Select your product version to view the compatibility matrix with VMware:
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX | 7.0 U3D | 7.0 U2D | 7.0 U1D | 7.0 | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 | 6.5 U1 | 6.5A |
| 6.4.14 | Y | YC | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 6.4.13 | Y | YC | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 6.4.12 | Y | YC | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 6.4.11 | Y | YC | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N |
| 6.4.10 | Y | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | YB | N | N |
| 6.4.8 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | YB | N | N |
| 6.4.6 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YA | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.5 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YA | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.4 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.3 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.2 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | YB | Y | Y |
| 6.4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A VMware vSphere 6.7 EP06 (Release name: ESXi670-201901001) is the minimum supported version.
- B VMware vSphere 6.5 P03 (Release Name: ESXi650-201811002) is the minimum supported version.
- C Customers running NSX-V 6.4.10 and 6.4.9 are advised not to upgrade to ESXi 7.0U2a release. A replacement ESXi release will be available soon. For more details, see VMware KB83851.
- D After the upgrade of vCSA or ESXi to 7.0+, VMs on host experience East/West and North/South connectivity issues. Please refer to VMware KB85070
- You can consider those related series as supported as well. For example, if 6.5 U2 is supported, all 6.5 U2 series, such as 6.5 U2a, are also supported.
- For more detail VMware component information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX-T | 8.0 U3b | 8.0 U3 | 8.0 U2b | 8.0 U2 | 8.0 U1c | 8.0 U1 | 8.0 | 7.0 U3q | 7.0 U3p | 7.0 U3o | 7.0 U3 | 7.0 U2 | 7.0 U1 | 7.0 | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 |
| 4.2.1.0 | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | YL | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.2.0.0 | YL | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | YK | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.2.4 | YL | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | YJ | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.2.3 | YL | YJ | YI | YI | YI | YI | YI | YJ | YI | YI | YI | YI | YI | YI | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.2.1 | YL | YJ | YI | YH | Y | YH | YH | YJ | YI | YH | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.2.0 | YL | YJ | YI | YH | Y | YH | YH | YJ | YI | YH | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.1.0 | YL | YJ | YI | YH | YH | YG | YG | YJ | YI | YH | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.0.2 | YL | YJ | YI | Y | Y | YF | YF | YJ | YI | Y | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.1.0 | YL | YJ | YI | Y | Y | YF | YF | YJ | YI | Y | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.0.1.1 | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YJ | Y | Y | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 4.0.0.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | YE | Y | Y | YA | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.2.4D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | YM | YM | YM | YM | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 3.2.3D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | N | N | YC | N |
| 3.2.2D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | N | N | YC | N |
| 3.2.1D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | N | N | YC | N |
| 3.2D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | N |
| 3.1.3D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | N |
| 3.1.2D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | YM | YM | YM | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | N |
| 3.1.1D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | N |
| 3.1.0D | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | N |
| 3.0.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| 3.0.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | YC |
| 3.0.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | YC |
| 3.0.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | YA | YB | YB | YB | N | YC | YC |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A Customers running NSX-T Data Center 3.0.0 and considering upgrading ESXi version to ESXi 7.0, please see KB 78682
VMware recommends that new deployments of NSX with ESXi 7.0 use vDS 7.0. Customers who upgrade from previous NSX-T versions can continue to use N-VDS. Please see the NSX-T release notes for more details. - B Only the N-VDS based host switch is supported on this combination of products.
VMware vSphere 6.7 EP06 (Release name: ESXi670-201901001) is the minimum supported version with NSX-T 3.0.0 - C Only the N-VDS based host switch is supported on this combination of products.
VMware vSphere 6.5 P03 (Release Name: ESXi650-201811002) is the minimum supported version with NSX-T 3.0.0. - D NSX-T 3.1 Migration Coordinator tool is not supported. For NSX-V to NSX-T migration solution, refer to this article: Migrate an agentless solution from NSX-V to NSX-T
- E Tested with vc-7.0.3-u3c, the replacement builds for the recalled 7.0.3 GA. For more details, see VMWare Product Interoperability Matrix .
- F Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.737 and above
- G Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.802 and above; and DSVA with version 20.0.0.7476 and above.
- H Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.854 and above; and DSVA with version 20.0.0.8268 and above. NSX 4.1.2.0 and 4.1.2.1 does not support vSphere 8.0 U1c.
- I Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.904 and above; and DSVA with version 20.0.0.8453 and above.
- J Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.926 and above; and DSVA upgrade to RHEL7 DSA 20.0.0.8453 build.
- K Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.940 and above; and DSVA upgrade to RHEL7 DSA 20.0.0.8453 build.
- L Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.979 and above; and DSVA upgrade to RHEL7 DSA 20.0.0.8453 build.
- M Supported in Deep Security Manager 20.0.993 and above; and DSVA upgrade to RHEL7 DSA 20.0.0.8453 build.
- For more detailed VMware component information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX | 7.0 U3F | 7.0 U2F | 7.0 U1F | 7.0 | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 | 6.5 U1 | 6.5a | 6.0 U3 | 6.0 U2 | 6.0 U1 | 6.0 |
| 6.4.14 | Y | YE | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.13 | Y | YE | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.12 | Y | YE | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.11 | Y | YE | Y | N | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.10D | Y | YE | Y | Y | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | YB | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.8D | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YA | N | Y | YB | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.6 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YA | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.5 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YA | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.4 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.3 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YB | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.2 | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YB | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | YB | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A VMware vSphere 6.7 EP06 (Release name: ESXi670-201901001) is the minimum supported version.
- B VMware vSphere 6.5 P03 (Release Name: ESXi650-201811002) is the minimum supported version.
- C VMware vSphere 6.0 P07 (Release name: ESXi600-201807001) is the minimum supported version.
- D NSX 6.4.8+ is supported in Deep Security 12.0 Update 13 and higher
- E Customers running NSX-V 6.4.10 and 6.4.9 are advised not to upgrade to ESXi 7.0U2a release. A replacement ESXi release will be available soon. For more details, see VMware KB83851.
- F After the upgrade of vCSA or ESXi to 7.0+, VMs on host experience East/West and North/South connectivity issues. Please refer to VMware KB85070
- NSX 6.3.0 and above are FIPS mode supported.
- You can consider those related series as supported as well. For example, if 6.5 U2 is supported, all 6.5 U2 series, such as 6.5 U2a, are also supported.
- For more detailed VMware component information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX-T | 7.0 U3 | 7.0 | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 | 6.5 U1 | |
| 2.4.1A | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.4.2A | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.4.3A | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.5D | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.5.1D | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.5.2D | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
| 2.5.3D | N | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A Supported in Deep Security 12.0 Update 1 and higher.
- B VMware vSphere 6.7 EP06 (Release name: ESXi670-201901001) is the minimum supported version.
- C VMware vSphere 6.5 P03 (Release Name: ESXi650-201811002) is the minimum supported version.
- D Supported in Deep Security Virtual Application 12.0 Update 3, there is a couple of known issues when deploying Deep Security Virtual Appliance (DSVA) in NSX-T 2.5 due to changes in NSX-T 2.5, for more detail see KB000157039
- For more detailed VMware component information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX | 7.0 U3G | 7.0 U2G | 7.0 U1G | 7.0 | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 | 6.5 U1 | 6.5a | 6.0 U3 | 6.0 U2 | 6.0 U1 | 6.0 |
| 6.4.14 | Y | YF | Y | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.13 | Y | YF | Y | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.12 | Y | YF | Y | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.11 | Y | YF | Y | N | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.10E | Y | YF | Y | Y | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.8E | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YB | N | Y | YC | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.6A | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | YD | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.5A | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | YD | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.4A | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.3A | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.2A | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.1A | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.4 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.3 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| 6.3.2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.1 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.0 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A Supported in Deep Security 11.0 U1 or higher.
- B VMware vSphere 6.7-EP06 is the minimum supported version. For more information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
- C VMware vSphere 6.5-EP12 is the recommended and P03 is the minimum supported version.
- D VMware vSphere 6.0-EP19 is the recommended and P07 is the minimum supported version.
- E Supported in Deep Security 11.0 Update 24 and higher.
- F Customers running NSX-V 6.4.10 and 6.4.9 are advised not to upgrade to ESXi 7.0U2a release. A replacement ESXi release will be available soon. For more details, see VMware KB83851.
- G After the upgrade of vCSA or ESXi to 7.0+, VMs on host experience East/West and North/South connectivity issues. Please refer to VMware KB85070
- NSX 6.2.x and ESXi 5.5 are removed from the supported list as they both reached end of support in 2018.
- NSX 6.3.0 and above are FIPS mode supported.
- For sites running VMware vSphere 6.5, vSphere update 6.5a is the minimum supported version with NSX for vSphere 6.3.0 (2148841).
- You can consider those related series as supported as well. For example, if 6.5 U2 is supported, all 6.5 U2 series, such as 6.5 U2a, are also supported.
| VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSX | 6.7 U3 | 6.7 U2 | 6.7 U1 | 6.7 | 6.5 U3 | 6.5 U2 | 6.5 U1 | 6.5a | 6.0 U3 | 6.0 U2 | 6.0 U1 | 6.0 | 5.5 U3 | 5.5 U2 | 5.5 U1 |
| 6.4.6A | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | YD | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.5A | Y | Y | YB | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | YD | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.4A | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.3A | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.2A | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.1A | N | N | N | Y | N | YC | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.4.0 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| 6.3.7 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.6 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.5 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.4 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.3 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.2 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.1 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.3.0 | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.2.9 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.2.8 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.2.7 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.2.6 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 6.2.5 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Below are some notes to consider:
- A Supported in Deep Security 10.0 U12 or higher.
- B VMware vSphere 6.7-EP06 is the minimum supported version. For more information, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.
- C VMware vSphere 6.5-EP12 is the recommended and P03 is the minimum supported version.
- D VMware vSphere 6.0-EP19 is the recommended and P07 is the minimum supported version.
- NSX 6.3.0 and above are FIPS mode supported.
- For sites running VMware vSphere 6.5, vSphere update 6.5a is the minimum supported version with NSX for vSphere 6.3.0 (2148841).
- You can consider those related series as supported as well. For example, if 6.5 U2 is supported, all 6.5 U2 series, such as 6.5 U2a, are also supported.
- It is suggested to use supported VMware component version listed in VMware lifecycle. Otherwise, you cannot get support from VMware if it is already unsupported.
- For details on build numbers and versions of VMware ESXi/ESX, please refer to this VMware KB article.