During the host migration, changes are made to migrate NSX for vSphere hosts to NSX-T hosts.
- NSX for vSphere software is uninstalled.
- NSX-T software is installed.
- For vSphere Distributed Switch versions 6.5.0 and 6.6.0:
Hosts are configured with N-VDS to replace vSphere Distributed Switches:
- Each N-VDS is created with a name that references the distributed switch name. For example, distributed switch
ComputeSwitchAis created as N-VDSnvds.ComputeSwitchA. - If different clusters use different distributed switches to back logical switches, an N-VDS is created with a name that combines all the distributed switch names. For example, if
ComputeCluster1andComputeCluster2use distributed switchComputeSwitchAto back logical switches andComputeCluster3usesComputeSwitchBto back logical switches, the N-VDS is created asnvds.ComputeSwitchA.ComputeSwitchB. - PNICs and vmks in the vSphere Distributed Switch are migrated to N-VDS.
- NSX for vSphere VTEPs are migrated to NSX-T Data Center TEPs.
- Each N-VDS is created with a name that references the distributed switch name. For example, distributed switch
- For vSphere Distributed Switches version 7.0:
Hosts configured for vSphere Distributed Switch version 7.0 continue using the same switch after migration.
- PNICs and vmks in the vSphere Distributed Switch remain connected on the same vSphere Distributed Portgroups.
- NSX for vSphere VTEPs are migrated to NSX-T Data Center TEPs and connected to standalone ports on the same vSphere Distributed Switch.
