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This article details appropriate external vCenter versions for use with VxRail.
To see specific VxRail versions and each component code levels, refer to the following:
VxRail upgrade paths are found in the Upgrade Paths section in the VxRail Release notes. These are found at:
Change to External vCenter version pre-check in VxRail Appliance Software 7.0.130 and later for cluster installations or node additions
With VxRail Appliance Software 7.0.130 and later, VxRail no longer validates if an External or customer-supplied vCenter server software version is compatible with the VxRail Appliance Software version on the cluster. Ensure that your External vCenter server is upgraded to the minimum compatible version before initiating the installation of the cluster (or before adding the new node to the cluster).
External vCenter 7.0 support
External vCenter 7.0 is natively supported with VxRail Appliance Software 7.0.xxx releases.
Support is added to earlier VxRail Appliance Software releases starting with:
Note: There are additional considerations and known issues associated with the use of External vCenter 7.0 and earlier VxRail Appliance Software versions. These are documented in KB article 544040: (Only Customers can access the content on the following link to Dell.com/support) Dell EMC VxRail: External vCenter 7.0 considerations with VxRail Appliance Software releases 4.5.x and 4.7.x and should be reviewed before considering upgrading vCenter to 7.0.
Matrix of supported external vCenter versions with VxRail
VxRail Release |
ESXi (Version - Build #) |
External vCenter versions |
|
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
|
7.0.132 | 7.0 U1d - 17551050 | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) | 7.0 U1c (7.0.1.00200) or later |
7.0.131 | 7.0 U1d - 17551050 | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) | 7.0 U1c (7.0.1.00200) or later |
7.0.130 | 7.0 U1c - 17325551 | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) | 7.0 U1c (7.0.1.00200) or later |
7.0.101 | 7.0 EP02 - 17168206 | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) or later |
7.0.100 | 7.0 U1 - 16850804 | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) | 7.0 U1 (7.0.1) or later |
7.0.010 | 7.0b - 16324942 | 7.0 GA | 7.0.0b or later |
7.0.000 | 7.0 GA - 15843807 | 7.0 GA | 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.526 |
6.7 P04 - 17167734 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3l or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.525 |
6.7 P04 - 17167734 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3i or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.521 |
6.7 EP17 - 17098360 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3j or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.520 |
6.7 EP16 - 16773714 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3j or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.515 19 |
6.7 P03 - 16713306 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3j or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.511 16 |
6.7 EP15 - 16316930 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3g or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.510 |
6.7 P02 - 16075168 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3g or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.411 14 15 |
6.7 EP14 - 15820472 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3f or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.410 15 |
6.7 P01 - 15160138 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.301 12 15 |
6.7 EP13 - 15018017 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3a or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.300 15 |
6.7 U3 - 14320388 |
6.7 U3 / 7.0 GA |
6.7 U3 or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.7.212 11 |
6.7 EP10 - 13981272 |
6.7 U2 |
6.7 U2c or later |
4.7.211 10 |
6.7 EP09 - 13644319 |
6.7 U2 |
6.7 U2a or later |
4.7.210 10 |
6.7 EP09 - 13644319 |
6.7 U2 |
6.7 U2a or later |
4.7.200 |
6.7 U2 - 13006603 |
6.7 U2 |
6.7 U2 or later |
4.7.111 |
6.7 EP07 - 13004448 |
6.7 U1 |
6.7 U1 or later |
4.7.110 |
6.7 EP06 - 11675023 |
6.7 U1 |
6.7 U1 or later |
4.7.100 |
6.7 EP06 - 11675023 |
6.7 U1 |
6.7 U1 or later |
4.7.001 |
6.7 EP05 - 10764712 |
6.7 U1 |
6.7 U1 or later |
4.7.000 |
6.7 EP05 - 10764712 |
6.7 U1 |
6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.452 |
6.5 EP23 - 17167537 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2a / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3k or later / 6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.451 |
6.5 EP21 - 16901156 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2a / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3k or later / 6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.450 18 |
6.5 P05 - 16576891 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2a / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3k or later / 6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.422 17 |
6.5 EP20 - 16389870 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2a / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3f or later / 6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.420 13 |
6.5 P04 - 15256549 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2a / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3f or later / 6.7 U3b or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.402 13 |
6.5 EP18 - 15266363 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2 / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3d or later / 6.7 U3a or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.401 12 13 |
6.5 EP17 - 14990892 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2 / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3d or later / 6.7 U3a or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.400 13 |
6.5 U3 - 13932383 |
6.5 U3 / 6.7 U2 / 7.0 GA |
6.5 U3 or later / 6.7 U2a or later / 7.0 GA or later |
4.5.314 10 |
6.5 EP14 - 13635690 |
6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2 |
6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.5.311 9 |
6.5 EP13 - 13004031 |
6.5 U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5 U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.310 9 |
6.5 P03 - 10884925 |
6.5 U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5 U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.300 9 |
6.5 P03 - 10884925 |
6.5 U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5 U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.229 8 |
6.5 EP11 - 10719125 |
6.5.U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5.U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.227 7 |
6.5 EP10 - 10390116 |
6.5.U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5.U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.225 6 |
6.5 EP09 - 10175896 |
6.5.U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5.U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.218 5 |
6.5 U2C - 9298722 |
6.5.U2c / 6.7 U1 |
6.5.U2c or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.215 |
6.5 EP07 - 8935087 |
6.5 U2b / 6.7 U1 |
6.5 U2b or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.5.212 4 |
6.5 EP07 - 8935087 |
6.5 U2b |
6.5 U2b or later |
4.5.211 |
6.5 U2 - 8294253 |
6.5 U2 |
6.5 U2 or later |
4.5.210 2 |
6.5 U2 - 8294253 |
6.5 U2 |
6.5 U2 or later |
4.5.200 3 |
6.5 P02 - 7388607 |
6.5 U1 |
6.5 U1a or later |
4.5.152 2 |
6.5 EP06 - 7967591 |
6.5 U1g |
6.5 U1g or later |
4.5.150 |
6.5 P02 - 7388607 |
6.5 U1 |
6.5 U1a or later |
4.5.070 |
6.5 EP04 - 6765664 |
6.5 U1 |
6.5 U1a or later |
4.5.000 |
6.5 U1 - 5969303 |
6.5 U1 |
6.5 U1 or later |
Matrix of supported external vCenter versions with older VxRail releases
VxRail Release |
ESXi (Version - Build #) |
External vCenter versions |
|
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
|
4.0.603 |
6.0 EP25 - 15517548 |
6.0 U3i / 6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2a |
6.0 U3j or later / 6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.0.602 |
6.0 EP23 - 15169789 |
6.0 U3i / 6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2a |
6.0 U3j or later / 6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.0.601 12 |
6.0 EP22 - 15018929 |
6.0 U3i / 6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2a |
6.0 U3j or later / 6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.0.600 |
6.0 P08 - 14513180 |
6.0 U3i / 6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2a |
6.0 U3j or later / 6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.0.524 10 |
6.0 EP21 - 13635687 |
6.0 U3i / 6.5 U2g / 6.7 U2a |
6.0 U3i or later / 6.5 U2g or later / 6.7 U2a or later |
4.0.523 |
6.0 EP20 - 13003896 |
6.0 U3h / 6.7 U1 |
6.0 U3h or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.0.522 8 |
6.0 EP19 - 10719132 |
6.0 U3h / 6.7 U1 |
6.0 U3h or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.0.521 7 |
6.0 EP18 - 10474991 |
6.0 U3h / 6.7 U1 |
6.0 U3h or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.0.520 5 |
6.0 EP15 - 9313334 |
6.0 U3h / 6.7 U1 |
6.0 U3h or later / 6.7 U1 or later |
4.0.510 |
6.0 P07 - 9239799 |
6.0 U3g |
6.0 U3g or later |
4.0.500 4 |
6.0 EP14 - 8934903 |
6.0 U3f / 6.5 U2b |
6.0 U3f / 6.5 U2b or later |
4.0.402 2 |
6.0 EP13 - 7967664 |
6.0 U3e / 6.5 U1g |
6.0 U3e / 6.5 U1g or later |
4.0.401 |
6.0 P06 - 6921384 |
6.0 U3 / 6.5 U1 |
6.0 U3d / 6.5 U1e or later |
4.0.400 |
6.0 P06 - 6921384 |
6.0 U3 / 6.5 U1 |
6.0 U3c / 6.5 U1 or later |
4.0.310 |
6.0 P05 - 5572656 |
6.0 U3 / 6.5 U1 |
6.0 U3b / 6.5 U1 or later |
4.0.302 |
6.0 EP11 - 6765062 |
6.0 U3 |
6.0 U3b or later |
4.0.301 |
6.0 P05 - 5572656 |
6.0 U3 |
6.0 U3b or later |
4.0.300 |
6.0 P05 - 5572656 |
6.0 U3 |
6.0 U3b or later |
4.0.200 |
6.0 EP07a - 5224934 |
6.0 U3 |
6.0 U3 or later |
4.0.132 |
6.0 U3 - 5050593 |
6.0 U3 |
6.0 U3 or later |
4.0.100 |
6.0 U2 P04 - 4600944 |
6.0 U2 |
6.0 U2a or later |
4.0.001 |
6.0 U2 P04 - 4600944 |
6.0 U2 |
6.0 U2a or later |
4.0 |
6.0 U2 P03 - 4192238 |
6.0 U2 |
6.0 U2 or later |
3.5 1 |
6.0 U2 - 3620759 |
6.0 U2 |
6.0 U2 or later |
3.0 |
6.0 U1b - 3380124 |
N/A |
N/A |
To cross reference vCenter versions with build numbers, see VMware KB: Build numbers and versions of VMware vCenter Server (2143838)
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