Users Guide

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.
6. fail-mode (Optional)
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
fail-mode secure
If the local VTEP loses connectivity with the controller, it will delete all its database and hardware flows/resources.
7. no shut
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
Advertising VXLAN Access Ports to Controller
To advertise the access ports to the controller, use the following command.
In INTERFACE mode, vxlan-instance command configures a VXLAN-Access Port into a VXLAN-instance.
INTERFACE mode
vxlan-instance
Dell#show vxlan vxlan-instance 1
Instance : 1
Admin State : enabled
Management IP : 192.168.200.200
Gateway IP : 3.3.3.3
MAX Backoff : 30000
Controller 1 : 192.168.122.6:6632 ssl (connected)
Fail Mode : secure
Port List :
Fo 1/49 Te 1/6 Te 1/8 Po 2
The following example shows the show vxlan vxlan-instance logical-network command.
Dell#show vxlan vxlan-instance 1 logical-network
Instance : 1
Total LN count : 1
Name VNID
bffc3be0-13e6-4745-9f6b-0bcbc5877f01 4656
874
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)