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A logical switch port provides a logical connection point for a VM interface (VIF) and a L2 gateway connection to an
external network. It binds the virtual access ports in the GW to logical network (VXLAN) and VLAN.
Figure 149. Create Logical Switch Port
NOTE: For more details about NVP controller configuration, refer to the NVP user guide from VMWare .
Configuring VxLAN Gateway
To configure the VxLAN gateway on the switch, follow these steps:
1. Connecting to NVP controller
2. Advertising VXLAN access ports to controller
Connecting to an NVP Controller
To connect to an NVP controller, use the following commands.
1 feature vxlan
CONFIGURATION mode
feature vxlan
You must configure feature VXLAN to configure vxlan-instance.
2 vxlan-instance
CONFIGURATION mode
vxlan-instance instance ID
The platform supports only the instance ID 1 in the initial release.
3 controller
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
controller controller IDip address port port-number tcp|ptcp|pssl|ssl
The port number range is from 1 to 6632. The default port number is 6632. The default connection type is ssl.
4 gateway-ip
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
gateway-ip IP address
5 max-back off (Optional)
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
max_backoff time
The range is from 1000-180000. The default value is 30000 milliseconds.
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