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

  1. Verify that the Edge bridge state is Up.
    1. 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.
    2. 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 Command-Line Interface Reference.
  2. Do the following tests to check the connectivity across the bridge.
    1. 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.

    2. 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.