I am doing a POC on HW VTEP swicth Integration to NSX controller. ANY switch can be configured as HW VTEP Gateway to NS controller even if not certified by VMware .

[Saroj2018]

Hi,

I need to integrate a physical switch with NSX controller.  This is for a POC for HW vtep integration with NSX controller

Anybody pls let me know what are the requirements.

example:

My switch is running with linux 4.19.

It has SHA1 , opensslv3,

and has OVSDB Version 2.5

The NSX server is running on other side with version 6.3.4

Topology:

both switch and server are in same network:

Switch(hw VTEP)[(ovsbd-server)]--------------------------------(ovsdb-client)[NSX-controller]

ovs-pki init

ovs-pki req+sign is used for generating certificate.

i an using vtep-ctl set-manager ssl:IP:6640 to initiate a connection to ovsdb-client running at [NSX controller].

i expect that ssl connection will be initiated by server in this case and ovsdb-client will be listening passively to connections.

Query: Will switch(not certified by vmware) get detected at nsx controller ??

Thanks,

saroj

[vLingle]

Saroj2018​,

As I'm sure you are aware, please follow the VMware Compatibility Guide - Hardware VXLAN Gateway for supported installations.  Not an answer to your question, but why not use the Software based L2 Bridges that is built-in to NSX, if your physical switch is not supported?