Requirements for vCloud Director 1.5 and Nexus 1000v

[stevemiller1]

According to the note at the bottom of a VMware KB Article "Cisco Nexus 1000V and VMware vCloud Director 1.5,"

"Note:  You are must use the Cisco Virtual Network  Management Center (VNMC)  virtual appliance from Cisco. This is a  separate products and needs to  be licenced from Cisco."

Is  this actually the case?  I know you could use portgroup based network  pools with vCD 1.0 and 1kv. Can I use the 1kv with VLAN-backed network  pools in vCD 1.5 without the Virtual Network Management Center or is it  required?

Thanks for any assistance!

[stevemiller1]

VNMC is not a requirement. However, Nexus 1000v software version 4.2(1)SV1(5) is required to make this work. As of this writing the latest release is 4.2(1) SV1 (4a).