You must add an L2 VPN Client session after creating an L2 VPN Client service, and attach it to an existing segment.
The following steps use the L2 VPN Sessions tab on the NSX Manager UI to create an L2 VPN Client session. You also select an existing local endpoint and segment to attach to the L2 VPN Client session.
You can also add an L2 VPN Client session immediately after you have successfully configured the L2 VPN Client service. Click Yes when prompted to continue with the L2 VPN Client configuration and select on the Add L2 VPN Client panel. The first few steps in the following procedure assume you selected No to the prompt to continue with the L2 VPN Client configuration. If you selected Yes, proceed to step 3 in the following steps to guide you with the rest of the L2 VPN Client session configuration.
Prerequisites
- You must have configured an L2 VPN Client service before proceeding. See Add an L2 VPN Client Service.
- Obtain the IP addresses information for the local IP and remote IP to use with the L2 VPN Client session you are adding.
- Obtain the peer code that was generated during the L2 VPN server configuration. See Download the Remote Side L2 VPN Configuration File.
- Obtain the name of the existing segment you want to attach to the L2 VPN Client session you are creating. See Create an NSX Segment.
Procedure
Results
In the VPN Services tab, the sessions count is updated for the L2 VPN Client service that you configured.
If you have attached one or more segments to the session, you see the number of segments for each session in the L2 VPN Sessions tab. You can reconfigure or add segments by clicking the number in the Segments column. You do not need to edit the session. If the number is zero, it is not clickable and you must edit the session to add segments.