Increasing the flow table size on ESXi node does not persist after a reboot

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• NSX version is 4.2.0
• You attempted to adjust the flow table on the ESXi node with the command:

  nsxdp-cli ens flow-table size set -s <desired_size>

• After a reboot of the ESXi host, the set value defaults:
  

  nsxdp-cli ens flow-table size get

• The ESXi Transport Node does not have a host profile.

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

NSX 4.2.0 does not save the change for "flow-table", it was made persistent in NSX 4.2.1 and above.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.1, available at Broadcom downloads.

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Additional Information

Alarm for very high Enhanced Datapath flow table usage in NSX