NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 Released

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NSX Data Center for vSphere, previously known as NSX for vSphere is released with a new version 6.4.3.

What’s New in NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3?

  • Following are the list of issues fixed in the NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3:
    • NSX Data Center for vSphere cannot connect to SSO in an environment with multiple PSCs or STS certificates after installing or upgrading to NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.2.
      Fixed in 6.4.3.
    • If you have service appliances, NSX might omit IP sets in communicating with Partner Service Managers. This can lead to partner firewalls allowing or denying connections incorrectly.

For the minimum supported version of NSX and other VMware products, please refer to the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.

Known issues in NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3:

 

  • Issue 2130563: Warning message appears when assigning NSX Data Center license: “The selected license does not support some of the features that are currently available to the licensed assets”If you have an NSX for vSphere license assigned, and then assign an NSX Data Center license, you see the following warning message: “The selected license does not support some of the features that are currently available to the licensed assets“. This is because the two licenses define the NSX features differently. If you are assigning a license edition that licenses the same features as your current license, it is safe to ignore this message.See VMware knowledge base article 2145269 for more information about NSX licenses.Workaround: Verify the new license supports the feature you need, and ignore the warning message.
  • Issue 2127813: Cannot choose and assign NSX license key to NSX Manager while using vSphere Client (HTML5)If you log into the vSphere Client (HTML5) and add an NSX license key, you cannot assign the key from Licenses > Assets > Solutions. The new license key is not visible.Workaround: Use the vSphere Web Client to add and assign licenses.
  • Issue 2166571: There may be a 1 to 2 second multicast loss during vmotion of VMs.During vmotion, the workloads might experience 1-2 multicast loss, similar to unicast traffic.
  • Issue 2134192: Error is thrown when there is no port on the switchIf a physical switch on a hardware gateway has no port, NSX throws an error when trying to get the port from the switch. You will see the error, “Unable to fetch inventory information” while trying to get the port.Workaround: Create at least one port on the switch.
  • Issue 2126743: IP address of VMs not published to addrset when VMs added to security groupWhen a VM is added to securitygroup, the IP of the VM doesn’t show up in the addrset. Traffic fails, as the proper policy is not applied to the VM, even if it is part of a properly-configured security group.Workaround:
    1. Restart NSX Manager.
    2. Force sync the host from the NSX host preparation page.
  • Issue 2118255: DLR control VM doesn’t participate in multicast routingDLR control VM doesn’t participate in multicast routing; all the multicast related cli will show empty cli display in control VM.
  • Issue 2145540: For ESX version 6.7, total number of underlay multicast groups joined by a host cannot exceed 128It is recommended that you use replication multicast range of 64 or less (CIDR /26 or higher) while configuring multicast routing under a DLR.

 

Deprecated and discontinued functionality:

  • NSX for vSphere 6.1.x reached End of Availability (EOA) and End of General Support (EOGS) on January 15, 2017
  • CNS Edges no longer supported. You must upgrade to an NSX Edge first before upgrading to NSX 6.3 or later.
  • NSX for vSphere 6.2.x has reached End of General Support (EOGS) as of August 20, 2018.
  • 3DES as an encryption algorithm in NSX Edge IPsec VPN service is no longer supported.

NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3 Release Notes:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-for-vSphere/6.4/rn/releasenotes_nsx_vsphere_643.html

Link to download VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.3

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=NSXV_643&productId=417&rPId=26000

Documentation Link:

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-for-vSphere/index.html

VMware Product Interoperability Matrix:

https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#upgrade&solution=93

NSX-T 2.1 Blog posts and videos:

http://virtualbrigade.com/category/nsx-t/

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