Enhanced NAT gateways are upgraded from the technical architecture of standard NAT gateways. Compared with standard NAT gateways, enhanced NAT gateways offer higher elasticity and stability. This improves how you can manage data transfer. You can upgrade standard NAT gateways to enhanced NAT gateways at a scheduled time free of charge in the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) console. The time period for free upgrades is extended from December 31, 2020 to March 30, 2021.
Upgrade notes

Whether NAT service plans are associated | How to upgrade |
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No NAT service plan is associated |
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One or more NAT service plans are associated |
Scheduled upgrade: Set the related parameters for the standard NAT gateway that you want to upgrade and click OK. You can select more than one standard NAT gateway if you use this method. A scheduled upgrade task is generated, and the standard NAT gateway is upgraded in the background at the specified time. |
Upgrade notes for standard NAT gateways that are associated with NAT service plans
If a standard NAT gateway is associated with NAT service plans, you can upgrade the standard NAT gateway only by using a scheduled upgrade. You cannot immediately upgrade the standard NAT gateway.
- When you schedule an upgrade, you must provide the same information that is required to upgrade a standard NAT gateway without NAT service plans. In addition, you must specify the IDs of the NAT service plans that are associated with your standard NAT gateway. Each NAT gateway can be associated with one or more NAT service plans.
- To perform a scheduled upgrade, you only need to submit the required information. After you submit the information, the system automatically upgrades the specified NAT gateway in the background at the scheduled time.
- The upgrade is free of charge.
- When you upgrade a standard NAT gateway to an enhanced NAT gateway, the configurations of the SNAT and DNAT entries on the NAT gateway remain unchanged. The upgrade does not have negative impacts on your workloads. However, we recommend that you upgrade your standard NAT gateways during off-peak hours.
- The following table describes the changes to a standard NAT gateway after the standard
NAT gateway is upgraded.
Service before the upgrade Service after the upgrade Remarks Standard NAT gateways that are associated with NAT service plans Enhanced NAT gateways The billing remains unchanged. NAT service plans EIP bandwidth plans and elastic IP addresses (EIPs) Public IP addresses are converted to EIPs. The billing method and maximum bandwidth remain unchanged after the NAT service plans are upgraded to EIP bandwidth plans.
Upgrade a standard NAT gateway to an enhanced NAT gateway at a scheduled time
Change an upgrade schedule
You can cancel or change an upgrade schedule before the upgrade starts.
- Move the pointer over the
icon next to Reserved in the Status column.
- Click Change Reservation in the tooltip that appears.
- To change an upgrade schedule, change the time window, contact information, and vSwitch in the Upgrade to Enhanced NAT Gateway dialog box, and click OK.
- To cancel an upgrade schedule, click Cancel Reservation in the Upgrade to Enhanced NAT Gateway dialog box, and click OK.