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VXLAN and BGP EVPN Configuration Guide for Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10 Release 10.5.2

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Assign interfaces to be managed by the controller

In a VTEP, explicitly assign interfaces for an OVSDB controller to manage.

Before you assign the interface, consider the following:

  • The interface must be in Switchport Trunk mode.
  • The interface must not be a member of any VLAN
  • The interface must not be a member of a port-channel

When the above conditions are not met when assigning the interfaces to be managed by the controller, the system returns error messages.

When the interface is assigned, you cannot:

  • remove the interface from Switchport Trunk mode
  • add the interface as a member of any VLAN
  • remove the interface from the controller configuration if the interface has active port-scoped VLAN (Port,VLAN) pairs configured by the controller

To assign an interface to be managed by the OVSDB controller:

  1. Configure an interface from CONFIGURATION mode.
    OS10(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
  2. Configure L2 trunking in INTERFACE mode.
    OS10(config-if-eth1/1/1)# switchport mode trunk
  3. Configure the access VLAN assigned to a L2 trunk port in the INTERFACE mode.
    OS10(config-if-eth1/1/1)# no switchport access vlan
  4. Assign the interface to the controller.
    OS10(config-if-eth1/1/1)# nve-controller

To view the controller information and the ports the controller manages, use the show nve controller command.

OS10# show nve controller

Management IP            : 10.16.140.29/16
Gateway IP               : 55.55.5.5
Max Backoff              : 1000
Configured Controller    : 10.16.140.172:6640 ssl (connected)

Controller Cluster
IP                 Port     Protocol      Connected   State         Max-Backoff
10.16.140.173      6640     ssl           true        ACTIVE        1000
10.16.140.171      6640     ssl           false       BACKOFF       1000
10.16.140.172      6640     ssl           true        ACTIVE        1000


NVE Controller Ports
ethernet1/1/1:1
ethernet1/1/15

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