CPU Support Deprecation and Discontinuation In vSphere Releases
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Issue/Introduction
In response to future CPU support plans from AMD, Intel, and VMware’s Server partners, VMware provides the guidance below for support for servers using the CPUs shown in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3. Many of these CPUs are already either at End-Of-Support (EOS) / End-Of-Life (EOL) from the above hardware vendors or will eventually be.
Intel Skylake CPUs: Intel has transitioned the Skylake generation of processors into their ESU (End of Servicing Update) / EOSL (End of Servicing Lifetime) phase. This includes the server class Xeon- Scalable Processors (SP) series, by December 31, 2023. As a result, VMware is planning to discontinue support of the Intel Skylake family processors in the future vSphere major release after 8.0.x.
For more details on processors support, please visit Intel’s site on “Changes in Customer Support and Servicing Updates for Select Intel® Processors”.
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi
VMware vCenter Server
Resolution
Definitions:
- Future Major Release – the next vSphere major release refers to the release after 8.0.x series
- Supported – vSphere supports the CPU series
- Deprecated – vSphere installer provided a warning for imminent discontinuation of the CPU in an upcoming major vSphere release. Installation process will be permitted to continue.
Note 1: These CPUs will continue to be supported through the lifetime of vSphere that stated release, updates, and patches, or until End-of-General Support (EoGS). See Product Lifecycle Matrix for vSphere EoGS.
Note 2: Customers installing or upgrading from release N-1 to N vSphere release on Servers with the specified CPUs will continue to see CPU support discontinuation warning messages. CPUs receiving the warnings will still be supported by all current and future vSphere N releases, updates, and patches.
- Discontinued – vSphere installer will prevent the installation of that release for the discontinued CPU
Table 1 below lists support discontinuation plan for future major vSphere release after 8.0.x
Customers installing or upgrading to vSphere 8.0.x releases on Servers with the specified CPUs in Table 1 will continue to see CPU support discontinuation warning messages. CPUs receiving the warnings will still be supported by all vSphere 8.0.x and older releases, updates, and patches. Below this is the warning message shown by the vSphere ESXi 8.0x Installer with CPUs at Table 1:
“The CPUs in this host may not be supported in future ESXi releases. Please plan accordingly.”
Table 1: CPU Support Deprecation/Discontinuation List planned with future VMware major vSphere release after 8.0x
Legend:
| Supported | The vSphere release fully supports the processor series with the proper patches and updates applied. |
| Deprecated | Installer Warning! See detailed explanation in “Definitions-” above. The vSphere release supports it, but it is recommended to deprecate use of the processor series. |
| Discontinued | The vSphere release will not be installed and does not support the processor series. |
|
VCG CPU Series Name |
CPU Info |
Raw CPUIDs |
Code Name |
vSphere 8.0.x line |
Future Major |
|
Xeon D-1500 Series |
6.56 |
0x00050660 |
Broadwell-DE |
Deprecated |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon E3-1200-V5 Series; |
6.5E.3 |
0x000506E3 |
Skylake S |
Deprecated |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon E5-2600-V4 Series; |
6.4F |
0x000406F0 |
Broadwell-EP |
Deprecated |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon E5-4600-V4 Series |
6.4F |
0x000406F0 |
Broadwell-EP |
Deprecated |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon E7-8800/4800-V4 Series |
6.4F |
0x000406F0 |
Broadwell-EP |
Deprecated |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon E3-1200-v6 Series |
6.9E.9 |
0x000906E9 |
Kabylake-S |
Deprecated* |
Discontinued |
|
Intel Xeon Platinum 8100, |
6.55.4 |
0x00050654 |
Skylake-SP |
Deprecated* |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon D-2100 Series |
6.55.4 |
0x00050654 |
Skylake-D |
Deprecated* |
Discontinued |
|
Xeon W-2100 Series |
6.55.4 |
0x00050654 |
Skylake-W |
Deprecated* |
Discontinued |
Note: *Deprecated notice was only implemented in 8.0.U2 due to Intel’s recent announcement for Skylake EOS/EOL in Dec 2022.
Table 2: VMware vSphere 8.0x Intel CPU Support Discontinued List
|
VCG CPU Series Name |
CPU Info |
Raw CPUIDs |
Code Name |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1200 Series |
6.2A |
0x000206A0 |
Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge) |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1100 Series |
6.2A |
0x000206A0 |
Intel Xeon E3 (Sandy Bridge) |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1600 Series |
6.2D |
0x000206D0 |
SandyBridge-EP WS |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2600 Series |
6.2D |
0x000206D0 |
SandyBridge-EP 2S |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1400 Series |
6.2D |
0x000206D0 |
SandyBridge-EN |
|
Intel Xeon E5-4600 Series |
6.2D |
0x000206D0 |
SandyBridge-EP 4S |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2400 Series |
6.2D |
0x000206D0 |
SandyBridge-EN |
|
Intel i7-3600-QE |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1200-v2 Series |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT |
|
Intel i7-3500-LE/UE |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT |
|
Intel i3-3200 Series |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT |
|
Intel Pentium B925C |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT- Gladden |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1100-C-v2 Series |
6.3A |
0x000306A0 |
IvyBridge-DT- Gladden |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1600-v2 Series |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge EP |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2600-v2 Series |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge EP |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2400-v2 Series |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge-EN |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1400-v2 Series |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge-EN |
|
Intel Xeon E5-4600-v2 Series |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge-EP 4S |
|
Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800/2800-v2 |
6.3E |
0x000306E0 |
IvyBridge-EX |
|
Intel i7-4700-EQ Series |
6.3C |
0x000306C0 |
Haswell-DT |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 Series |
6.3C |
0x000306C0 |
Haswell-DT |
|
Intel i5-4500-TE Series |
6.3C |
0x000306C0 |
Haswell-DT |
|
Intel i3-4300 Series |
6.3C |
0x000306C0 |
Haswell-DT |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Haswell-EP |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Haswell-EP |
|
Intel Xeon E5-1400-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Haswell-EN |
|
Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Haswell-EN |
|
Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Haswell-EP |
|
Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3 Series |
6.3F |
0x000306F0 |
Intel Haswell-EX |
|
Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4 Series |
6.47 |
0x00040670 |
Broadwell-DT |
|
Intel Core i7-5700EQ |
6.47 |
0x00040670 |
Broadwell-H |
|
Intel Atom C2700 Series |
6.4D |
0x000406D0 |
Intel Avoton 8c |
|
Intel Atom C2300 Series |
6.4D |
0x000406D0 |
Intel Avoton 2c |
|
Intel Atom C2500 Series |
6.4D |
0x000406D0 |
Intel Avoton 4c |
Table 3: VMware vSphere 8.0x AMD CPU Support Discontinued List
|
VCG CPU Series Name |
CPU Info |
Raw CPUIDs |
Code Name |
|
AMD Opteron 6200 Series |
15.01 |
0x00600F10 |
Interlagos BullDozer G34 |
|
AMD Opteron 4200 Series |
15.01 |
0x00600F10 |
Valencia BullDozer C32 |
|
AMD Opteron 3200 Series |
15.01 |
0x00600F10 |
Zurich AM3 |
|
AMD Opteron 4300 Series |
15.02 |
0x00600F20 |
Piledriver-C32 (seoul) |
|
AMD Opteron 3300 Series |
15.02 |
0x00600F20 |
Piledriver-AM3 (Dehli) |
|
AMD Opteron 6300 Series |
15.02 |
0x00600F20 |
PileDriver-G34 (Abu Dhabi) |
|
AMD Opteron X2250 Series |
15.30 |
0x00630F00 |
Steamroller-Berlin |
|
AMD Opteron X1250 Series |
15.30 |
0x00630F00 |
Steamroller-Berlin |
|
AMD Opteron X1100 Series |
16.00 |
0x00700F00 |
Kyoto |
|
AMD Opteron X2100 Series |
16.00 |
0x00700F00 |
Kyoto |
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