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3V0-25.25 · Question #41

During a planned VCF upgrade, ESXi hosts are upgraded while NSX Manager and Edge nodes remain unchanged. Immediately after the ESXi upgrade, workloads lose east-west connectivity. Which action…

The correct answer is C. Upgrade NSX VIBs on ESXi hosts. In NSX-backed VCF upgrades, NSX VIB compatibility with ESXi is critical. Upgrading ESXi without first ensuring compatible NSX kernel modules (VIBs) will break overlay and DFW functionality. This is a VCF lifecycle sequencing question-very exam-real.

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Question

During a planned VCF upgrade, ESXi hosts are upgraded while NSX Manager and Edge nodes remain unchanged. Immediately after the ESXi upgrade, workloads lose east-west connectivity. Which action should have been performed FIRST to avoid this issue?

Options

  • AUpgrade NSX Edge nodes
  • BPut hosts into maintenance mode with full data migration
  • CUpgrade NSX VIBs on ESXi hosts
  • DDisable Distributed Firewall

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    10% (2)
  • C
    71% (15)
  • D
    14% (3)

Explanation

In NSX-backed VCF upgrades, NSX VIB compatibility with ESXi is critical. Upgrading ESXi without first ensuring compatible NSX kernel modules (VIBs) will break overlay and DFW functionality. This is a VCF lifecycle sequencing question-very exam-real.

Topics

#VCF upgrade#NSX VIBs#ESXi upgrade#east-west connectivity

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