, 16.1 |
Yes |
As per request |
| HP Virtual Connect Manager 4.41, HP OneView 3.0 |
No |
As per request |
|
| HPE 10508 |
Comware |
No |
As per request |
| 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 19.4 without QFabric and 20.2 without QFabric |
Yes 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 3.11, 4.8, 4.9, and 4.10.
Note:
You must add OpenShift version 4.x as individual kubernetes cluster using kube-config file. |
Redhat Enterprise Linux |
No |
As per request |
| Palo Alto Networks Panorama |
PanOS 9.1, 10.1 |
Yes |
6 months |
- ** 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.
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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.
