NSX-T 3.1 Federation - Edge Bridging with Federaition

[Lalegre]

Hello folks,

We are starting the planning of the migration from NSX-V to NSX-T. After a lot of analysis we are clearing some remaining points and one one of those is the support of a temporayr Edge Bridging with Federation.

In our scenario, we want to do bridging from VXLAN segments to Geneve segments which are placed in Federation mode, meaning they will span in two different locations.

I saw that in Federation, Layer 2 Bridging is not supported but I believe this is referring to L2 Bridging capability instead of Edge Bridging, could somebody be able to confirm me that?

Thanks in advance!

[shank89]

You currently cannot bridge to a federated segment. It is not supported

[Lalegre]

@shank89,

Even with Edge Bridging? Do you have in hand a pageof documentation where it says that? The only I was able to find is with Layer 2 Bridging which is not the same.

Another question from the same, is it possible to change the span of the segment from single site to multi site after created?

[shank89]

Hi, 

Sorry for the delay, unfortunately there is nothing official that I can provide you.  I have been discussing this with several customers, and whilst it should be released in future revisions of the product, I cannot comment which one and what date.

Also you need to be mindful, if it is a new feature, is it something you want to put into production ( if this is a production related query).

Cheers

[Lalegre]

Hey @shank89,

Is something that it would be used temporarily but yes, you are right there, it could have some impact on production even for a lift and shift scenario.

I believe I will look into HCX for the temporary extension with more reliability.

Thanks!

[shank89]

Yea I've used HCX with success, there are likely scenarios in NSX-T that you could design to as well.