Users Guide

1–vCenter Server Plug-in Overview
System Requirements
Doc. No. TD-000965 Rev. 1
January 21, 2021 Page 4 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
vCenter Server:
 Software installer file to register the plug-in to the vCenter Server
The vCenter Server Plug-in requires a physical or Virtual Machine server with
200MB of free disk space and at least 4GB of RAM.
For more information about hardware requirements, see the VMware vCenter
Server and vSphere documentation.
Software Requirements
The following software requirements apply:
 VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi environment 6.x or 7.x
 Any operating system, including Windows, on which one of the supported
versions of VMware vCenter Server is supported by VMware
 VMware vCenter Server 6.0 or later, or vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 or later
 vSphere Client 6.0 or later
 Tomcat™ Web server (optional if you choose not to use the Tomcat server
bundled with the VMware vCenter Server installation, or installing for the
vCenter Server Appliance. Tomcat 7 is recommended)
 QLogic Adapter CIM Provider provides drivers for the adapters being
managed
For information about software requirements to run VMware vCenter Server,
vCenter Server Appliance, and vSphere Client, see the VMware vSphere product
documentation.
Supported Adapters
The vCenter Server Plug-in supports the following Marvell adapters:
 2600 and 2700 Series Fibre Channel Adapters
 578xx and 45000 Series Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
 578xx and 45000 Series Converged Network Adapters
Supported VMware ESX/ESXi and vCenter Server Versions
Refer to the vCenter Server Plug-in Read Me and Release Notes documents for
the latest information regarding supported versions of the following:
 VMware vCenter Server
 VMware vSphere Client
To determine what version of VMware vCenter Server can manage what versions
of VMware ESX and ESXi, see the VMware vSphere product documentation.