GET logical-switches API with attached VMs and Faliure to attach VMs to a logical switch

[Cloudistan]

Hello all,

I have the following issues regarding logical switches in NSX-T:

1.I need to make an API request that will return logical switches and a list of assigned VMs for each switch.

so far i have tried "/api/v1/logical-switches" but it does not return any assigned VMs, which might be because it just doesn't return that info, or because of the next issue.

2.Failure to define a specific port for a VM:

• I created a VM instance and a logical switch
• VSphere - In the VM settings->network adapter i assigned a logical switch (CloudSwitch for example)

• NSX-T -  In advanced network->networking->switching->ports i created "cloudport" and assigned VIF:22

How do i connect a VM to a specific port in "CloudSwitch"?

Do i have to in order to attach a VM to a specific port, like in NSX-V?

In NSX-T VSphere i tried to add VM1 to a port and nothing happens, i get no MAC and API still doesn't return VMs with the logical-switch request.

Much obliged

[mauricioamorim · Accepted solution]

I didn't quite understand what you are trying to do, but let me try answering what I can.

"I need to make an API request that will return logical switches and a list of assigned VMs for each switch."

To list all logical switches you can use GET /api/v1/logical-switches.

I tried it out and it works. Here's an example of what I got for one of my logical-switches:

{

   "switch_type": "DEFAULT",

   "transport_zone_id": "55d38c20-7187-4f78-a5c9-3395e7705cd8",

   "vni": 73728,

   "admin_state": "UP",

   "replication_mode": "MTEP",

   "address_bindings": [],

   "switching_profile_ids": [

  {

   "key": "SwitchSecuritySwitchingProfile",

   "value": "fbc4fb17-83d9-4b53-a286-ccdf04301888"

  },

  {

   "key": "SpoofGuardSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "fad98876-d7ff-11e4-b9d6-1681e6b88ec1"

  },

  {

   "key": "IpDiscoverySwitchingProfile",

   "value": "64814784-7896-3901-9741-badeff705639"

  },

  {

   "key": "MacManagementSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "1e7101c8-cfef-415a-9c8c-ce3d8dd078fb"

  },

  {

   "key": "PortMirroringSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "93b4b7e8-f116-415d-a50c-3364611b5d09"

  },

  {

   "key": "QosSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "f313290b-eba8-4262-bd93-fab5026e9495"

  }

  ],

   "hybrid": false,

   "resource_type": "LogicalSwitch",

   "id": "37b6b634-bab4-489f-9b37-9b395e734886",

   "display_name": "LS-Host-Overlay",

   "tags": [

  {

   "scope": "policyPath",

   "tag": "/infra/segments/LS-Host-Overlay"

  },

  {

   "scope": "subnet-cidr",

   "tag": "172.29.61.0/24"

  }

  ],

   "_create_user": "nsx_policy",

   "_create_time": 1564661899584,

   "_last_modified_user": "nsx_policy",

   "_last_modified_time": 1564663151560,

   "_system_owned": false,

   "_protection": "REQUIRE_OVERRIDE",

   "_revision": 1,

   "_schema": "/v1/schema/LogicalSwitch"

  },

Then to list what is connected to this logical switch you have to use /api/v1/logical-ports and search for the LogicalSwitch ID you want. In my example above I can find that I have a VM on the logical-switch shown above:

{

   "logical_switch_id": "37b6b634-bab4-489f-9b37-9b395e734886",

   "attachment": {

   "attachment_type": "VIF",

   "id": "e02641d1-65e6-48c6-9dfd-aa9af0854a81"

  },

   "admin_state": "UP",

   "address_bindings": [],

   "switching_profile_ids": [

  {

   "key": "SwitchSecuritySwitchingProfile",

   "value": "fbc4fb17-83d9-4b53-a286-ccdf04301888"

  },

  {

   "key": "SpoofGuardSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "fad98876-d7ff-11e4-b9d6-1681e6b88ec1"

  },

  {

   "key": "IpDiscoverySwitchingProfile",

   "value": "64814784-7896-3901-9741-badeff705639"

  },

  {

   "key": "MacManagementSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "1e7101c8-cfef-415a-9c8c-ce3d8dd078fb"

  },

  {

   "key": "PortMirroringSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "93b4b7e8-f116-415d-a50c-3364611b5d09"

  },

  {

   "key": "QosSwitchingProfile",

   "value": "f313290b-eba8-4262-bd93-fab5026e9495"

  }

  ],

   "ignore_address_bindings": [],

   "resource_type": "LogicalPort",

   "id": "a5b3875c-b396-4ed9-a479-fca2ec5e8a51",

   "display_name": "LinuxOverlay/LinuxOverlay.vmx@23008cc0-298d-4dac-b67f-7d8ee751232f",

   "_create_user": "system",

   "_create_time": 1564662492341,

   "_last_modified_user": "system",

   "_last_modified_time": 1564662492341,

   "_system_owned": false,

   "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED",

   "_revision": 0

  },

The display_name shows what is connected. In my case I have a VM called LinuxOverlay.

These 2 calls together enable you to list all VMs connected to logical-switches, which I understand is what you are ultimately trying to accomplish.

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