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Click the More Actions ( ) icon and select Connect to Edge.
7 Select the vShield Edge to which you want to connect the VXLAN virtual wire.
8 Click Select.
9 In the Redirect to Selected Edge dialog box, click Continue.
10 In the Edit Edge Interface dialog box, type a name for the vShield Edge interface.
11 Select Internal or Uplink to indicate whether this is an internal or uplink interface.
A VXLAN virtual wire is typically connected to an internal interface.
12 The VXLAN virtual wire name is displayed in the Connected To area.
13 Select the connectivity status for the interface.
14 If the vShield Edge to which you are connecting the VXLAN virtual wire to has Manual HA Configuration
selected, specify two management IP addresses in CIDR format.
15 Edit the default MTU if required.
16 Click OK.
Deploy Services on a VXLAN Virtual Wire
You can deploy third party services on a VXLAN virtual wire.
Prerequisites
For information on adding services to vShield Manager, see “Inserting a Network Services,” on page 145.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Networks tab.
5 In the Name column, click the virtual wire that you want to deploy services on.
6 In the Available Services panel, click Enable Services.
7 In the Apply Service Profile to this Network dialog box, select the service and service profile that you want
to apply.
8 Click Apply.
Connect Virtual Machines to a VXLAN Virtual Wire
You can connect virtual machines to a VXLAN virtual wire. This makes it easy to identify the port groups that
belong to a virtual wire in your vCenter inventory.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Inventory > Hosts & Clusters.
2 Select a datacenter resource from the inventory panel.
3 Click the Network Virtualization tab.
4 Click the Networks tab.
5 In the Name column, click the VXLAN virtual wire that you want to edit.
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