openshift · sslocket · Dec 10, 2025
diff --git a/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc b/modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 [id="installation-vsphere-infrastructure_{context}"]
 = VMware vSphere infrastructure requirements
 
-You must install an {product-title} cluster on a version of a {vmw-full} instance that meets the requirements for the components that you use:
+You must install an {product-title} cluster on one of the following versions of a {vmw-full} instance that meets the requirements for the components that you use:
 
 * Version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
+* {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
 
-This release supports Container Storage Interface (CSI) migration, which is enabled by default on {product-title} {product-version}.
+Both of these releases support Container Storage Interface (CSI) migration, which is enabled by default on {product-title} {product-version}.
 
 You can host the VMware vSphere infrastructure on-premise or on a link:https://cloud.vmware.com/providers[VMware Cloud Verified provider] that meets the requirements outlined in the following tables:
 
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ You can host the VMware vSphere infrastructure on-premise or on a link:https://c
 |===
 |Virtual environment product |Required version
 |VMware virtual hardware | 15 or later
-|vSphere ESXi hosts | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
-|vCenter host | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
+|vSphere ESXi hosts | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later; VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
+|vCenter host | 8.0 Update 1 or later, or {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later; VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
 |===
 
 [IMPORTANT]
@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ You must ensure that the time on your ESXi hosts is synchronized before you inst
 |Component | Minimum supported versions |Description
 
 |Hypervisor
-|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later with virtual hardware version 15
+|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later with virtual hardware version 15; {vmw-full} Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
 |This hypervisor version is the minimum version that {op-system-first} supports. For more information about supported hardware on the latest version of {op-system-base-full} that is compatible with {op-system}, see link:https://catalog.redhat.com/hardware/search[Hardware] on the Red Hat Customer Portal.
 
-|Optional: Networking (NSX-T)
-|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later
-|For more information about the compatibility of NSX and {product-title}, see the Release Notes section of VMware's link:https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Container-Plugin/index.html[NSX container plugin documentation].
+|Networking (NSX)
+|vSphere 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0 or later; VMware vSphere Foundation 9 or later, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9 or later
+|Red Hat uses the Partner Certification process to verify NSX compatibility.
 
 |CPU micro-architecture
 |x86-64-v2 or higher
@@ -57,4 +58,13 @@ The following list provides some guidance in selecting the VPUs needed for speci
 * Heavy-use production environment: More than 500 GB, and 100 or more VPUs.
 
 Consider allocating additional VPUs to give enough capacity for updates and scaling activities. See link:https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Block/Concepts/blockvolumeperformance.htm[Block Volume Performance Levels (Oracle documentation)].
+====
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+The following additional {vmw-full} Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation components are outside the scope of Red Hat support:
+
+* Management: VCF Operations, VCF Automation, VCF Fleet Management, and VCF Identity Broker.
+* Networking: VMware NSX Container Plugin (NCP).
+* Migration: VMware HCX.
 ====
diff --git a/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-compute-nodes.adoc b/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-compute-nodes.adoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Multiple compute nodes can be updated in parallel given workloads are tolerant o
 .Prerequisites
 
 * You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
-* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
+* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
 
 .Procedure
 

diff --git a/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-control-plane-nodes.adoc b/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-control-plane-nodes.adoc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To reduce the risk of downtime, it is recommended that control plane nodes be up
 .Prerequisites
 
 * You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
-* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
+* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
 
 .Procedure
 

diff --git a/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-template.adoc b/modules/update-vsphere-virtual-hardware-on-template.adoc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .Prerequisites
 
 * You have cluster administrator permissions to execute the required permissions in the vCenter instance hosting your {product-title} cluster.
-* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later.
+* Your vSphere ESXi hosts are version 8.0 Update 1 or later, or VWware vSphere Foundation 9, or VMware Cloud Foundation 9.
 
 .Procedure