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What’s New with VMware vSphere 8

Contributors kevin-hoke

The integration of NetApp and VMware technologies has a legacy spanning 20 years and thousands of engineering hours. With the advent of vSphere 8 and ONTAP 9.12, both companies deliver products that satisfy the most demanding customer workloads. When these products are coupled together in solutions, are real customer challenges solved whether on-premises or in the public clouds. When these products are coupled together in solutions, real customer challenges are solved whether on-premises or in the public clouds.

Author: Chris Reno, NetApp Solutions Engineering

To help you determine support ability of products, protocols, operating systems, etc. please review the resources below:

  • The NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT). The IMT defines the qualified components and versions you can use to build FC/FCoE, iSCSI, NFS and CIFS configurations as well as integrations with additional plug-ins and software offerings.

  • The VMware Compatibility Guide. The VMware Compatibility Guide lists System, I/O, Storage/SAN, Backup compatibility and much more with VMware Infrastructure and software products.

  • NetApp ONTAP Tools for VMware. ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere is a single vCenter Server plug-in that includes the Virtual Storage Console (VSC), VASA Provider, and Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) extensions. Fully supported with VMware vSphere 8, OTV 9.12 delivers real value to customers on a daily basis.

NetApp ONTAP and VMware supported releases

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Table 1. vSphere 8 currency - NetApp ONTAP and VMware supported releases. NetApp IMT - Login required.

VMware vSphere Release

SAN

NFS

OTV

SnapCenter

vSphere 8

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vSphere 8u1

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Table 2. vSphere 8 currency - NetApp ONTAP and VMware supported releases. VMware Compatibility Guide

VMware vSphere Release

Storage system / protocols

OTV - SRA

OTV – VASA Provider

SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

vSphere 8

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vSphere 8u1

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