Upgrade the NSX-T Network Toplogy

To upgrade the network topology, you upgrade NSX-T Data Center, vCenter Server, and all vSphere with Tanzu components.

You can upgrade NSX-T Data Center version. When you perform the upgrade, the NSX-T Data Center components, which include the data plane, control plane, and management plane are upgraded with minimum system downtime.

For step-by-step information about upgrading the NSX-T Data Center components, see the NSX-T Data Center Upgrade Guide.

Note: Refer to the vSphere with Tanzu Release Notes for supported versions.

Prerequisites

• Verify that your environment meets the system requirements. For information about requirements, see System Requirements for Setting Up vSphere with Tanzu with NSX-T Data Center.
• For configuration limits specific to vSphere with Tanzu, see vSphere Configuration Limits in VMware Configuration Maximums tool.

Procedure

1. Upgrade NSX-T Data Center from NSX-T Data Center 3.0.x to NSX-T Data Center 3.1.
2. Upgrade vCenter Server.
3. Upgrade ESXi hosts.
4. Update the Supervisor Namespace.
   To perform an update, see Update the Supervisor Cluster by Performing a vSphere Namespaces Update.