Check the status of the Edge bridge and perform basic connectivity tests to ensure that the bridge is ready to use.
Prerequisites
- A Layer 2 Edge bridge is created and configured, as explained earlier.
- Make sure that you have a VM attached to the bridged overlay segment to run the connectivity tests.
Procedure
- Verify that the Edge bridge state is Up.
- Log in to the Edge CLI as an admin user where the bridge is configured. You can connect to the CLI either using an SSH session or vSphere Web console.
- Display configuration and state of all L2 bridges on the Edge.
nsx-edge-1> get bridge
Verify that the Device State is Up.
For more information about this Edge CLI command, see the
NSX-T Data Center Command-Line Interface Reference.
- Do the following tests to check the connectivity across the bridge.
- Run ping commands to verify VM-to-VM connectivity across the bridge.
Remember that Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules are still running on the NSX-v workload VMs. Depending on the Security Policy, connectivity to VM on the overlay segment might be blocked. You might need to edit the DFW rules temporarily only to allow VM-to-VM connectivity across the bridge.
- Run ping commands to verify connectivity of the VM on the bridged overlay segment to the default gateway, which currently is the Distributed Logical Router in your NSX-v environment.