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Apply security policies in layer 2 firewall (Ethernet)

Hi guys,

Is there any possibility to define a security policy that can be applied in layer 2 firewall (Ethernet) rather than layer 3 firewall (General)?

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vLingle
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omegahost​,

Security Policies will only implement L3 firewall rules, you will need to define L2 rules directly via the Firewall -> Ethernet menu.

Note: While you could create a firewall rule with a L2 service in your security policy it is pushed to the L3 section and ignored.  I have verified this using NSX-v 6.4.1.

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Jeffrey Lingle

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vLingle
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omegahost​,

Security Policies will only implement L3 firewall rules, you will need to define L2 rules directly via the Firewall -> Ethernet menu.

Note: While you could create a firewall rule with a L2 service in your security policy it is pushed to the L3 section and ignored.  I have verified this using NSX-v 6.4.1.

Please KUDO helpful posts and mark the thread as solved if answered.

Regards,
Jeffrey Lingle
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Thank you!

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