Cisco UCS Director Compatibility Matrix, Release6.5

First Published: 2017-07-11

Last Modified: 2018-03-28

Compatibility Matrix

Revision HistoryDescriptionDateRelease

Created compatibility matrix forCisco UCS Director, Release 6.5.

July 11, 20176.5

Updated the compatibility matrixfor Cisco UCS Director, Release6.5(0.1).

• Added support for MicrosoftSystem Center VirtualMachineManager (SCVMM)2016 Rollup 2 and Rollup 3.See Microsoft Hyper-VVersions, on page 4

• Added support for VMwarevSphere vCenter Server 6.5Update 1 and VMware SiteRecovery Manager version6.1.1. See VMware vSphereVersions, on page 3.

• Added support for CiscoApplication CentricInfrastructure Controller,release 3.0. See CiscoApplication CentricInfrastructure and RelatedSoftware Support, on page19.

October 9, 20176.5(0.1)

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OverviewCisco UCS Director represents the next generation of software for the management and orchestration of datacenter infrastructure.

Cisco UCS Director delivers unified management and orchestration for the industry’s leading convergedinfrastructure solutions that are based on Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco Nexus.Cisco UCS Director extends the unification of compute, network, and storage layers through Cisco UCS toprovide data center professionals with single pane-of-glass management and storage solution choice. CiscoUCSDirector supports the industry’s leading converged infrastructure solutions, including NetApp FlexPod™and FlexPod Express, EMC VSPEX, EMC VPLEX, and VCE Vblock™.

Cisco UCS Director automates the provisioning of resource pools across physical, virtual and baremetalenvironments from a unified, centralized management console reducing time-to-value for both applicationsand end users. Cisco UCS Director delivers native automated monitoring, OS and software updates andresource utilization analysis to free up your IT staff from mundane maintenance tasks allowing them to focuson competitive innovation for your business.

This document provides information regarding the physical and virtual devices and software supported byCisco UCS Director. The information has been segmented into different functional areas and is organized byvendor within each functional area.

Deprecation Announcement for Cisco UCS InvictaThe following Cisco UCS Invicta Series Storage accounts have been deprecated:

• Cisco UCS Invicta Appliance

• Cisco UCS Invicta Scaling System

You can no longer create a newCiscoUCS Invicta account. TheCiscoUCSDirector Invicta SeriesManagementGuide will also no longer be updated.

For End-of-Life milestones and dates, see the End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the CiscoUCS Invicta Series.

Note

Supported LanguagesCisco UCS Director supports the following languages:

• English (United States)

• Japanese (Japan)

• Spanish (Latin America)

• French (France)

• Korean (Korea)

• Chinese (China)

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Compatibility MatrixOverview

• Russian (Russia)

Supported Git RepositoriesCisco UCS Director supports only GitHub (github.com or an enterprise GitHub instance). It does not supportother Git hosting services such as BitBucket, GitLab, Perforce, or Codebase.

Virtualization SupportCisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of multiple virtualization platforms.

Hypervisor and Management Support

VMware vSphere Versions

The following table outlines the versions of VMware vSphere that are supported by this release of Cisco UCSDirector.

Ensure proper compatibility between VMware vSphere Hypervisor and VMware vSphere vCenter Serverversions as listed in the VMware vSphere compatibility matrix.

All Cisco UCSDirector functionality may not be available across all supported VMware software versions.Certain features may not be available in older versions of VMware software.

Note

Limitations on Support for VMware Featuresin Cisco UCS Director

Supported VersionsSoftware Components

None5.0, including Update 1 andUpdate 2

VMware vSphere Hypervisor(ESX/ESXi)

None5.1, including Update 1

None5.5, including Update 1b,Update 2d, and Update 3b

Backwards compatibility for existing featuressupported for VMware vSphere 6.0. Thisrelease does not support the VM-FEX adapterfeature of VMware vSphere 6.0.

6.0, including Update 1,Update 2 and Update 3

None6.5 including Update 1

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Compatibility MatrixSupported Git Repositories

Limitations on Support for VMware Featuresin Cisco UCS Director

Supported VersionsSoftware Components

None5.0, including Update 1 andUpdate 2

VMware vSphere vCenterServer

None5.1, including Update 1

None5.5, including Update 1b,Update 2d, and Update 3b

None5.5 (Linux)

Backwards compatibility for existing featuressupported for VMware vSphere 6.0. Thisrelease does not support the VM-FEX adapterfeature of VMware vSphere 6.0.

6.0, including Update 1,Update 2 and Update 3.

None6.5

6.5 Update 1

None5.5, with VMware vSphere5.5 Update 1

VMware Virtual SAN

None5.5, with VMware vSphere5.5 Update 2

Backwards compatibility for existing featuressupported for VMware Virtual SAN 5.5.

6.0, with VMware vSphere6.0

Backwards compatibility for existing featuressupported for VMware Virtual SAN 5.5.

6.1, with VMware vSphere6.0 Update 1

None5.5VMware Site RecoveryManager

None5.8

None6.0

6.1.1

Microsoft Hyper-V Versions

The following table outlines the versions of Microsoft Hyper-V that are supported by this release of CiscoUCS Director.

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Compatibility MatrixHypervisor and Management Support

Ensure proper compatibility between Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center versions as listedin the Microsoft Hyper-V compatibility matrix.

All Cisco UCSDirector functionalitymay not be available across all supportedMicrosoft Hyper-V softwareversions. Certain features may not be available in older versions of Microsoft software.

Note

Windows VersionsSupported VersionsSoftware Components

2008 R2 SP1Version 2.0Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor

2012

2012 R2

2016

Version 3.0

2008 R2 SP1Version 2.0.xxxx.xMicrosoft System Center VirtualMachine Manager (SCVMM)

2012Version 3.0.xxxx.x

2012 Update, Rollup 7Version 3.0.xxxx.x

2012 R2 RTMVersion 3.2.7xxx.x

2012 SP1Version 3.1.3xxx.x

Version 3.1.5xxx.x

Version 3.1.6xxx.x

2012 R2

2012 R2, Rollup 12

2016, Rollup 3

2016 RTM

Version 3.1.7xxx.x

Version 3.2.7xxx.x

Version 3.2.8xxx.x

Version 4.0.xxxx.x

For integrations with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, you must use Windows 2012 R2, Rollup9.

Note

RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Versions

The following table outlines the versions of RedHat Enterprise Virtualization that are supported by this releaseof Cisco UCS Director.

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Compatibility MatrixHypervisor and Management Support

Supported VersionsSoftware Components

3.2

3.3

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager(RHEVM/RHEV-M)

3.2.5-0.49.el6evRedHat Enterprise VirtualizationHypervisor (RedHatKVM)

Operating System Support

VMware vSphere Operating System Support

Cisco UCS Director supports all guest operating systems compatible with VMware vSphere. For a completelist of VMware vSphere compatible guest operating systems, see the VMware Compatibility Guide.

Microsoft Hyper-V Operating System Support

Cisco UCS Director supports all guest operating systems compatible with Microsoft Hyper-V. For a completelist of Microsoft Hyper-V compatible guest operating systems, see the following Microsoft Hyper-Vdocumentation:

•Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2008 R2 SP1

•Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

•Windows Server 2016

RedHat Virtualization Operating System Support

Cisco UCS Director supports the following guest operating systems that are compatible with RedHatVirtualization:

• CentOS

•Windows Server 2008

•Windows Server 2012

Bare Metal Operating System Support

Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent support all types of Linux and MicrosoftWindows operating systems in baremetal provisioning workflows. Certain operating systems are packagedout-of-the-box with Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent. However, additional operating systems can beadded as necessary.

The following table outlines the bare metal operating systems that are supported by this release of Cisco UCSDirector.

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Compatibility MatrixOperating System Support

UEFILegacy-BIOSVersionsOperating System

√CentOS 6.xCentOS

√√CentOS 7.0

√√CentOS7.1

√√CentOS7.2

√CentOS7.3

√ESXi 5.0VMware ESXi

√ESXi 5.1

√ESXi 5.5

√√ESXi 6.0

√√ESXi 6.5

√Windows 2008 R2Microsoft Windows

√√Windows 2012

√√Windows 2012 R2

√√Windows 2016

√RHEL 6.xRed Hat Enterprise Linux

√√RHEL 7.0

√√RHEL 7.1

√√RHEL 7.2

√RHEL 7.3

√SUSE 11 SP3 on localdisk

SUSE Linux

√√SUSE 12 and above onlocal disk

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Compatibility MatrixOperating System Support

Third-Party Authentication Software SupportThe following table outlines support for third party authentication software.

Supported VersionsSoftware

Windows 2008

Windows 2012

Microsoft Active Directory

slapd 2.4.23 (Feb 3 2014 19:11:35) $mockbuild@c6b10.bsys.dev.centos.org:/builddir/build/BUILD/openldap-2.4.23/openldap-2.4.23/build-servers/servers/slapd

OpenLDAP

Server SupportCisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of multiple server platforms from variousserver vendors. This support information is grouped by vendor.

Cisco Server SupportThe following table outlines support for Cisco UCS servers and related hardware and software. Where aversion includes an asterisk (*), all patches for that version are supported. For example, Release 3.0(1*)includes support for 3.0(1c), 3.0(1d) and so on.

All Cisco UCS Director functionality may not be available across all supported Cisco UCS softwareversions. Certain features may not be available in older versions of Cisco UCS software.

The following table shows Cisco UCS Director compatibility with Cisco UCS hardware and software.This table does not reflect the compatibility betweenCisco UCS hardware and software. For informationregardingCisco UCS compatibility, see the Cisco UCS hardware and software interoperability matricesfor the appropriate release.

Note

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Compatibility MatrixThird-Party Authentication Software Support

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundleand Cisco UCSManager SoftwareBundle, Release:

• 2.2(1*)

• 2.2(2*)

• 2.2(3*)

• 2.2(4*)

• 2.2(5*)

• 2.2(6*)

• 2.2(7*)

• 2.2(8*)

• 3.1(1*)

• 3.1(2*)

• 3.1(3*)

• 3.2(1)

vMedia policy support isonly available fromRelease 3.1(1*) onwards.

Note

Software

All fabric interconnect, servers, andother hardware models supportedby the version of Cisco UCSManager (see the hardware andsoftware interoperability matrices)

Cisco UCS Manager

Cisco UCS Central, Release:

• 1.2(1*)

• 1.3(1*)

• 1.4(1*)

• 1.5(1*)

• 2.0(1*)

SoftwareCisco UCS Central

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server,and Cisco UCS Infrastructure andCisco UCS Manager SoftwareBundles, Release:

• 3.0(1*)

• 3.0(2*)

• 3.1(1*)

• 3.1(2*)

• 3.1(3*)

• 3.2(1)

Solution ComponentsCisco UCS Mini

All software versions supported byCisco IMC Supervisor (see theCisco IMC Supervisor ReleaseNotes, Release 2.2).

All models supported by thefirmware versions for Cisco IMCSupervisor, Release 2.2 (see theCisco IMC Supervisor ReleaseNotes, Release 2.2).

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers(Standalone through Rackaccounts)

Firmware versions:

• BA14099

• BA15013

Cisco C880 M4Cisco 8-Socket C-Series RackMount Servers for SAP HANA

All software versions supported byCisco IMC Supervisor (see theCisco IMC Supervisor ReleaseNotes, Release 2.2).

All models supported by thefirmware versions for Cisco IMCSupervisor, Release 2.2 (see theCisco IMC Supervisor ReleaseNotes, Release 2.2).

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers(Standalone through Rackaccounts)

HP Server SupportThe following table outlines support for HP servers and related management software.

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

iLO 2.29Any HP server model or platformthat supports iLO2

HP Servers with HP IntegratedLights-Out 2 (iLO2)

iLO 1.57Any HP server model or platformthat supports iLO3

HP Servers with HP IntegratedLights-Out 3 (iLO3)

iLO 1.01Any HP server model or platformthat supports iLO4

HP Servers with HP IntegratedLights-Out 4 (iLO4)

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

HP OA 4.3

HP OA 4.22

HP OA 3.60

HP OA chassis with c7000 bladeservers

HP Servers with HP OnboardAdministrator (OA)

Dell Server SupportThe following table outlines support for Dell servers and related hardware and software.

Cisco UCS Director leverages the IPMI interface on Dell servers for all management and orchestrationcapabilities across both blade and rack-mount form factors. Cisco UCS Director does not support anyother Dell management interface as of this publication.

Note

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

IPMI 2.0Any Dell server model thatsupports IPMI 2.0

Dell Servers with IntelligentPlatform Management Interface(IPMI) 2.0

Network and Fabric SupportCisco UCSDirector enables the management and orchestration of multiple network and fabric platforms fromvarious vendors. This support information is grouped by vendor.

Cisco Network and Fabric SupportThe following table outlines support for Cisco network and fabric devices.

This support includes the Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) kickstart and system software images.

Nexus support currently includes the Layer 2 feature-set only. The Layer 3 feature-set is not supported atthis time.

Note

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Compatibility MatrixDell Server Support

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release:

• 4.2(1)SV2(1.1a)

• 4.2(1)SV2(2.1)

• 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a)

• 4.2(1)SV2(2.3)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.2)

• 5.2(1)SV3 (1.3) for VMwarevCenter 5.5

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) for VMwarevCenter 6.0

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.6) for VMwarevCenter 6.0

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.10)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.15)

• 5.2(1)SV3(2.1)

• 5.2(1)SV3(3.1) for VMware6.5

Nexus 1000V forVMware vSphereCisco Nexus 1000 SeriesDistributed Virtual Switch

NX-OS, Release:

• 5.2(1)SM1(5.2b)

• 5.2(1)SM3(1.1)

• 5.2(1)SM3(1.1a)

Nexus 1000V for MicrosoftHyper-V

NX-OS, Release:

• 4.2(1)SP1(5.1a)

• 5.2(1)SP1(7.2)

Nexus 1110Cisco Nexus 1100 Series CloudServices Platform

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release 5.0(3)U5(1e)Nexus 3016Q

Nexus 3064T

Nexus 3064X

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series DataCenter Switches

NX-OS, Release:

• 5.0(3)U5(1e)

• 6.0(2)U2(1)

• 6.0(2)U2(2)

Nexus 3048

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.0(3)I2(2a)

• 7.0(3)I3(1)

• 7.0(3)I4

• 7.0(3)I5(1)

Nexus 3172

NX-OS, Release 5.0(3)U5(1c)Nexus 3548

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release 7.0(7)N1(1)Nexus 5596QCisco Nexus 5000 Series DataCenter Switches

NX-OS, Release 6.0(2)N2(5)Nexus 5596UP

Nexus 5596T

NX-OS Release:

• 5.2(1)N1(4)

• 6.0(2)N2(5)

Nexus 5548UP

NX-OS, Release:

• 5.2(1)N1(4)

• 5.2(1)N1(7)

• 5.2(1)N1(8b)

• 5.2(1)N1(9)

• 6.0(2)N2(5)

Nexus 5548P

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.1(1)N1(1)

• 7.2(1)N1(1)

• 7.3(1)N1(1)

Nexus 5696Q

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.0(1)

• 7.2(1)N1(1)

Nexus 5672UP

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.1(1)N1(1)

• 7.2(1)N1(1)

Nexus C5624Q

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.1(1)N1(1)

• 7.1(2)N1(1)

Nexus 5648Q

Nexus 56128P

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.1(1)N1(1)

• 7.3(0)N1(1)

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.0(2)N1(2)

• 7.0(1)N1(1)

Nexus 6001-64PCisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release 6.2(8a)Nexus 7702

Nexus 7706

Nexus 7710

Nexus 7718

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series DataCenter Switches

(M-series I/O modules are notlisted as they do not support FabricPath)

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(8a)

• 7.3(1)D1(1)

• 8.0.1

Nexus 7004

Nexus 7009

Nexus 7018

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(8a)

• 6.2(12)

• 6.2(14)

Nexus 7010

NX-OS, Release 6.1(3)Supervisors

NX-OS, Release 6.1(2)Supervisor 2E

Supervisor 2

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(2)

• 6.2(2a)

• 6.2(12)

• 6.2(14)

• 8.0.1

Supervisor 1

F-Series I/O Modules:

• N7K-F132XP-15

• N7K-F248XP-25

• N7K-F248XP-25E

• N7K-F248XT-25E

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.1(2)I2(1)

• 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus 9396 PXCisco Nexus 9000 Series DataCenter Switches (standalone modeonly)

NX-OS, Release 6.1(2)I2(2)Nexus 9508

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.0(3)I1(2)

• 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus 9504

NX-OS Release:

• 7.0(3)I5(1)

C93180YC-EX

NX-OS Release:

• 7.0(3)I5(1)

C9372PX-E

NX-OS Release:

• 7.0(3)I5(1)

C93108TC-EX

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.0(3)I1(1)

• 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus C9516

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.1(2)I3(1)

• 7.0(3)I4(1)

Nexus 9372TX

NX-OS, Releases:

• 6.1(2)I3(1)

• 7.0(3)I1(2)

Nexus 9396TX

NX-OS, Release 7.0(3)I1(1)Nexus 9332PQ

Nexus 9372PX standalone

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.1(2)I3(1)

• 7.0(3)I2(2a)

• 7.0(3)I3(1)

NX-OS, Release 7.0(3)I2(2)Nexus 93120

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.0(3)I2(1a)

• 7.0(3)I2(2d)

Nexus 93128

Release Versions:

• 7.0(x)

• 7.1(x)

• 7.2

• 7.2(x)

• 10.0(x)

• 10.1

• 10.1(x)

Data Center Network ManagerUnified Fabric Automation

NX-OS, Release:

• 5.2(6b)

• 6.2(17)

MDS 9124Cisco MDS 91xx Series DataCenter Fabric Switches

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(x)

• 6.2(xx)

• 7.3.1.D1(1)

• 7.3(1)D1(1)

MDS 914xx

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.3.1D1(1)

• 7.3(1)D1(1)

CiscoMDS 93xx SeriesMultilayerFabric Switches

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

NX-OS, Release:

• 7.3.1D1(1)

• 7.3(1)D1(1)

Cisco MDS 92xx SeriesMultiservice Switches

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(x)

• 6.2(xx)

• 7.3.1.D1(1)

Cisco MDS 95xx Series DataCenter Fabric Switches

(Module level support exists, butis not listed here.)

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(xx)

• 7.3.1.D1(1)

• 7.3(1)D1(1)

MDS 9706Cisco MDS 97xx Series DataCenter Fabric Switches

NX-OS, Release:

• 6.2(x)

• 6.2(xx)

MDS 9710

IOS 12.2(55)SE5C2960S

Other devices that support thesoftware version

Cisco IOS Devices

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Related Software SupportThe following table outlines support for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) components.Where a version includes an asterisk (*), all patches for that version are supported. For example, Release1.1(1*) includes support for 1.1(1o), 1.1(1j) and so on.

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Supported VersionsSoftware

• 1.0(2*)

• 1.0(3*)

• 1.0(4*)

• 1.1(1*)Releases 1.1(1*) and later require youto enable TLSv1 in Cisco APIC

Note

• 1.1(2*)

• 1.1(3*)

• 1.1(4*)

• 1.2(1*)

• 1.2(2*)

• 1.3(1*)

• 1.3(2*)

• 2.0(1*)

• 2.0(2*)

• 2.1(1*)

• 2.2(1*)

• 2.2(2f)

• 3.0

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controllers

NX-OS, Release:

• 4.2(1)SV2(2.3)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.5)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.6)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.10a)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.15)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.20)

• 5.2(1)SV3(1.20)

Cisco Application Virtual Switch

Support for Related Software with Cisco ACI

The following table outlines support for related software used with Cisco ACI.

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Supported Device PackagesSupported SoftwareVersions

Supported HardwareVersions

Components

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version10.1-129.62

Major Version 10.5 Minor Version52.1155

10.1 and laterCitrix NetScalerVPX

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version10.1-129.62

Major Version 10.5 Minor Version56.22

10.1 and later8015Citrix NetScalerSDX

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version:10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version10.1-129.62

10.1 and laterCitrix NetScaler1000V

1.0

1.0.1(1)

1.1(1.2)

1.2(3.11)

1.2(3.15)

1.2(4.8)

1.2(5.5)

9.1(2)

9.2(0)

9.3(1)

9.3(2)

9.4(2)

9.5(2.200)

9.5(2)

Cisco ASAv

1.2(5.5)

1.2(6.15)

8.6(1)

9.1(2)

5515-XCisco ASA

1.2(5.5)

1.2(6.15)

9.1(2)5555-X

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Brocade Network and Fabric SupportThe following table outlines support for Brocade network and fabric devices.

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Fabric OS v7.0.2c

Fabric OS v7.3.1c

DCX 8510-4 BackboneBrocade DCX Backbone

Brocade Network OperatingSystem v2.1.1

Brocade Network OperatingSystem v7.1.0

VDX 6700 SeriesVDX Network & Fabric/StorageSwitches

Fabric OS v6.3.0aBrocade 300 SAN SwitchBrocade Silkworm SAN Switches

F5 Network and Load Balancer SupportThe following table outlines support for F5 network and load balancer devices.

Remote user authentication is not supported for F5 Load Balancer with a version less than 12.0.0. To useremote authentication, you must have F5 Load Balancer 12.0.0(0.0.606) and follow the instructionsprovided by F5.

Note

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

11.5.1

11.6.0 (4.0.420)

11.6.1(*)

12.0.0 (0.0.606)

12.1.1(*)

13.0.0

Big-IP LTM 2200F5 Load Balancer (physical deviceonly)

12.0.0 (0.0.606)Big-IP VPR 2200

11.6.1Big-IP VPR C2400

Security and Firewall SupportCisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of Cisco security and firewall platforms.

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Cisco Security and Firewall SupportThe following table outlines support for Cisco security and firewalls.

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

8.4(5)

9.1(5)

9.7.1

5510Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall

9.1(1)

9.1(2)

9.3(1)

9.7.1

5515

9.5(2)

9.7.1

5555-XCisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall

9.3(1)

9.4(1)

9.4(3)

9.5(2)

9.7.1

5585-X

9.7.15520-X

9.7.15550-X

9.1(2)

9.2(0)

9.3(1)

9.3(2)

9.4(2)

9.5(2)

9.7.1

Cisco ASAv

4.2(1)VSG2(1.1)Cisco Virtual Security Gateway

3.2

3.4.1*

Cisco Prime Network ServicesController

1.2.0.899Cisco Identity Services Engine

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Storage SupportCisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of multiple storage platforms from variousvendors. This support information is grouped by vendor.

EMC Storage SupportThe following table outlines support for EMC storage devices.

Supported ManagementInterfaces

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v7.5

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v7.6

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler v 8.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.1.0.24

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.2.0.18

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.3.0.22

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.1.0.24

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.2.0.18

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.3.0.22

Enginuity 5876.x.x

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v7.5.1.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v7.6.1.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.1.0.24

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.2.0.18

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.3.0.22

VMAX 10K

VMAX 20K

VMAX 40K

Symmetrix VMAX(block only)

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.1.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.1.0.24

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.2.0.18

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.3.0.22

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enablerv8.1.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.1.0.24

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.2.0.18

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.3.0.22

Enginuity 5977.x.x

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.1.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.1.0.24

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.2.0.18

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.3.0.22

VMAX 100KSymmetrix VMAX3

Enginuity 5977.x.x

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.1.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.1.0.24

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.2.0.18

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.3.0.22

VMAX 200K

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Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.1.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.1.0.24

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.2.0.18

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.3.0.22

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enablerv8.1.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.1.0.24

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.2.0.18

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.3.0.22

Enginuity 5977.x.x

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) v8.1.0

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.1.0.24

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.2.0.18

Symmetrix CLI(symcli) 8.3.0.22

VMAX3 400K

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Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler v8.1.0

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.1.0.24

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.2.0.18

Linux-based SolutionsEnabler 8.3.0.22

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enablerv8.1.0

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.1.0.24

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.2.0.18

Windows-basedSolutions Enabler8.3.0.22

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Navisphere naviseccliRevision 7.30.15.0.44

NaviCLI installed onone of the following:

• CentOS 6.4

•Windows 2008

File: DART 8.1.9.184

Block: Flare OS05.33.009.5.184

VNX 5100

VNX 5500

VNX (File, Block,Unified)

Navisphere naviseccliRevision 7.30.15.0.44

NaviCLI installed onone of the following:

• CentOS 6.4

•Windows 2008

File: DART 8.1.9.184

Block: Flare OS05.33.009.5.184

VNX 5700

VNX 7500

Navisphere naviseccliRevision 7.30.15.0.44

NaviCLI installed onone of the following:

• CentOS 6.4

•Windows 2008

File:

• DART 7.0.53-x

• DART 7.1.79-8

• DART 8.1.9.184

Block:

• Flare OS05.31.000.5.x

• Flare OS05.32.000.5.218

• Flare OS05.33.009.5.184

VNX 5300

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Navisphere naviseccliRevision 7.33.9.1.55

VM: CentOS 6.4

NaviCLI installed onWindows 2008

File:

• OperatingEnvironment(OE), v8.1.0

• OperatingEnvironment(OE), v8.1.0.15

• OperatingEnvironment(OE), v8.1.9.184

Block: Flare OS5.33.009.5.184

VNX 5200

VNX 5400

VNX 5600

VNX 5800

VNX 7600

VNX 8000

VNX2 (File, Block,Unified)

V5.2.1.01.00.02

V5.3.0.01.00.04

V5.4

V6.0.1.01.00.04(Version: 6.0 ServicePack-1, Patch-1)

LocalVPLEX

V5.2.1.01.00.02

V5.3.0.01.00.04

V5.4

V6.0.1.01.00.04(Version: 6.0 ServicePack-1, Patch-1)

Metro

V3.0.1.4029529

V3.1.5.6801782

V3.1.5.8711957

VNXe-3200VNXe

V4.0.2

V4.1.SP2.P1

4.4.SP1.P1

5.0 SP1

RecoverPoint EXRecoverPoint

V 4.4 SP1RecoverPoint Cluster

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

V7.1.0.0

V7.2.0.3

S200-2U-Dual-24GB-2x1GE-2x10GESFP+-7373GB

X200-2U-Single-6144MB-2x1GE-2x10GESFP+-6144GB

NL400-4U-Dual-12GB-4x1GE-36TB

Isilon

UnityOS:4.1.1.9138882

EMC Unity

V4.0.1

V4.0.2-80

XtremIO

4.0.15XIOS

4.2.1XMS

NetApp Storage SupportThe following table outlines support for NetApp storage devices.

For NetAppData-ONTAP 7-Mode, CiscoUCSDirector can connect either directly to the storage controllersor it can leverage the NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager Core to proxy the management of eachstorage controller.

Note

Supported ManagementInterfaces

Supported VersionsSupported ModelsComponents

Direct Data ONTAPEther

Data-ONTAP 8.2.2P1

Data-ONTAP 8.1.4P1

Data-ONTAP 8.2.1

Data-ONTAP 8.2.0

Data-ONTAP 7.3.x

Data-ONTAP 8.2.2P2

NetApp FAS(Data-ONTAP 7-Mode)

NetApp FAS(Data-ONTAP 7-Mode)

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Supported ManagementInterfaces

Supported VersionsSupported ModelsComponents

NetApp Clustered DataONTAP- ManagementLogical Interface (LIF)

Data-ONTAP 8.2.2P1

Data-ONTAP 8.2.0

Data-ONTAP 8.2.1

Data-ONTAP 7.3.x

Data-ONTAP 8.3GA

Data-ONTAP 8.3RC2

Data-ONTAP 8.3.1GA

Data-ONTAP 8.3.2

Data-ONTAP 9.0

Data-ONTAP 9.1

All FAS modelssupported by NetAppClustered Data-ONTAP,except All Flash FAS

NetApp FAS (ClusteredData ONTAP)

NetApp OnCommandData Fabric Manager 4.0

NetApp OnCommandUnified Manager Core5.0.2 (formerly namedData Fabric Manager)

SoftwareNetApp OnCommandUnified Manager Core(7-Mode only

Data-ONTAP 9.0

Data-ONTAP 9.1

ALL Flash FASNetapp AFF(ALL FlashFAS ONTAP)

4.2.1

6.0

Plugin for VMwarevCenter.

Virtual Storage Console

IBM Storwize Storage SupportThe following table outlines support for IBM Storwize storage devices:

Supported Management InterfacesSupported VersionsComponents

SSH (Secure Shell)7.6.1.3 (build125.0.1604262218000)—validated forFibreChannel only

7.8.0.0 (build 133.17.1612071632000)

IBM Storwize V5000

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Supported Management InterfacesSupported VersionsComponents

SSH (Secure Shell)1.5.0.6-4, 7.3.0.8 (build 97.5.1411110000)

1.5.1.2-1, 7.4.0.2 (build103.21.1412180000)

7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

1.6.1.0-44, 7.6.0.4 (build122.23.1602250020000)

IBM Storwize V7000Unified

SSH (Secure Shell)7.4.0.2 (build 103.21.1412180000)

7.3.0.6 (build 97.5.1409050000)

7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

7.6.0.4 (build 122.23.1602250020000)

IBM Storwize V7000

SSH (Secure Shell)7.6.1.4 (build125.0.1605241053000.199.100)—validatedfor FibreChannel only

7.8.0.2 (build133.17.1701251545000)—validated forFibreChannel only

IBM Storwize V9000

SSH (Secure Shell)7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

7.8.0.2 (build 133.17.1701251545000)

IBM SAN VolumeController

Hyperconverged Storage SupportThe following table outlines support for hyperconverged storage.

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Supported SoftwareSupported Host (Cisco UCSC-Series Rack Servers)

Components

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 5.5 Update 1

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 5.5 Update 2

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 6.0

VMware VSAN 6.0 (backwardcompatibility features of VSAN5.5), with VMware vSphere 6.0Update1

C240 M3Cisco VSAN Ready Node

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 5.5 Update 1

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 5.5 Update 2

VMwareVSAN5.5, with VMwarevSphere 6.0

VMware VSAN 6.0 (backwardcompatibility features of VSAN5.5), with VMware vSphere 6.0Update1

C240 M4

Hyperconverged Infrastructure SupportCisco UCS Director supports hyperconverged infrastructure. This support information is grouped by vendor.

Cisco HyperFlex System SupportThe following table outlines support for Cisco HyperFlex System and related hardware and software.

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Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponents

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release1.7.1

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release1.8(1*)

HX220C-M4

HX240C-M4

Cisco HX-Series Server

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release2.0(1*)

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release2.1(1*)

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release2.5(1*)

HX220C-M4

HX240C-M4

HXAF240C-M4SX

HXAF220C-M4S

Converged Infrastructure Software SupportCisco UCS Director supports software designed for converged infrastructure. This support information isgrouped by vendor.

VCE Software SupportThe following table outlines support for VCE converged infrastructure software.

Supported SoftwareComponents

V2.5.3Vision Intelligent Operations

PowerShell SupportCisco UCS Director supports Microsoft Windows PowerShell for automation of the administration of systemresources. This support information is grouped by PowerShell application.

PowerShell Agent SupportThe following table outlines support and system requirements for PowerShell Agent.

Supported VersionsSoftware

3.0

4.0

Windows PowerShell

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Operating System

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4.0 (Full Package) or higher.Net Framework

PowerShell Console SupportThe following table outlines support and system requirements for PowerShell Console.

Supported VersionsSoftware

3.0

4.0

Windows PowerShell

Any version of the Windows Operating SystemOperating System

4.0 (Full Package) or higher.Net Framework

Cisco Solution Partner - Certified SupportThis section describes the support for integrations with and solutions for Cisco UCS Director that weredeveloped by Cisco partners and have been tested and certified by Cisco.

The intellectual property for these solutions (developed as Cisco UCS Director Open Automation plug-insoftware) are owned by the partner that developed the solution. Therefore, the plug-in software is not distributedwith Cisco UCS Director software from Cisco. You can download all Cisco certified solutions and plug-insoftware for Cisco UCS Director directly from the website of the partner who developed the plug-in. You canalso contact the sales team for the partner or its vendor for more information. Cisco UCS Director customerscan also log in to the Technology Solution Catalog on Cisco Market Place and search on the partner name formore information about feature support and benefits.

Hitachi Data Systems - Certified SupportThe following table outlines support for integrations with Cisco UCSDirector that were developed by HitachiData Systems and have been tested and validated by Cisco. This solution is available for download fromHitachi Data Systems. Additional information about the solution is available on the Hitachi Storage Connectorpage on Cisco Marketplace.

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Supported ModelsSolutionVersion

Solution Name

83-02-04-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage PlatformG/F800

v2.1.0Hitachi StorageConnector for CiscoUCS Director

83-02-04-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage PlatformG/F600

83-02-04-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage PlatformG/F400

83-02-04-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200(VSP Gx00 and Fx00)

80-03-34-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage PlatformG1000(VSP G1000)

70-06-35-00/00Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)

73-03-44-00/00HitachiUnified StorageVM (HUS-VM)

Pure Storage - Certified SupportThe following table outlines support for integrations with Cisco UCS Director that were developed by PureStorage and have been tested and validated by Cisco. Additional information about the solution and a link todownload the solution are available on the Pure Storage Connector for UCSDirector page on CiscoMarketplace.

Supported SoftwareSupported ModelsComponentsSolution VersionSolution Name

Purity OperatingEnvironment,Releases:

• 4.1

• 4.5

• 4.64.7

• 4.8

• 4.9

• 4.10

FlashArray //m

FlashArray //x

Pure StorageFlashArray

v02.0.0Pure StorageConnector for CiscoUCS Director

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