Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI/aSV)

Sangfor HCI and aSV provide a unified infrastructure combining compute, storage, networking, and built-in security to simplify deployment, operations, and services.
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Upgrade Notes

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2025-12-29

General scenarios:

1.     Before upgrading, please use the latest version of aDeploy (download address:

https://download.sangfor.com/Download/Tools/aDeploy/aDeploy-server- en-install.zipto perform a pre-upgrade check and install a pre-upgrade

check package.

2.     If the current version is earlier than 5.8.6/6.7.0 and needs to be upgraded to a version later than 5.8.6/6.7.0, to ensure a smooth upgrade, contact a Sangfor technical support representative in advance.

3.    A rolling active upgrade to HCI6.11.1 will automatically restart the physical server. Therefore, manual restart is not needed.

4.     Before  upgrading,  please  ensure  the  license  key  is  valid.  Otherwise,  the


platform cannot be upgraded.

5.    When upgrading from 6.8.0, 6.8.0R1to 6.11.1 with rolling upgrade, the node will not be automatically restarted during the upgrade. After patching, the upgrade  will  have  a  rolling  upgrade  effect  with  automatic  host  restart.

6.8.0R2  does   not   require   patching,  and  the   rolling  upgrade  will  also automatically restart the host.

SP Installation:

1.     If the current version contains custom packages (packages name: Custom- XXX), please contact a Sangfor technical support representative for upgrade evaluation.

2.     If  the  current  version  contains  SPs  (packages  name:  sp-XXX),  it  can  be upgraded directly.

Graphics Cards:

1.     If the current version is earlier than 6.7.0, a GRID driver (supported versions 10.2 and 13.2) must be reimported again after the upgrade. After the HCI platform  is  upgraded  and  restarted,  import  a  GRID  driver  for  nodes  as needed and then restart the nodes. Driver updates are also required for business VMs and will take effect after they are restarted.

2.     If graphics cards are used in versions earlier than 6.2.0, aGPU license key is required after the upgrade. Otherwise, GPU-related features cannot be used.

iSCSI Virtual Disks

1.     HCI cannot be upgraded when it provides services as an iSCSI server. Before upgrading, please go to iSCSI clients to disconnect all related connections.

Offline Upgrade

1.     During  the   pre-upgrade  check  for  an   offline  upgrade,  if  a   message  is prompted saying, "A VM is running on the node. Please shut down the VM and try again.", you  can  ignore  this  problem temporarily.  Before  an official upgrade, all virtual devices must shut down and run a pre-upgrade


check again.

Low latency scenario

1.    When  upgrading  from  HCI6.9.1  to  subsequent  versions,  the  low  latency mode does not support active upgrades by default. Before upgrading, you need to shut down all virtual machines and then perform a offline upgrade.