Road to VCAP6-NV: Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Logical Switches

In this blog post I will cover section 2 objective 2.1 of the VCAP6-NV Deploy exam.

Objective 2.1 – Create and Manage Logical Switches

Create/Delete Logical Switches
Assign and configure IP addresses
Connect a Logical Switch to an NSX Edge
Deploy services on a Logical Switch
Connect/Disconnect virtual machines to/from a Logical Switch
Test Logical Switch connectivity

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August 5, 2016

Deploying NSX Logical Switches

Continuing from where we left off with deploying NSX controllers and preparing our hosts for NSX, now its time to deploy a logical switch and add virtual machines to it. A logical switch can be looked at as a logical broadcast domain to which virtual machines can be connected to. The segment IDs that are associated with them can be looked at as VLAN tags for logical switches. Each logical switch will have its own segment ID or VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) assigned to it from the segment ID pool that was created under the Host Preparation tab.

To deploy a logical switch, navigate to Networking & Security > Logical Switches and click the green + symbol.