APIC-M4 recommended software version

[grant.maynard]

The Cisco APIC Installation and ACI Upgrade and Downgrade Guide recommends using a long-lived version 5.2(x) or 4.2(x). However the APIC-M4 doesn't support either - “The Cisco APIC L4/M4 requires the Cisco APIC software 5.3(1) release or later or the 6.0(2) release or later”.

What should i use - 5.3, 6.0 or 6.1? Will there be another long-lived version?

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[Wassim Aouadi]

Hello @grant.maynard,

APIC-M4 and APIC-L4 hardware is compatible with APIC releases 5.3, 6.0(2) and 6.1(1):

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 5.3(1) - Cisco

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 6.0(2) - Cisco

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Release Notes, Release 6.1(1) - Cisco

I wrote 6.0(2) and not 6.0(1) because the latter is not mentioned to be compatible with APIC-M4/L4 according to its release notes.

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[Remi-Astruc · Accepted solution]

Hello,

From 5.3/6.x onwards, there will be no more long-lived version as the release lifecycle concept has changed.

Today, the recommended stable versions are 5.3(2c) and 6.0(7e), which are compatible with APIC M4/L4.

Regards

[grant.maynard]

thank you both, that's the insight i was hoping for.

[a12288]

Interestingly to know that 6.0(7e)M still support APIC-M2 which is close to 10 years old, is it due to large customer deployment base?