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Operator Nexus Network Fabric Management Bundle Upgrades

Operator Nexus releases various functionality and bug fixes throughout the product lifecycle to update the Azure resources and on-premises extensions, critical in communications back to Azure.

Note

This article describes Fabric Management Bundle Upgrades, which are non-disruptive and automatically applied by Microsoft. Fabric Management Bundle Upgrades are separate from Fabric Device Runtime Upgrades, which update the software on network devices. For more information, see Related content.

Scope

The releases update components on the Network Fabric Controller to enable new functionality, while maintaining backwards compatibility for the customer. Additionally, new runtime releases are made available and accessed via Network Fabric Upgrades.

For Fabric Device management, Microsoft delivers new software to the extensions and agents that exist on the platform to provide new functionality and maintain security and communication back to Azure.

Delivery

Network Fabric Controller update is triggered independently when the release is available in the region.

Impact to customer workloads

There's no disruption to running workloads or instantiating new workloads, and on-premises resources retain availability throughout the upgrade. Therefore, the customer sees no impact.

Duration of on-premises updates

Updates take approximately 45 minutes to complete per Network Fabric.

Related content

Azure Operator Nexus includes multiple upgrade types that serve different purposes. Fabric management upgrades are separate from fabric device upgrades, which update the software running on network devices.

Management upgrades (non-disruptive)

Runtime and device upgrades (customer-managed)

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