If you follow the VMware news, you should know vSphere 5.1 GA (General Availability) is available right now !
As usual with a major release, you can read release notes available here : http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-51-release-notes.html
Here are the new build number for newly released product :
VMware ESXi™ 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799733
VMware vCenter Server™ 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799731
vCenter Server Appliance 5.1 | 10 SEPT 2012 | Build 799730
And here is a summary with binaries link for vSphere 5.1 products and also all kind of documentation (mainly PDF files) related to these release :
Binaires
- ESXi 5.1.0 Installable
- vCenter Server 5.1.0 and modules
- vSphere PowerCLI 5.1
- vSphere CLI 5.1
- vSphere Data Protection 5.1.0
- vSphere Replication 5.1.0
- vSphere Management Assistant 5.1
- VMware vCloud Director 5.1.0
- VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1.0
- VMware vCenter Infrastructure Navigator 1.2.0
- VMware vCenter Operations Management 5.0.3
- VMware vCenter Configuration Manager 5.5.1
- vSphere Storage Appliance 5.1.0
- vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.0
- vCenter Orchestrator Appliance 5.1.0
Documentation
Compatibility and Configuration Limits
New Features and Release Notes
- What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1
- What’s new in VMware vCenter 5.1
- What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Storage
- What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Performance
- What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Platform
- What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Networking
- What’s new in vCloud Director 5.1
- What’s new in VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
- Introduction to VMware vSphere Replication
- Introduction to VMware vSphere Data Protection
ESXi and vCenter Server Product Documentation
- vSphere Installation and Setup Guide
- vSphere Upgrade Guide
- vCenter Server and Host Management Guide
- vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide
- vSphere Host Profiles Guide
- vSphere Networking Guide
- vSphere Storage Guide
- vSphere Security Guide
- vSphere Resource Management Guide
- vSphere Availability Guide
- vSphere Monitoring and Performance Guide
- vSphere Troubleshooting
- VMware vSphere Examples and Scenarios Guide
Command-Line Interfaces
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.1 Release Notes
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) 5.1 Guide
- vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI) 5.1 Release Notes
- Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
- vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
- Command-Line Management of vSphere 5 for Service Console Users
- vSphere PowerCLI Release Notes
- vSphere PowerCLI User’s Guide
- vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlet Reference
