2.1 Solution Interoperability
The following figure highlights key constraints and considerations that are valid at the time of this writing. The key consideration focuses on vCloud Director support of the underlying networking platform releases.
Figure 1. vCloud Director to vCloud Networking and Security and VMware NSX Interoperability
Note vCloud Director 8.10 supports only VMware NSX and is not compatible with vCloud Networking and Security. This means migration from vCloud Networking and Security to VMware NSX must be done while running a vCloud Director version earlier than 8.10. The network platform version is stored in vCloud database and checked during a vCloud Director 8.10 upgrade.
There are also other solution interoperability constraints based on service provider environments. For example, while VMware NSX provides backward compatibility for VMware vShield™ APIs (so that most of the tools using these APIs still function), service providers are encouraged to verify support prior to their actual production upgrade.
These tools might include custom network monitoring or metering solutions. For example, VMware vCenter® Chargeback Manager™ collects network transfer data through the VMware vShield Manager™ Data Collector that uses a vShield API.
Note At the time of writing this document, the most recent version of vCenter Chargeback Manager, version 2.7.1, is not supported with vSphere 6 and vCloud Director 8.10.
Figure 2. vCloud Director to vCenter Chargeback Interoperability
