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This feature introduces support for VMware's NSX® for Multi-Hypervisor™ controllers using OVSDB hardware_vtep schema.
As part of the Software Defined Networking (SDN), the networking industry has defined abstracted models for various network functions and control. The OVSDB Hardware VTEP Schema is a standards-based approach that allows a Network Virtualization Controller such as VMware NSX to configure a hardware switch that implements VXLAN termination (VTEP). ExtremeXOS supports version 1.3 of the schema.
- Other remote VXLAN tunnel endpoints that instantiate a virtual network. This includes information about the VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) and the tunnel endpoint IP addresses.
- MAC addresses of remote virtual machines (VMs) and the tunnel to which each MAC address is bound.
- The virtual network to tenant interface mapping. The controller instructs the gateway on how to map a port or a <port, 802.1Q> tag pair to a VNI.
Supported Platforms
Summit X770 and X670-G2 standalone, and stacks that have Summit X770 and X670-G2 slots only.
Limitations
- IPv6 addresses for OVSDB manager.
- IPv6 addresses in Hardware VTEP Schema.
- Support for stacks wherein at least one node is not VXLAN capable.
- MLAG for VTEP redundancy.
- Except for show commands, OVSDB and ExtremeXOS commands should not be used simultaneously to manage VXLAN.
New CLI Commands
configure ovsdb schema hardware_vtep [add | delete] connection client [tcp | ssl] ipaddress remote_ip {port remote_port}
configure ovsdb schema hardware_vtep [add | delete] connection server [tcp | ssl] {ipaddress local_ip} port local_port
configure ovsdb schema hardware_vtep delete connection all
configure ovsdb schema hardware_vteplogical_binding_stats update-interval {[none |interval]}
disable ovsdb
disable ovsdb schema hardware_vtep {control-layer-only}
enable ovsdb
enable ovsdb schema hardware_vtep
show ovsdb
show ovsdb schema hardware_vtep
show ovsdb schema hardware_vtep tablename {detail}
unconfigure ovsdb
unconfigure ovsdb schema