Integrating Hardware VTEP Gateway with VMware NSX
In order for the hardware VTEP gateway to be discovered by the VMware NSX, an OVSDB connection must be setup between each hardware VTEP gateway and the NSX controller, which we will cover in this recipe. In this example, we will setup the OVSDB server to enable the HSC service on a hardware VTEP gateway leaf-01a and connect it to the NSX controller running the OVSDB client with the IP address 192.168.110.16 on port 6640 for OVSDB, as shown in the following screenshot:
Getting ready
To add a hardware VTEP gateway to VMware NSX, the following prerequisites need to be satisfied:
- NSX Manager must be deployed and configured
- NSX Controllers must be deployed
- VXLAN must be configured in NSX using port
4789
Note
Starting with NSX 6.2.3, VMware NSX uses VXLAN UDP port 4789 which is the standard VXLAN port number assigned by IANA. Prior to NSX 6.2.3, the port was 8472. If you upgrade to NSX 6.2.3, the old port number (8472) will continue to be used after the...
