KVM Hypervisor Support Matrix

Hypervisor Type Identification in the NOC

In terms of tracking appliances being run on different hypervisors, fingerprinting (metadata bits used to determine hypervisor type) must occur and included in the codebase so that the hypervisor can be identified in the NOC and related dashboards.

For KVM hypervisors, the following hypervisors have been fingerprinted successfully and will be identified directly in NOC metrics as of the 10.0 release:

• Nutanix

• Scale Computing

• Proxmox

• OpenShift

Any other KVM hypervisors will be seen as “Generic KVM” from NOC perspective.

For Xen hypervisors, there unfortunately hasn’t been a found way to differentiate between the different on-prem Xen hypervisors as of yet. Therefore, as of the 10.0 release, all on-prem Xen hypervisors will be seen as “Generic Xen” from NOC perspective.

Terminology:

• Qualified: Nasuni tests the KVM/Xen hypervisor vendor with every major Nasuni release (functionality and stability). Nasuni will attempt to test vendor’s latest GA release at the time of major release qualification effort. Nasuni commits to providing full support.

• Limited Validation: The KVM/Xen hypervisor vendor has been tested functionally in a limited fashion by internal Nasuni personnel (i.e. Product Integrations team; not Nasuni QA team) or one or more customers and has been confirmed to work; whereby there may be included documented caveats. If an issue is encountered, we (Nasuni) will troubleshoot and attempt to resolve the issue, but may determine there is an incompatibility that cannot be resolved or will require a future roadmap enhancement to resolve either on our side or the vendor technology.

• Compatible: The KVM/Xen hypervisor vendor has not been explicitly tested by any Nasuni personnel or any customers, but is expected to work based on other similarly known vendors that have been tested/validated. If an issue is encountered, Nasuni will make a best effort attempt to resolve the issue. Nasuni does not make any guarantees that the issue will be fixed in a timely fashion.

Support Matrix

The below matrix outlines all of the requested KVM and Xen hypervisors that have either been explicitly requested by customers or have known usage out in the field. Note that this list is not comprehensive and there could be additional hypervisors out there that could still work with our KVM/Xen VM images. Please reach out to Product Management (Ji Hong) if you don’t see a specific hypervisor listed.