This section explains the configuration process of network service.
Network service can be configured per VRF and Service Engine Group. IP routing can be enabled by configuring Network Service of routing_service service type.
You can configure the routing function per VRF basis. The existing functions of routing and its associated information such as enable_routing, floating_interface_ip, enable_vip_on_all_interfaces, and Mac masquerade under SE group are grouped under routing_service service type.
Network Service can be configured only using CLI. The Network Service will be in effect on Active SE only if an interface of the corresponding VRF is present on the Service Engine.
Configuring Network Service
The network service configuration is as follows:
configure networkservice NS-Default-Group-Global
se_group_ref Default-Group
cloud_ref [cloud name]
vrf_ref global
service_type routing_service
routing_service
enable_routing
floating_intf_ip 10.10.10.11
floating_intf_ip 10.10.40.11
advertise_backend_networks
enable_vip_on_all_interfaces
floating_intf_ip_se_2 10.10.20.11
floating_intf_ip_se_2 10.10.30.11
nat_policy_ref nat-policy
save
save
To disable any feature, use the no-form of the CLI as follows:
configure networkservice NS-Default-Group-Global
se_group_ref Default-Group
vrf_ref global
service_type routing_service
routing_service
no enable_routing
save
save
Routing Auto Gateway
The knob enable_auto_gateway helps in the routing service of network service configuration. This is used to enable the auto gateway functionality to the routing traffic. The knob is set to False by default.
On enabling the knob, flow-based routing is enabled for all the incoming traffic for all the interfaces in a VRF. The Service Engine caches the incoming route traffic mac and forwards the packet to the same next hop that it received the traffic from.
For more information on Routing GRO and TSO subject to environment capabilities, see TSO GRO RSS Features.
Supported Environments
The routing auto gateway functions are supported in the following environments:
Active/ Standby SE group in DPDK based environments
VMware Read/Write modes and Bare-metal clouds
Configure a network service corresponding to the SE group requires and set enable_auto_gateway to True for the corresponding network service catering to routing.
Configuring Routing Auto Gateway
Enabling auto gateway, routing, and NAT are currently supported only using CLI.
Log in to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller CLI and execute the following commands:
configure networkservice NS-Default-Group-Global
se_group_ref Default-Group
cloud_ref [cloud name]
vrf_ref [vrf name]
service_type routing_service
routing_service
enable_routing
nat_policy_ref nat-policy
enable_auto_gateway
save
save
The network service configuration is as shown:
[admin:abd-ctrl-wildcard]: > show networkservice NS-Default-Group-Global +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+ | uuid | networkservice-1bcd0e3a-4c3d-4e3e-8d1a-619120f9d68f | | name | NS-Default-Group-Global | | se_group_ref | Default-Group | | vrf_ref | global | | service_type | ROUTING_SERVICE | | routing_service | | | enable_routing | True | | enable_auto_gateway | True | | nat_policy_ref | nat-policy | | | | | tenant_ref | admin | | cloud_ref | Default-Cloud | +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
