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23 changes: 7 additions & 16 deletions source/installguide/hypervisor/vsphere.rst
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Expand Up @@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ Software requirements:

- vSphere and vCenter (see `"Supported Hypervisor Versions" <../../releasenotes/compat.html#supported-hypervisor-versions>`_)

vSphere Standard is recommended. Note however that customers need to
consider the CPU constraints in place with vSphere licensing. See
`http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere\_pricing.pdf
<http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf>`_
and discuss with your VMware sales representative.
- vSphere Standard is recommended. Note however that customers need to
consider the CPU constraints in place with vSphere licensing. Talk to your VMware sales representative.

vCenter Server Standard is recommended.
- vCenter Server Standard is recommended.

- Be sure all the hotfixes provided by the hypervisor vendor are
applied. Track the release of hypervisor patches through your
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- The host must be certified as compatible with vSphere. See the VMware
Hardware Compatibility Guide at
`http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
<http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php>`_.
Hardware Compatibility Guide.

- All hosts must be 64-bit and must support HVM (Intel-VT or AMD-V
enabled).
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- Networking - 1Gbit or 10Gbit.

For more information, see `"vCenter Server and the vSphere Client Hardware
Requirements" <http://pubs.vmware.com/vsp40/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=install/c_vc_hw.html>`_.


Other requirements:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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configured or intended to be configured for use towards VMs or VM
resources in the CloudStack environment.

- You do not have to create any vEthernet port profiles CloudStack
- You do not have to create any vEthernet port profiles - CloudStack
does that during Instance deployment.

- Ensure that you create required port profiles to be used by
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Unless the CloudStack global parameter "vmware.use.nexus.vswitch" is set
to "true", CloudStack by default uses VMware standard vSwitch for
virtual network infrastructure. In this release, CloudStack doesnt
virtual network infrastructure. In this release, CloudStack doesn't
support configuring virtual networks in a deployment with a mix of
standard vSwitch and Nexus 1000v virtual switch. The deployment can have
either standard vSwitch or Nexus 1000v virtual switch.
Expand All @@ -709,8 +701,7 @@ the zone is being created.

After the zone is created, if you want to create an additional cluster
along with Nexus 1000v virtual switch in the existing zone, use the Add
Cluster option. For information on creating a cluster, see
:ref:`adding-a-cluster`.
Cluster option.

In both these cases, you must specify the following parameters to
configure Nexus virtual switch:
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