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KevinScc
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Switch Reboot prep

Hello.

I run Meraki as a backbone switch and there's a mandatory firmware update that is going to reboot the switch.

I'm running a 4 host vSphere 6.7 cluster with VSAN.   Both the VSan network and the VMnetwork are hosted on this switch in different VLANs.

So how should i properly prepare for a switch reboot?  It seems to me that I should shut down all the servers and put all 4 hosts into maintenance mode .  vCenter is on one of those hosts though so i'm assuming i'll have to connect to that host directly and put it in maintenance mode outside of vCenter?

Then do the switch firmware update, reboot, confirm its config.  Once the switch is ok,  take the vCenter host out of maintenance mode, start vCenter .  When it registers all 4 hosts online, take the 3 remaining ones out of maintenance mode?

Are there any special considerations for vSAN?   I'm new to vSAN so it's still 'magic' to me .

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moutar
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Did you ever figure this out? Coming up on the same situation and have the same questions.

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