API Guide

● NSX controller-provisioned VXLAN is not supported if an OS10 switch operates in OpenFlow-only mode.
● Only one mode of VxLAN provisioning is supported at a time: NSX controller-based, static VXLAN, or BGP EVPN.
● An OS10 switch does not send VXLAN access port statistics to the NSX controller.
● Controller-provisioned VXLAN is not supported on VTEPs configured as peers in a VLT domain. Only VTEPs in standalone
mode are supported.
Specify the controller reachability information
In OS10 VTEP, the controller configuration command initializes a connection to an OVSDB-based controller.
OS10 supports only one controller connection at a time.
NOTE: Currently, the only supported OVSDB-based controller is NSX.
To configure an OVSDB controller on the OS10 VTEP:
1. Enable VXLAN in CONFIGURATION mode.
OS10(config)# nve
2. Changes the mode to CONFIGURATION-NVE-OVSDB from where you can configure the controller parameters.
OS10(config-nve)# controller ovsdb
3. Specify the IP address, OVSDB controller port, and SSL as a secure connection protocol between the OS10 VTEP and the
controller in CONFIGURATION-NVE-OVSDB mode.
OS10(config-nve-ovsdb)# ip ip-address port port-number ssl
The range of port-numberis from 0 to 65535. Configure the port-number as 6640 and the connection type as SSL.
4. (Optional) Specify a time interval, in milliseconds (ms). This is the duration the switch waits between the connection
attempts to the controller.
OS10(config-nve-ovsdb)# max-backoff interval
The range is from 1000 to 180,000 ms. The default is 8000 ms.
OS10# configure terminal
OS10(config)# nve
OS10(config-nve)# controller ovsdb
OS10(config-nve-ovsdb)# ip 10.11.66.110 port 6640 ssl
Assign interfaces to be managed by the controller
In a VTEP, explicitly assign interfaces for an OVSDB controller to manage.
Before you assign the interface, consider the following:
● The interface must be in Switchport Trunk mode.
● The interface must not be a member of any VLAN
● The interface must not be a member of a port-channel
When the above conditions are not met when assigning the interfaces to be managed by the controller, the system returns error
messages.
When the interface is assigned, you cannot:
● remove the interface from Switchport Trunk mode
● add the interface as a member of any VLAN
● remove the interface from the controller configuration if the interface has active port-scoped VLAN (Port,VLAN) pairs
configured by the controller
To assign an interface to be managed by the OVSDB controller:
1. Configure an interface from CONFIGURATION mode.
OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
2. Configure L2 trunking in INTERFACE mode.
OS10(config-if-eth1/1/1)# switchport mode trunk
3. Configure the access VLAN assigned to a L2 trunk port in the INTERFACE mode.
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