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VMware NSX Cookbook
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VMware NSX Cookbook

by Bayu Wibowo, Tony Sangha
March 2018
Beginner
584 pages
14h 51m
English
Packt Publishing
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Software-Based Gateway Layer 2 Bridging

Software-gateway layer 2 bridging bridges a VXLAN logical switch to a VLAN-backed dvPortGroup (vSphere Distributed Switch Port Group). An NSX DLR and DLR control VM is required for software-based layer 2 bridging to work, but the routing function of DLR is not mandatory. A bridging instance will be created and active on an ESXi host, that is hosting the active DLR control VM. The VLAN-backed dvPortGroup must reside on the same vDS as the VXLAN transport network; this means the VLAN needs to be spanned up to the ESXi host, hosting the DLR control VM.

In a large-scale multi-rack deployment, it may not be acceptable or possible to extend VLANs between racks, as shown in the following diagram:

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ISBN: 9781782174257