HP Matrix Operating Environment support of VMware VXLAN environments

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This document does not cover the complete procedure to deploy VMware VXLAN environment (the user can refer to the
VMware VXLAN Deployment Guide). This document does not describe the all the steps to deploy vShield Manager and
configure edge appliances to provide various services in VXLAN environment (the user can refer to vShield Installation
and Upgrade Guide).
Prerequisites and Considerations
Prerequisites
1. Ensure that all of the ESX clusters which are part of the VXLAN are in the same VMware vSphere datacenter.
Add all the clusters of the datacenter to VXLAN Networking.
2. All hosts in a cluster must be connected to a distributed switch to enable VXLAN networking.
3. Use vShield Manager to configure the VXLAN scope, networking, and port groups; create a single scope with all
the clusters defined to a datacenter. For details consult VMware VXLAN Deployment Guide.
4. When adding an ESX host to vCenter, HP recommends that you configure it using the FQDN and not the IP
address.
Considerations
1. Matrix OE displays all the networks which are present in the vCenter datacenter (including VXLANs from
different dvSwtiches which are part of different VXLAN scopes or not part of the VXLAN network scope as show
in the below screen-shot). This behavior is expected from Matrix since vCenter displays all the switches for the
VMs, which may or may not be part of the VXLAN networking.