Portgroups related to Logical Switches

[RanjnaAggarwal]

Can anyone decode the naming convention of portgroups created by the logical switches like i can understand transit network is the name of logical switch and 5000 is the VXLAN id but what are the other words given here i just want to understand. Screenshot attached.

[SRoland · Accepted solution]

Taking one apart:

vxw-dvs-22-virtualwire-1-sid-5000-Web-Tier

In parts:

vxw                -> VXLAN-VirtualWire to distinguish the port-group that it was created by vShield/NSX

dvs-22            -> Moref of the vDS (check in mob: https://<vcenter>/mob/ )

virtualwire-1    -> vwire id within vShield/NSX

sid-5000        -> segment id what this wire is using

Web-Tier        -> name of the wire/virtual switch what you gave in the GUI

The last one is for the vTEP port-group where the vmkernel for VXLAN is connected to. Similarly it is using using the dvs-22 as dVS id and it was given a unique UUID at the end.

Does it help?

Regards,

Roland