NSX-T Bare Metal edge upgrade to 3.1.2.1 from 3.2.0 results in error status and dataplane down

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Edge goes into error state and dataplane fails to start after upgrade to NSX-T 3.2.0
• A bond interface is configured as the management interface
• The overall status of the edge transport is down
• Edge /var/log/syslog shows a backtrace similar to this example
  
  2021-12-24T15:19:19.633Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -  Traceback (most recent call last):  
2021-12-24T15:19:19.696Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -    File "/opt/vmware/nsx-edge/bin/config.py", line 2614, in <module>                    2021-12-24T15:19:19.134Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -      main()                        
2021-12-24T15:19:19.192Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -    File "/opt/vmware/nsx-edge/bin/config.py", line 2210, in main                    
2021-12-24T15:19:19.221Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -      slaves = Pnic_util.get_bond_slaves(iface)       
2021-12-24T15:19:19.249Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -    File "/opt/vmware/nsx-edge/bin/pnic_util.py", line 62, in get_bond_slaves
2021-12-24T15:19:19.274Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -      fd = file(path)                  
2021-12-24T15:19:19.296Z EDGE datapath-systemd-helper 6976 - -  NameError: name 'file' is not defined

 

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center

Cause

A bond interface is configured as the management interface in the edge.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in NSX-T 3.2.1, available at Broadcom downloads.