Hardware version mismatch alarm generated during NSX upgrade

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• While performing an upgrade of NSX, an alarm is generating with contents similar to the following:
  
  Edge Hardware Version Mismatch
The Edge node #### in Edge cluster #### has a hardware version vmx-18, which is less than the highest hardware version vmx-19 in the Edge cluster.
  
  
• An NSX upgrade is occurring and one or more edges in the cluster have already been upgraded to the new version.

Environment

VMware NSX

Cause

The edge hardware version may be upgraded during an NSX upgrade. When there are multiple edges present, it is possible for the edges in the edge cluster to be at different hardware versions until the upgrade is completed for all edges.

Resolution

This alarm can be ignored or resolved.

Additional Information

• NSX-T Edge VM Hardware Version upgrade
• How to handle new hardware version mismatch alarm on NSX 4.0.1