Upgrade first - vCenter or 1000v?

[jconides]

I've got a 1000v environment on 1.4(a) and vSphere 4.1. Currently there are DVS across Dev and 2 prod environments. I'd like to be able to upgrade the vCenter to 5.1 before upgrading the 1000v's, however the compatibility doc for 1.4(a) doesn't mention vCenter compatibility. The 1.5.2 doc says it is compatible with vCenter 4.1 and later, meaning I'd have to upgrade all 3 switches before vCenter. Does anyone out there know if 1.4(a) will function under vCenter 5.1?

Thanks,

John

[jj27]

No, 1.4a will not run under vCenter 5.1, according to the release notes of it here:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_2_1_s_v_1_4_a/release/notes/n1000v_rn.html#wp80127

S     Software Compatibility with VMware

The servers that run the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM and VEM must be in the VMware Hardware Compatibility list. This release of Cisco Nexus 1000V supports vSphere 4.0.0, 4.1.0 and 5.0.0 release trains. For additional compatibility information, see theCisco Nexus 1000V Compatibility Information, Release 4.2(1)SV1(4a).