Can WP v16 pass VXLAN traffic?

als77 — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:52:03 GMT

Part of my NSX-T 3.1.1 lab is a laptop running Windows w/WP.v16 with plentiful resources.
The primary hardwire ethernet port is a bridge (vmnet2) connection to my LAN management while the laptop wireless is bridge (vmnet0) to HOME/Guest network. The WP ESXi VMs, only use the bridged "lab mgmt", plus 3 other adapters as type LAN Segment.

(4) ESXi 7.0.2 VMs adapter configuration:
0 - Bridged VMNET2 (Lab Mgmt subnet)
1 / 2 / 3 - Lan Segment

My ESXi servers, are assigned to a v7.0.2 vCenter running on separate ESXi server on LAN Mgmt subnet. NSX Manager is 3.1.1

I have a mix of VSS (vmnic 0/1) and VDS (vmnic 2/3, w/Jumbo Frames @ 9000), with VLAN tagging on VMNIC 1,2,&3
Note all the adapters are of type "VMware Inc. vmxnet3 Virtual Ethernet Controller"
I can communicate (PING) on those VLAN subnets using VMNICs 1,2&3 when using the "default" TCP/IP stack
I can vmkping VMK's between ESXI servers that use vmnic 2&3 as uplinks when using the "default" TCP/IP stack

When I try to vmkping VMK's between ESXI servers that use vmnic 2&3 as uplinks using the "vxlan" TCP/IP stack, it FAILs.

Seems like the WP.v16 switch that supports my LAN segments cannot pass "VXLAN" traffic. Again it passes VLAN traffic fine.

Is this the correct outcome? WP.v16 cannot process VXLAN?

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Can WP v16 pass VXLAN traffic?