April 2019

H15300

• First inclusion of this version history table
• Support of VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail

June 2019

H15300.1

Support for VxRail 4.7.210 and updates to 25 GbE networking

August 2019

H15300.2

Support for VxRail 4.7.300 with Layer 3 VxRail networks

February 2020

H15300.3

Support for new features in VxRail 4.7.410

March 2020

H15300.4

Support for new functionality in vSphere 7.0

April 2020

H15300.5

Support for:

• VxRail SmartFabric multirack switch network
• Optional 100 GbE Ethernet and FC network ports on VxRail nodes

May 2020

H15300.6

Updated switch requirements for VxRail IPv6 multicast

June 2020

H15300.7

Updated networking requirements for multirack VxRail clusters

July 2020

H15300.8

Support for new features in VxRail 7.0.010

August 2020

H15300.9

Updated requirement for NIC redundancy enablement

September 2020

H15300.10

Outlined best practices for link aggregation on non-VxRail ports

October 2020

H15300.11

Support for new features in VxRail 7.0.100 and removed references to Log Insight

November 2020

H15300.12

Removed requirement for VxRail guest network during initial configuration

February 2021

H15300.13

Support for new features in 7.0.131

April 2021

H15300.14

• Added content on mixing of node ports in VxRail clusters
• Option for manual node ingestion instead of IPV6 multicast
• Added content for LACP policies
• Updated stretched cluster node minimums

June 2021

H15300.15

• Updated Intel and AMD node connectivity options for 100 GbE.
• Expanded network topology option to include custom networks with six Ethernet ports per node.
• Clarified that VxRail-managed internal DNS cannot support naming services outside of its resident cluster.
• Private VLANs (PVLANs) unsupported for VxRail networking

August 2021

H15300.16

Support for new features in 7.0.240

October 2021

H15300.17

Support for satellite nodes

November 2021

H15300.18

Support for PowerFlex as external storage for dynamic cluster

December 2021

H15300.19

• Update dynamic cluster content with link to Dell published guide
• Update content for VxRail Manager network exclusions

January 2022

H15300.20

Support for new 15G VxRail models

March 2022

H15300.21

Support for new features in 7.0.350

August 2022

H15300.22

Support for new features in 7.0.400

November 2022

H15300.23

Support VxRail-managed vCenter on 2-node cluster

December 2022

H15300.24

• Support for vSAN Express Architecture
• Support for SmartFabric Services in “integrated mode” and “decoupled mode”

January 2023

H15300.25

Support for DPUs and ESXio in VxRail

March 2023

H15300.26

• Included content for release of VxRail 15G VD-Series hardware platform
• Added sections to provide networking preparation guidance for connecting to Dell and VMware external sites
• Added chapter for networking requirements for vSAN witness
• Removed references to Platform Services Controller
• Updated SmartFabric content based on new VxRail rules

April 2023

H15300.27

• Updated hardware branding
• Removed SmartFabric content

May 2023

H15300.28

New content for link aggregation supported on VxRail-managed virtual distributed switches

June 2023

H15300.29

Added content:

• Support for vSAN HCI mesh with vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA)
• Support for HCI mesh with VxRail stretched cluster

August 2023

H15300.30

Support for new VxRail VE-660 and VP-760 models