Minimum and Recommended Releases for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware

General Recommendation for New Deployments

Existing Deployments That Use Software Earlier Than One of the Recommended Releases

Documentation and Software

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Minimum and Recommended Releases for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware Switch

First Published: April 17, 2015

Last Updated: March 31, 2017

Minimum and Recommended Releases for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware

This document lists the minimum and recommended software releases for Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware for both new deployments and existing deployments. The minimum release is the lowest release within the release train that we recommend that you deploy in your network. The recommended release is the release within the release train that provides the most features on a highly stable code base. These recommendations are general and should not replace your own network-specific design review efforts.

General Recommendation for New Deployments

Cisco recommends that customers with new deployments choose from the following minimum recommended releases:

Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware Minimum and Recommended Releases

Release Train

Minimum Release

Recommended Releases

5.x

5.2(1)SV3(1.1)

5.2(1)SV3(3.1)

4.2(1)SV2(2.x)

4.2(1)SV2(2.1)

4.2(1)SV2(2.2)

4.2(1)SV2(1.x)

4.2(1)SV2(1.1)

4.2(1)SV2(1.1a)

Existing Deployments That Use Software Earlier Than One of the Recommended Releases

To the extent possible, we recommend upgrading to one of the releases listed in General Recommendation for New Deployments. If that is not possible, we recommend that you review the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere Release Notes for the desired release and the Bug Search tool to determine the impact of any open bugs.

Documentation and Software

For additional information, see the Cisco Nexus 1000V for VMware Switches product documentation page. For software, see the Download Software page.

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What's New in Cisco Product Documentation.

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