Information About Upgrading the Cisco Nexus 1000V Using Cisco VSUM
Cisco VSUM is the GUI that you can use to upgrade the VSMs and the VEMs on ESX/ESXi hosts.
An interactive upgrade tool helps you determine the correct upgrade steps based on your current environment and the one to which you want to upgrade.
See the Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware Compatibility Information for more information on the compatibility information for Cisco Nexus 1000V.
You can obtain upgrade software for the current release of the Cisco Nexus 1000V from Cisco.com.
With Cisco VSUM, you can upgrade the Cisco Nexus 1000V version only with the vSphere version intact.
See the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide for information about how to upgrade both vSphere and Cisco Nexus 1000V versions together and how to upgrade the vSphere version only, with the Cisco Nexus 1000V version intact.
Supported Upgrade Paths: With Cisco VSUM, you can upgrade Cisco Nexus 1000V Release 4.2(1)SV1(4b) and later.
Unsupported Upgrade Paths:
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Release 4.2(1)SV1(4)
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Release 4.2(1)SV1(4a)
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Release 4.2(1)SV1(3x) series
See the Cisco Nexus 1000V Installation and Upgrade Guide to upgrade the Cisco Nexus 1000V to the current version using the CLI.
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Upgrades from Release 4.0(4)SV1(1), 4.0(4)SV1(2), and 4.0(4)SV1(3x) are no longer supported. VMware 4.0 and 4.1 are also not supported with this Cisco Nexus 1000V release. |
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4.2(1)SV1(5.2)
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4.2(1)SV2(1.1)