Configure IP Discovery Switching Profile in Manager Mode

NSX has several default IP Discovery switching profiles. You can also create additional ones.

Prerequisites

Familiarize yourself with the IP Discovery switching profile concepts. See Understanding IP Discovery Switching Profile.
Verify that Manager mode is selected in the NSX Manager user interface. See NSX Manager. If you do not see the Policy and Manager mode buttons, see Configure the User Interface Settings.

Select IP Discovering and specify the IP Discovery switching profile details.

Option	Description
Name and Description	Enter a name and optionally a description.
ARP Snooping	For an IPv4 environment. Applicable if VMs have static IP addresses.
ARP Binding Limit	The maximum number of IPv4 IP addresses that can be bound to a port. The minimum value allowed is 1 (the default) and the maximum is 256.
ARP ND Binding Limit Timeout	The timeout value, in minutes, for IP addresses in the ARP/ND binding table if TOFU is disabled. If an address times out, a newly discovered address replaces it.
DHCP Snooping	For an IPv4 environment. Applicable if VMs have IPv4 addresses.
DHCP V6 Snooping	For an IPv6 environment. Applicable if VMs have IPv6 addresses.
VM Tools	Available for ESXi-hosted VMs only.
VM Tools for IPv6	Available for ESXi-hosted VMs only.
Neighbor Discovery Snooping	For an IPv6 environment. Applicable if VMs have static IP addresses.
Neighbor Discovery Binding Limit	The maximum number of IPv6 addresses that can be bound to a port.
Trust on First Use	Applicable to ARP and ND snooping.
Duplicate IP Detection	For all snooping methods and both IPv4 and IPv6 environments.

Attach this IP Discovery customized switching profile to a logical switch or logical port so that the modified parameters in the switching profile are applied to the network traffic. See Associate a Custom Profile with a Logical Switch in Manager Mode or Associate a Custom Profile with a Logical Port in Manager Mode.