NSX Routing: Verifying DLR Routes

Summary: As many NSX cases come in with an issue description simply stating "routing issues," this article is intended to assist to more accurately define what kind of routing issue is being experienced. ...

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Instructions



Procedure:
After establishing that a DLR is present and healthy and it has all the LIFs, the next thing to check is the routing table.

  1. From the NSX Manager shell, run the following command to get the cluster ID:
show cluster all
  1. Run the following command to get the host ID:
show cluster cluster-id
  1. Run the following command to get the dlrID (Vdr Name):
show logical-router host hostID dlr all brief 
  1. Run the following command to get the status information for all interfaces:
show logical-router host hostID dlr dlrID route 

Example: 
 nsxmgr# show logical-router host hostID dlr dlrID route

VDR default+edge-1:1460487509 Route Table
Legend: [U: Up], [G: Gateway], [C: Connected], [I: Interface]
Legend: [H: Host], [F: Soft Flush] [!: Reject] [E: ECMP]

Destination      GenMask          Gateway          Flags    Ref Origin   UpTime     Interface
-----------      -------          -------          -----    --- ------   ------     ---------
0.0.0.0          0.0.0.0          192.168.10.1     UG       1   AUTO     10068944   570d455500000002
172.16.10.0      255.255.255.0    0.0.0.0          UCI      1   MANUAL   10068944   570d45550000000a
172.16.20.0      255.255.255.0    0.0.0.0          UCI      1   MANUAL   10068944   570d45550000000b
172.16.30.0      255.255.255.0    0.0.0.0          UCI      1   MANUAL   10068944   570d45550000000c
192.168.10.0     255.255.255.248  0.0.0.0          UCI      1   MANUAL   10068944   570d455500000002

Affected Products

VxBlock and Vblock Systems, ScaleIO
Article Properties
Article Number: 000206931
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2025
Version:  2
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