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I. HoogendoornGetting Started with NSX-T: Logical Routing and Switching https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6708-0_5

5. Logical Switching

Iwan Hoogendoorn1  
(1)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 

This chapter covers logical switching use cases and how logical switching is performed using NSX-T Segments. It is possible that Layer 2 can be stretched using TEP, MAC, and ARP tables. This chapter also explains how the GENEVE encapsulation works and how the segments are configured on the data plane using the NSX-T GUI. This chapter ends by explaining the different Segment profiles that can be applied to a Segment or a Segment port to configure more granular settings related ...

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