VCP5 - Upgrade a vNetwork Distributed Switch

VCP5 - Upgrade a vNetwork Distributed Switch

There are 3 versions of vNetwork Distribute Switches available: 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0. Each version provides new functionality, but also limits the interop with older versions

Upgrade Distributed Switch

1. In vSphere, browse to Networking
2. Select the switch and on the Summary tab, click Upgrade
3. Select the upgrade version and click Next
4. Confirm no hosts report as incompatible, click Next
5. Click Finish

Version Compatibility / Features

Version	Features	Compatibility
4.0	N/A	ESX 4.0 and later
4.1	Load-Based Teaming Network I/O Control	ESX 4.1 and later
5.0	User-defined network resource pools NetFlow Port Mirroring	ESX 5.0 and later

Step-1

1) How to add the ESX host to distributed switch with out downtime.

2) while upgrading the distributed switch , is there any impact on ESX hosts.