Cloud Service Router 1000v when ESXi upgrade from 6 to 6.7

[zhiqiang.yan]

hi,

Our ESXi are running version 6, and going to upgrade to 6.5 or 6.7. we have couple CSR1000v running on it. is there a concern when doing the ESXi upgrade?

Thanks,

Ryan

[Francesco Molino]

Hi

The only thing is you'll need to type 2 commands on CSRs after the upgrade because some interfaces may change their names. Follow the documentation and you should be ok. Never had any big issues.

The 2 commands are:
clear platform software vnic nvtable
reload

Documentation: (see top of page 2)
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/csr1000/software/configuration/b_CSR1000v_Configuration_Guide/b_CSR1000v_Configuration_Guide_chapter_011.pdf