vSphere Distributed Switch Upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5

[LunThrasher]

Hi after upgrading to vsphere 5.5 from vsphere 5.1 and utilizing the vsphere distributed swtich, the VDS needs to be upgraded to 5.5 see a screen shot in the attached file.

Will upgrading to VDS 5.5 cause any outages or packet drops ?

[john23 · Accepted solution]

Upgrading virtual distributed switch will not cause any downtime. This is a non-distractive operation, you should not observe any packet drop.

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[abhilashhb]

Here's a link to the documentation

vSphere 5.5 Documentation Center

Proceed only after you have met the per-requistes. Be aware that vDS is compatible only with 5.5.hosts.

[LunThrasher]

Thanks John

Abhilash, pre-reqs are all good, vcenter and esxi is all at 5.5, thanks for re-checking though.