Extending VMware NSX Logical Switch to Hardware VTEP Gateway

In this recipe, we will show you how to extend VMware NSX logical switch to a hardware VTEP Gateway port. In this example, we will bridge a logical switch called DB-Tier to leaf-01a hardware VTEP gateway on the physical port Eth1/11 on VLAN 203, as shown in the following screenshot:

Getting ready

To configure a hardware VTEP gateway for layer 2 bridging, the following prerequisites need to be met:

• NSX Manager must be deployed and configured
• NSX Controllers must be deployed
• VXLAN must be configured
• NSX logical switch must be created
• Hardware switch controller must be added into VMware NSX

Before the hardware port is attached to the relevant logical switch, VXLAN and OVSDB configuration must be completed on the hardware switch.

How to do it...

The following steps will show you how to bridge an existing NSX logical switch to a hardware VTEP gateway:

1. Navigate to Networking & Security | Logical Switches.
2. In the center pane, select a logical...