Merge pull request #42812 from openshift-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-42232-to-main

[main] Added version requirements to vSphere installation preparation doc

Author: lpettyjo

modules/installation-vsphere-infrastructure.adoc

@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ You must install the {product-title} cluster on a VMware vSphere version 6 or 7
 
 [IMPORTANT]
 ====
-Installing a cluster on VMware vSphere version 6.7U2 or earlier and virtual hardware version 13 is now deprecated. These versions are still fully supported, but support will be removed in a future version of {product-title}. Hardware version 15 is now the default for vSphere virtual machines in {product-title}. To update the hardware version for your vSphere nodes, see the "Updating hardware on nodes running in vSphere" article.
+Installing a cluster on VMware vSphere version 6.7U2 or earlier and virtual hardware version 13 is now deprecated. These versions are still fully supported, but support will be removed in version 4.11 of {product-title}. Hardware version 15 is now the default for vSphere virtual machines in {product-title}. To update the hardware version for your vSphere nodes, see the "Updating hardware on nodes running in vSphere" article.
+
+If your vSphere nodes are below hardware version 15 or your VMware vSphere version is below 6.7U3, upgrading from {product-title} 4.10 to {product-title} 4.11 is not available.
 ====
 
 .Minimum supported vSphere version for VMware components
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ you install {product-title}.
 You must ensure that the time on your ESXi hosts is synchronized before you install {product-title}. See link:https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc/GUID-8756D419-A878-4AE0-9183-C6D5A91A8FB1.html[Edit Time Configuration for a Host] in the VMware documentation.
 ====
 
+[id="vsphere-csi-driver-requirements_{context}"]
+include::snippets/vmware-csi-driver-reqs.adoc[]
+
 ifeval::["{context}" == "installing-restricted-networks-vmc"]
 :!vmc:
 endif::[]

snippets/vmware-csi-driver-reqs.adoc

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+:_content-type: SNIPPET
+
+= VMware vSphere CSI Driver Operator requirements
+
+The following requirements must be met in order to install the CSI Driver Operator:
+
+* VMware vSphere version 6.7U3 or later
+* Virtual machines of hardware version 15 or later
+* No third-party CSI driver already installed in the cluster
+
+If a third-party CSI driver is present in the cluster, {product-title} does not overwrite it. The presence of a third-party CSI driver prevents {product-title} from upgrading to 4.11. For more information about removing a third-party CSI driver, see xref:../../storage/container_storage_interface/persistent-storage-csi-vsphere.adoc#persistent-storage-csi-vsphere-install-issues_persistent-storage-csi-vsphere[Removing a non-Red Hat vSphere CSI Operator Driver].