The NSX-T Data Center Manager UI allows you to migrate all the kernel interfaces including the management interface from VSS to N-VDS switch.
In this example, consider a vSphere ESXi host with two physical adapters, vmnic0 and vmnic1. The default VSS switch on the host is configured with a single uplink mapped to vmnic0. The VMkernel interface, vmk0 is also configured on VSS to run the management traffic on the node. The aim is to migrate vmnic0 and vmk0 to the N-VDS switch.
As part of the host preparation, VLAN and overlay transport zones are created to run the management and VM traffic respectively. An N-VDS switch is also created and configured with an uplink mapped to vmnic1. After migration, NSX-T Data Center migrates both vmnic0 and vmk0 from the VSS switch to the N-VDS switch on the node.
Prerequisites
Verify that the physical network infrastructure provides the same LAN connectivity to vmnic1 and vmnic0.
Verify that the unused physical NIC, vmnic1, has Layer 2 connectivity with vmnic0.
Ensure that all VMkernel interfaces involved in this migration belong to the same network. If you migrate VMkernel interfaces to an uplink connected to a different network, the host might become unreachable or non-functional.
Procedure
Results
VMkernel interfaces and their corresponding physical adapters are migrated to N-VDS.
What to do next
You can revert VMkernel migration to a VSS or VDS switch.