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Supported web browsers in VMware vCloud Director 5.1 (2034554)
Purpose
This article provides information about the web browsers that
are supported with vCloud Director 5.1.
Resolution
Note: The vCloud Director Web Console is only
compatible with 32-bit browsers. If a browser is listed as
supported on a 64-bit operating system platform, the use of a
32-bit browser is assumed.
Browsers supported for Microsoft Windows platforms
This table outlines the supported browsers for Microsoft
Windows platforms:
Platform
Internet Explorer 7.x
Internet Explorer 8.x
Internet Explorer 9.x
Firefox 12.x and 13.x
Windows XP Pro 32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows XP Pro 64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64-bit
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Windows Server 2008
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Vista 32-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Vista 64-bit
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 32-bit
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows 7 64-bit
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browser support and operating system compatibility on Linux
Platforms
This table outlines the supported browsers and operating
system compatibility for Linux Platforms:
Platform
Firefox 11.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit), Update 6
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit)
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (64-bit)
Yes
SLES 11 32-bit
Yes
Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit
Yes
Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit
Yes
Additional Information
In addition to web browser supportability, you must also use
supported versions of Adobe Flash Player, Java, TLS and SSL
Protocol Versions and Cipher Suites to access the vCloud
Director Web Console:
The vCloud Director Web Console requires Adobe Flash Player
version 10.2 or later. Only the 32-bit version is supported.
vCloud Director clients must have JRE 1.6.0 update 10 or later
installed and enabled. Only the 32-bit version is supported.
vCloud Director requires clients to use SSL. Supported versions
include SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0. Supported cipher suites include those
with RSA, DSS, or Elliptic Curve signatures and DES3, AES-128, or
AES-256 ciphers.
