channging nic teaming on management vswitch causes network outage
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Description
Is there a way to change nic teaming on the management switch without causing an outage?
I set the bare minimum options in the specs/policies which includes portNum on switch and nic order. When using the update virtual switch method I lose my host for good.
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Research direction
Start with the update virtual switch method and the specs/policies fields mentioned in the report, especially portNum and NIC order. Investigate the management vSwitch update path and determine whether the change can be made without losing host connectivity; done means changing NIC teaming no longer causes a management network outage.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100