VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.1 supports the following upgrade paths:
Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.0 to Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.1
The following table lists the source and target versions of the components to be upgraded:
VMware Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.1 is a CaaS-only release (Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Telco Cloud Automation only). However, backward compatibility with previous versions of vSphere and NSX is supported. Hence, you have the flexibility to upgrade only the CaaS components in your existing Telco Cloud Platform 5G environment, while continuing to run previous versions of vSphere and NSX available from Telco Cloud Platform releases 3.0, 2.7, and 2.5.
Component |
Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.0 |
Telco Cloud Platform 5G Edition 3.1 |
|---|---|---|
VMware vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi)™ |
8.0b or 8.0 U1 |
8.0 U1c |
VMware vCenter Server® |
8.0b, 8.0 U1, or 8.0 U1d |
8.0 U1d |
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ (formerly vRealize® Orchestrator™) |
8.11.1 or 8.12 |
8.13.1 |
VMware NSX® (formerly NSX-T™ Data Center) |
4.1.0.2 or 4.1.1 |
4.1.1 |
VMware Telco Cloud Automation™ |
2.3 |
3.0 |
VMware Tanzu™ Kubernetes Grid™ |
2.1.1 |
2.3.1 |
VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ |
22.1.3 |
22.1.4 or 22.1.5 |
Avi Kubernetes Operator (AKO) |
* |
* |
* Refer to the AKO Compatibility Guide and identify the AKO version that is compatible with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Kubernetes versions.
