Compatibility Matrix

Revision History

Overview

Deprecation Announcement for Cisco UCS Invicta

Supported Languages

Virtualization Support

VMware vSphere Versions

Microsoft Hyper-V Versions

RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Versions

VMware vSphere Operating System Support

Microsoft Hyper-V Operating System Support

RedHat Virtualization Operating System Support

Bare Metal Operating System Support

Third-Party Authentication Software Support

Server Support

Cisco Server Support

HP Server Support

Dell Server Support

Network and Fabric Support

Cisco Network and Fabric Support

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Related Software Support

Brocade Network and Fabric Support

F5 Network and Load Balancer Support

Security and Firewall Support

Cisco Security and Firewall Support

Storage Support

EMC Storage Support

NetApp Storage Support

IBM Storwize Storage Support

Hyperconverged Storage Support

Cisco UCS Invicta Series Storage Support

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Support

Cisco HyperFlex System Support

Converged Infrastructure Software Support

VCE Software Support

PowerShell Support

PowerShell Agent Support

PowerShell Console Support

Cisco Solution Partner - Certified Support

Hitachi Data Systems - Certified Support

Pure Storage - Certified Support

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco UCS Director Compatibility Matrix, Release 6.0

First Published: September 16, 2016

Last Updated: April 27, 2017

Compatibility Matrix

Revision History

Release

Date

Description

6.0

September 16, 2016

Created compatibility matrix for Cisco UCS Director, Release 6.0

6.0

September 29, 2016

Added support for Cisco HX Data Platform, Release 1.8(1a). See Cisco HyperFlex System Support.

6.0

October 19, 2016

Clarified support for NetApp FAS (Clustered Data ONTAP). See NetApp Storage Support.

6.0

November 1, 2016

Added support for Hitachi Storage Connector. See Hitachi Data Systems - Certified Support.

Added support for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controller, release 2.1(1*). See Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Related Software Support.

6.0

November 8, 2016

Added support for MDS switches with NX-OS Release 6.2(17). See Cisco Network and Fabric Support.

6.0(1.0)

December 21, 2016

Added information on supported hardware and software for Nexus switches, MDS switches, F5 load balancer and Cisco Prime Network Services Controller.

6.0(1.0)

March 7, 2017

Added support for the following:

- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, Release 2.2(1*) in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Related Software Support.

- Cisco HX Data Platform, Release 2.0(1a) and supported models in Cisco HyperFlex System Support.

6.0(1.2)

April 21, 2017

Added support for Cisco ASA 9.4(3) version. See Cisco Security and Firewall Support.

6.0

April 27, 2017

Added spport for Pure Storage Connector. See Pure Storage - Certified Support.

Overview

Cisco UCS Director represents the next generation of software for the management and orchestration of data center infrastructure.

Cisco UCS Director delivers unified management and orchestration for the industry’s leading converged infrastructure 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 to provide data center professionals with single pane-of-glass management and storage solution choice. Cisco UCS Director 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 baremetal environments from a unified, centralized management console reducing time-to-value for both applications and end users. Cisco UCS Director delivers native automated monitoring, OS and software updates and resource utilization analysis to free up your IT staff from mundane maintenance tasks allowing them to focus on competitive innovation for your business.

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

Deprecation Announcement for Cisco UCS Invicta

The following Cisco UCS Invicta Series Storage accounts have been deprecated:

- Cisco UCS Invicta Appliance

- Cisco UCS Invicta Scaling System

Existing Cisco UCS Invicta accounts will be supported. However, you can no longer create a new Cisco UCS Invicta account. The Cisco UCS Director Invicta Series Management Guide will also no longer be updated.

Note

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

Supported Languages

Cisco UCS Director supports the following languages:

- English (United States)

- Japanese (Japan)

- Spanish (Latin America)

- French (France)

- Korean (Korea)

- Chinese (China)

- Russian (Russia)

Virtualization Support

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

VMware vSphere Versions

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

Note

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

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

Software Components

Supported Versions

Limitations on Support for VMware Features in Cisco UCS Director

VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESX/ESXi)

5.0, including Update 1 and Update 2

None

5.1, including Update 1

None

5.5, including Update 1b, Update 2d, and Update 3b

None

6.0, including Update 1 and Update 2

Backwards compatibility for existing features supported for VMware vSphere 6.0. This release does not support the VM-FEX adapter feature of VMware vSphere 6.0.

VMware vSphere vCenter Server

5.0, including Update 1 and Update 2

None

5.1, including Update 1

None

5.5, including Update 1b, Update 2d, and Update 3b

None

5.5 (Linux)

None

6.0, including Update 1 and Update 2

Backwards compatibility for existing features supported for VMware vSphere 6.0. This release does not support the VM-FEX adapter feature of VMware vSphere 6.0.

VMware Virtual SAN

5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1

None

5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2

None

6.0, with VMware vSphere 6.0

Backwards compatibility for existing features supported for VMware Virtual SAN 5.5.

6.1, with VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1

Backwards compatibility for existing features supported for VMware Virtual SAN 5.5.

VMware Site Recovery Manager

5.5

None

5.8

None

6.0

None

Microsoft Hyper-V Versions

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

Note

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

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

Software Components

Supported Versions

Windows Versions

Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor

Version 2.0

2008 R2 SP1

Version 3.0

2012

2012 R2

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Version 2.0.xxxx.x

2008 R2 SP1

Version 3.0.xxxx.x

2012

Version 3.1.3xxx.x

Version 3.1.5xxx.x

Version 3.1.6xxx.x

2012 SP1

Version 3.1.7xxx.x

Version 3.2.7xxx.x

Version 3.2.8xxx.x

2012 R2

2012 R2, Rollup 8

2012 R2, Rollup 9

Note

For integrations with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, you must use Windows 2012 R2, Rollup 9.

RedHat Enterprise Virtualization Versions

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

Software Components

Supported Versions

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

3.2

3.3

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor (RedHat KVM)

3.2.5-0.49.el6ev

VMware vSphere Operating System Support

Cisco UCS Director supports all guest operating systems compatible with VMware vSphere. For a complete list 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 complete list of Microsoft Hyper-V compatible guest operating systems, see the following Microsoft Hyper-V documentation:

- Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2008 R2 SP1

- Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

RedHat Virtualization Operating System Support

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

- 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 Microsoft Windows operating systems in baremetal provisioning workflows. Certain operating systems are packaged out-of-the-box with Cisco UCS Director Bare Metal Agent. However, additional operating systems can be added as necessary.

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

Operating System

Supported Versions

CentOS

- CentOS

- CentOS 6.5 on local disk

- CentOS 7.x

VMware ESXi

- ESXi 5.0

- ESXi 5.1

- ESXi 5.5

- ESXi 6.0

Microsoft Windows

- Windows 2008 R2 x64

- Windows 2012 x64

- Windows 2012 R2 x64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

SUSE Linux

SUSE 11 SP3 on local disk

Third-Party Authentication Software Support

The following table outlines support for third party authentication software.

Software

Supported Versions

Microsoft Active Directory

Windows 2008

Windows 2012

OpenLDAP

slapd 2.4.23 (Feb 3 2014 19:11:35) $ mockbuild@c6b10.bsys.dev.centos.org:/builddir/build/ BUILD/openldap-2.4.2 3/openldap-2.4.23/build-servers/servers/slapd

Server Support

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

Cisco Server Support

The following table outlines support for Cisco UCS servers and related hardware and software. Where a version 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.

Note

All Cisco UCS Director functionality may not be available across all supported Cisco UCS software versions. 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 information regardingCisco UCS compatibility, see the Cisco UCS hardware and software interoperability matrices for the appropriate release.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Cisco UCS Manager

Software

All fabric interconnect, servers, and other hardware models supported by the version of Cisco UCS Manager (see the hardware and software interoperability matrices)

Cisco UCS Infrastructure Bundle and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundle, 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*)

Note:
vMedia policy support is only available from Release 3.1(1*) onwards.

Cisco UCS Central

Software

Cisco UCS Central, Release:

- 1.2(1*)

- 1.3(1*)

- 1.4(1*)

- 1.5(1*)

Cisco UCS Mini

Solution Components

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server, and Cisco UCS Infrastructure and Cisco UCS Manager Software Bundles, Release:

- 3.0(1*)

- 3.0(2*)

- 3.1(1*)

- 3.1(2*)

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

All models supported by the firmware versions for Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 2.1 (see the Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 2.1).

All software versions supported by Cisco IMC Supervisor (see the Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 2.1).

Cisco 8-Socket C-Series Rack Mount Servers for SAP HANA

Cisco C880 M4

Firmware versions:

- BA14099

- BA15013

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers (Standalone through Rack accounts)

All models supported by the firmware versions for Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 2.1 (see the Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 2.1).

All software versions supported by Cisco IMC Supervisor (see the Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 2.1).

HP Server Support

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

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

HP Servers with HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2)

Any HP server model or platform that supports iLO2

iLO 2.29

HP Servers with HP Integrated Lights-Out 3 (iLO3)

Any HP server model or platform that supports iLO3

iLO 1.57

HP Servers with HP Integrated Lights-Out 4 (iLO4)

Any HP server model or platform that supports iLO4

iLO 1.01

HP Servers with HP Onboard Administrator (OA)

HP OA chassis with c7000 blade servers

HP OA 4.3

HP OA 4.22

HP OA 3.60

Dell Server Support

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

Note

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

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Dell Servers with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0

Any Dell server model that supports IPMI 2.0

IPMI 2.0

Network and Fabric Support

Cisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of multiple network and fabric platforms from various vendors. This support information is grouped by vendor.

Cisco Network and Fabric Support

The following table outlines support for Cisco network and fabric devices.

Note

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 at this time.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Cisco Nexus 1000 Series Distributed Virtual Switch

Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere

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 VMware vCenter 5.5

- 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) for VMware vCenter 6.0

- 5.2(1)SV3(1.6) for VMware vCenter 6.0

- 5.2(1)SV3(1.10)

- 5.2(1)SV3(1.15)

- 5.2(1)SV3(2.1)

Nexus 1000V for Microsoft Hyper-V

NX-OS, Release:

- 5.2(1)SM1(5.2b)

- 5.2(1)SM3(1.1)

- 5.2(1)SM3(1.1a)

Cisco Nexus 1100 Series Cloud Services Platform

Nexus 1110

NX-OS, Release:

- 4.2(1)SP1(5.1a)

- 5.2(1)SP1(7.2)

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Data Center Switches

Nexus 3016Q

Nexus 3064T

Nexus 3064X

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

Nexus 3048

NX-OS, Release:

- 5.0(3)U5(1e)

- 6.0(2)U2(1)

- 6.0(2)U2(2)

Nexus 3172

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.0(3)I2(2a)

- 7.0(3)I3(1)

- 7.0(3)I4

Nexus 3548

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

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Data Center Switches

Nexus 5596Q

NX-OS, Release 7.0(7)N1(1)

Nexus 5596UP

Nexus 5596T

NX-OS, Release 6.0(2)N2(5)

Nexus 5548UP

NX-OS Release:

- 5.2(1)N1(4)

- 6.0(2)N2(5)

Nexus 5548P

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 5696Q

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.1(1)N1(1)

- 7.2(1)N1(1)

- 7.3(1)N1(1)

Nexus 5672UP

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.0(1)

- 7.2(1)N1(1)

Nexus C5624Q

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.1(1)N1(1)

- 7.2(1)N1(1)

Nexus 5648Q

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.1(1)N1(1)

- 7.1(2)N1(1)

Nexus 56128P

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.1(1)N1(1)

- 7.3(0)N1(1)

Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches

Nexus 6001-64P

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.0(2)N1(2)

- 7.0(1)N1(1)

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Data Center Switches

(M-series I/O modules are not listed as they do not support Fabric Path)

Nexus 7702

Nexus 7706

Nexus 7710

Nexus 7718

NX-OS, Release 6.2(8a)

Nexus 7004

Nexus 7009

Nexus 7018

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(8a)

- 7.3(1)D1(1)

Nexus 7010

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(8a)

- 6.2(12)

- 6.2(14)

Supervisors

NX-OS, Release 6.1(3)

Supervisor 2E

Supervisor 2

NX-OS, Release 6.1(2)

Supervisor 1

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(2)

- 6.2(2a)

- 6.2(12)

- 6.2(14)

F-Series I/O Modules:

- N7K-F132XP-15

- N7K-F248XP-25

- N7K-F248XP-25E

- N7K-F248XT-25E

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Data Center Switches (standalone mode only)

Nexus 9396 PX

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.1(2)I2(1)

- 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus 9508

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

Nexus 9504

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.0(3)I1(2)

- 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus C9516

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.0(3)I1(1)

- 7.0(3)I2(2a)

Nexus 9372TX

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.1(2)I3(1)

- 7.0(3)I4(1)

Nexus 9396TX

NX-OS, Releases:

- 6.1(2)I3(1)

- 7.0(3)I1(2)

Nexus 9332PQ

NX-OS, Release 7.0(3)I1(1)

Nexus 9372PX standalone

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.1(2)I3(1)

- 7.0(3)I2(2a)

- 7.0(3)I3(1)

Nexus 93120

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

Nexus 93128

NX-OS, Release:

- 7.0(3)I2(1a)

- 7.0(3)I2(2d)

Unified Fabric Automation

Data Center Network Manager

Release Versions:

- 7.0(x)

- 7.1(x)

- 7.2

- 7.2(x)

- 10.0(x)

- 10.1

- 10.1(x)

Cisco MDS 9100 Series Data Center Fabric Switches

MDS 9124

NX-OS, Release:

- 5.2(6b)

- 6.2(17)

MDS 9148

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(1)

- 6.2(7)

- 6.2(13a)

- 6.2(17)

MDS 9148S

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(13a)

- 6.2(17)

- 7.3.1.D1(1)

Cisco MDS 9300 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches

MDS 9396S

NX-OS, Release 7.3.1D1(1)

Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multiservice Switches

MDS 9250i

NX-OS, Release 7.3.1D1(1)

Cisco MDS 9500 Series Data Center Fabric Switches

(Module level support exists, but is not listed here.)

MDS 9506

MDS 9509

MDS 9513

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(1)

- 6.2(17)

- 7.3.1.D1(1)

Cisco MDS 9700 Series Data Center Fabric Switches

MDS 9706

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(9a)

- 6.2(13a)

- 6.2(17)

- 7.3.1.D1(1)

MDS 9710

NX-OS, Release:

- 6.2(1)

- 6.2(17)

Cisco IOS Devices

C2960S

Other devices that support the software version

IOS 12.2(55)SE5

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Related Software Support

The 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, Release 1.1(1*) includes support for 1.1(1o), 1.1(1j) and so on.

Software

Supported Versions

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controllers

- 1.0(2*)

- 1.0(3*)

- 1.0(4*)

- 1.1(1*)

Note:
Releases 1.1(1*) and later require you to enable TLSv1 in Cisco APIC

- 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*)

Cisco Application Virtual Switch

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)

Support for Related Software with Cisco ACI

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

Components

Supported Hardware Versions

Supported Software Versions

Supported Device Packages

Citrix NetScaler VPX

10.1 and later

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version 10.1-129.62

Major Version 10.5 Minor Version 52.1155

Citrix NetScaler SDX

8015

10.1 and later

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version 10.1-129.62

Major Version 10.5 Minor Version 56.22

Citrix NetScaler 1000V

10.1 and later

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 52.41

Major Version: 1.0, Minor Version: 10.1-129.52

Major Version 1.0, Minor Version 10.1-129.62

Cisco ASAv

9.1(2)

9.2(0)

9.3(1)

9.3(2)

9.4(2)

9.5(2.200)

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)

Cisco ASA

5515-X

8.6(1)

9.1(2)

1.2(5.5)

1.2(6.15)

5555-X

9.1(2)

1.2(5.5)

1.2(6.15)

Brocade Network and Fabric Support

The following table outlines support for Brocade network and fabric devices.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Brocade DCX Backbone

DCX 8510-4 Backbone

Fabric OS v7.0.2c

VDX Network & Fabric/Storage Switches

VDX 6700 Series

Brocade Network Operating System v2.1.1

Brocade Silkworm SAN Switches

Brocade 300 SAN Switch

Fabric OS v6.3.0a

F5 Network and Load Balancer Support

The following table outlines support for F5 network and load balancer devices.

Note

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

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

F5 Load Balancer (physical device only)

Big-IP LTM 2200

11.5.1

11.6.0 (4.0.420)

11.6.1(*)

12.0.0 (0.0.606)

12.1.1(*)

Big-IP VPR 2200

12.0.0 (0.0.606)

Security and Firewall Support

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

Cisco Security and Firewall Support

The following table outlines support for Cisco security and firewalls.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall

5510

8.4(5)

9.1(5)

5515

9.1(1)

9.1(2)

9.3(1)

Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewall

5555-X

9.5(2)

5585-X

9.3(1)

9.4(1)

9.4(3)

9.5(2)

Cisco ASAv

9.1(2)

9.2(0)

9.3(1)

9.3(2)

9.4(2)

9.5(2)

Cisco Virtual Security Gateway

4.2(1)VSG2(1.1)

Cisco Prime Network Services Controller

3.2

3.4.1*

Cisco Identity Services Engine

1.2.0.899

Storage Support

Cisco UCS Director enables the management and orchestration of multiple storage platforms from various vendors. This support information is grouped by vendor.

EMC Storage Support

The following table outlines support for EMC storage devices.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Supported Management Interfaces

Symmetrix VMAX (block only)

VMAX 10K

VMAX 20K

VMAX 40K

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

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v7.5

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v7.6

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-based Solutions Enabler v 8.0

Symmetrix VMAX3

VMAX 100K

Enginuity 5977.x.x

Symmetrix CLI (symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI (symcli) v8.1.0

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v8.0

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v8.1.0

Windows-based Solutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-based Solutions Enabler v8.1.0

VMAX 200K

Enginuity 5977.x.x

Symmetrix CLI (symcli) v8.0.2.0

Symmetrix CLI (symcli) v8.1.0

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v8.0

Linux-based Solutions Enabler v8.1.0

Windows-based Solutions Enabler v8.0

Windows-based Solutions Enabler v8.1.0

VNX (File, Block, Unified)

VNX 5100

VNX 5500

VNX 5700

VNX 7500

File: DART 7.0.53-x

Block: Flare OS 05.31.000.5.x

Navisphere naviseccli Revision 7.30.15.0.44

NaviCLI installed on one of the following:

- CentOS 6.4

- Windows 2008

VNX 5300

File:

- DART 7.0.53-x

- DART 7.1.79-8

Block:

- Flare OS 05.31.000.5.x

- Flare OS 05.32.000.5.218

Navisphere naviseccli Revision 7.30.15.0.44

NaviCLI installed on one of the following:

- CentOS 6.4

- Windows 2008

VNX2 (File, Block, Unified)

VNX 5200

VNX 5400

VNX 5600

VNX 5800

VNX 7600

VNX 8000

File:

- Operating Environment (OE), v8.1.0

- Operating Environment (OE), v8.1.0.15

Block: Flare OS 05.33.000.5.015

Navisphere naviseccli Revision 7.30.15.0.44

VM: CentOS 6.4

NaviCLI installed on Windows 2008

VPLEX

Local

V5.2.1.01.00.02

V5.3.0.01.00.04

V5.4

Metro

V5.2.1.01.00.02

V5.3.0.01.00.04

V5.4

VNXe

VNXe-3200

V3.0.1.4029529

V3.1.5.6801782

RecoverPoint

RecoverPoint EX

V4.0.2

V4.1.SP2.P1

RecoverPoint Cluster

V 4.4 SP1

Isilon

S200-2U-Dual-24GB- 2x1GE-2x10GE SFP+-7373GB

X200-2U-Single-6144MB- 2x1GE-2x10GE SFP+-6144GB

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

V7.1.0.0

V7.2.0.3

XtremIO

V4.0.1

V4.0.2-80

NetApp Storage Support

The following table outlines support for NetApp storage devices.

Note

For NetApp Data-ONTAP 7-Mode, Cisco UCS Director can connect either directly to the storage controllers or it can leverage the NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager Core to proxy the management of each storage controller.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Versions

Supported Management Interfaces

NetApp FAS (Data-ONTAP 7-Mode)

NetApp FAS (Data-ONTAP 7-Mode)

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

Direct Data ONTAP Ether

NetApp FAS (Clustered Data ONTAP)

All FAS models supported by NetApp Clustered Data-ONTAP, except All Flash FAS

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

NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP- Management Logical Interface (LIF)

NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager Core (7-Mode only

Software

NetApp OnCommand Data Fabric Manager 4.0

NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager Core 5.0.2 (formerly named Data Fabric Manager)

Virtual Storage Console

Plugin for VMware vCenter.

4.2.1

6.0

IBM Storwize Storage Support

The following table outlines support for IBM Storwize storage devices:

Components

Supported Versions

Supported Management Interfaces

IBM Storwize V5000

7.6.1.3 (build 125.0.1604262218000)—validated for FibreChannel only

SSH (Secure Shell)

IBM Storwize V7000 Unified

1.5.0.6-4, 7.3.0.8 (build 97.5.1411110000)

1.5.1.2-1, 7.4.0.2 (build 103.21.1412180000)

7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

SSH (Secure Shell)

IBM Storwize V7000

7.4.0.2 (build 103.21.1412180000)

7.3.0.6 (build 97.5.1409050000)

7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

SSH (Secure Shell)

IBM Storwize V9000

7.6.1.4 (build 125.0.1605241053000.199.100)—validated for FibreChannel only

SSH (Secure Shell)

IBM SAN Volume Controller

7.2.0.3 (build 87.4.1402180000)

SSH (Secure Shell)

Hyperconverged Storage Support

The following table outlines support for hyperconverged storage.

Components

Supported Host (Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers)

Supported Software

Cisco VSAN Ready Node

C240 M3

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 6.0

VMware VSAN 6.0 (backward compatibility features of VSAN 5.5), with VMware vSphere 6.0 Update1

C240 M4

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 1

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 2

VMware VSAN 5.5, with VMware vSphere 6.0

VMware VSAN 6.0 (backward compatibility features of VSAN 5.5), with VMware vSphere 6.0 Update1

Cisco UCS Invicta Series Storage Support

The following table outlines support for Cisco UCS Invicta Series storage devices and software.

Note

Cisco UCS Invicta Series Storage accounts have been deprecated. See Deprecation Announcement for Cisco UCS Invicta.

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Cisco UCS Invicta Appliance

C3124SA

Invicta OS, Version:

- 5.0.0

- 5.0.1.2

API Version 1.5 and 1.6

Cisco UCS Invicta Scaling System

Scaling System

Invicta OS, Version 5.0.1

API Version 1.5 and 1.6

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Support

Cisco UCS Director supports hyperconverged infrastructure. This support information is grouped by vendor.

Cisco HyperFlex System Support

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

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Cisco HX-Series Server

HX220C-M4

HX240C-M4

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release 1.7.1

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release 1.8(1a)

HX220C-M4

HX240C-M4

HXAF240C-M4SX

HXAF220C-M4S

Cisco HX Data Platform, Release 2.0(1a)

Converged Infrastructure Software Support

Cisco UCS Director supports software designed for converged infrastructure. This support information is grouped by vendor.

VCE Software Support

The following table outlines support for VCE converged infrastructure software.

Components

Supported Software

Vision Intelligent Operations

V2.5.3

PowerShell Support

Cisco UCS Director supports Microsoft Windows PowerShell for automation of the administration of system resources. This support information is grouped by PowerShell application.

PowerShell Agent Support

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

Software

Supported Versions

Windows PowerShell

3.0

4.0

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

.Net Framework

4.0 (Full Package) or higher

PowerShell Console Support

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

Software

Supported Versions

Windows PowerShell

3.0

4.0

Operating System

Any version of the Windows Operating System

.Net Framework

4.0 (Full Package) or higher

Cisco Solution Partner - Certified Support

This section describes the support for integrations with and solutions for Cisco UCS Director that were developed 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-in software) are owned by the partner that developed the solution. Therefore, the plug-in software is not distributed with Cisco UCS Director software from Cisco. You can download all Cisco certified solutions and plug-in software for Cisco UCS Director directly from the website of the partner who developed the plug-in. You can also contact the sales team for the partner or its vendor for more information. Cisco UCS Director customers can also log in to the Technology Solution Catalog on Cisco Market Place and search on the partner name for more information about feature support and benefits.

Hitachi Data Systems - Certified Support

The following table outlines support for integrations with Cisco UCS Director that were developed by Hitachi Data Systems and have been tested and validated by Cisco. This solution is available for download from Hitachi Data Systems. Additional information about the solution is available on the Hitachi Storage Connector page on Cisco Marketplace.

Solution Name

Solution Version

Supported Models

Certified Software/Firmware Versions

Hitachi Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director

v2.1.0

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G/F800

83-02-04-00/00

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G/F600

83-02-04-00/00

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G/F400

83-02-04-00/00

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 (VSP Gx00 and Fx00)

83-02-04-00/00

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 (VSP G1000)

80-03-34-00/00

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP)

70-06-35-00/00

Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS-VM)

73-03-44-00/00

Pure Storage - Certified Support

The following table outlines support for integrations with Cisco UCS Director that were developed by Pure Storage and have been tested and validated by Cisco. Additional information about the solution and a link to download the solution are available on the Pure Storage Connector for UCS Director page on Cisco Marketplace.

Solution Name

Solution Version

Components

Supported Models

Supported Software

Pure Storage Connector for Cisco UCS Director

v02.0.0

Pure Storage FlashArray

FlashArray //m

FlashArray //x

Purity Operating Environment, Releases:

- 4.1

- 4.5

- 4.6

4.7

- 4.8

- 4.9

- 4.10

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

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