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You can upgrade a VXLAN gateway service module (standalone) from the VSM by using the kickstart and system image or the iso image.
Note | During the upgrade process, the VXLAN gateway service module is reloaded. Therefore, the VXLAN gateway service module may be unavailable for few minutes which can impact the datapath traffic. |
Ensure the following:
You can upgrade a VXLAN gateway high availability (HA) cluster from the VSM by using the kickstart and system image or the iso image. To ensure that at least one VXLAN gateway service module within a cluster is available to serve the datapath traffic during an upgrade, the service modules within a cluster are upgraded in the following sequence:
Note | If the standby service module fails to form HA in step 1, the active service module is still upgraded to maintain uniform software version in the cluster. In such a case, the datapath traffic is impacted. |
Ensure the following: