Virtual edge upgrade to 5.2.3 on ESX8.0 results in edged process to exit

Products

• VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN

Issue/Introduction

If a virtual edge running on ESXI 8.0  is upgraded to version 5.2.3, the edged process will not be able to restart causing the edge to go offline and not passing traffic.

Environment

Virtual edge deployed on ESXI 8.0

Cause

The RSS gets enabled in 5.2.3 image due to certain code changes which in turn results in an  error during rss configuration in vmxnet3 dpdk pmd and causes edged to exit.

Resolution

Fix is available in version 5.2.4.1.