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santunez2275
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L2 Bridge Physical Host / VM

Hello Guys

We have a NSX 6.3.5 in Cross NSX mode, and we need physical hosts that can not be virtualized to view VMs under NSX.

Our problem is that we could not get the physical hosts to see the VMs and they pointed out that L2 Bridge should be done in order to communicate both environments

My question is if you can tell me how to configure the L2 Bridge, since I do not understand how to do it. At the vCenter level, I have created a VDS with the VLAN corresponding to the VM network and that the physical hosts must see.

Thanks for your help

Sebastian

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Sreec
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Assuming Physical Host and VM's are in same L2 domain , all you need is create a logical router and follow below steps

1

Log in to the vSphere Web Client.

2

Click Networking & Security and then click NSX Edges.

3

Double-click an NSX Edge.

4

Click Manage and then click Bridging.

5

Click the Add icon.

6

Type a name for the bridge.

7

Select the logical switch that you want to create a bridge for.

8

Select the distributed virtual port group that you want to bridge the logical switch to.

9

Click OK.

Remember that , you are using cross VC setup. Considering your setup, you need site specific logical switches with respective VLAN mapping

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As shown, all the L2 bridging instances defined on a given DLR would be active on the ESXi host in edge rack 1 where the corresponding DLR Active Control VM is running. It is possible to create multiple sets of bridging instances and associate them with different DLRs. This allows for spreading of the bridging load across different ESXi hosts

Please do refer https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/nsx/vmw-nsx-network-virtu...

  1. 5.3.7.5 NSX Layer 2 Bridging Deployment Considerations

Cheers,
Sree | VCIX-5X| VCAP-5X| VExpert 6x|Cisco Certified Specialist
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