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6 Click the Virtual Machines tab.
7
Click the Add (
) icon.
8 In the Connect VNics to this Network dialog box, type the name of the virtual machine in the Search field
and click .
All VNics for the virtual machine are displayed.
9 Select the VNics that you want to connect.
10 Click Next.
11 Review the VNics you selected.
12 Click Finish.
Test VXLAN Virtual Wire Connectivity
You can do a ping or broadcast test on a VXLAN virtual wire to check its connectivity and physical
infrastructure plumbing for VXLAN.
Perform Ping Test
You can ping a destination host from a source host before sending a unicast packet.
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 test.
6 Click the Hosts tab.
7 Select a host.
8
Click the More Actions ( ) icon and select Test Connectivity.
The Test Connectivity Between Hosts in the Network dialog box opens. The host you selected in step 7
appears in the Source host field. Select Browse to select a different source host.
9 Select the size of the test packet.
VXLAN standard size is 1550 bytes (should match the physical infrastructure MTU) without
fragmentation. This allows vShield to check connectivity and verify that the infrastructure is prepared for
VXLAN traffic.
Minimum packet size allows fragmentation. Hence, vShield can check only connectivity but not whether
the infrastructure is ready for the larger frame size.
10 In the Destination panel, click Browse Hosts.
11 In the Select Host dialog box, select the destination host.
12 Click Select.
13 Click Start Test.
The host-to-host ping test results are displayed.
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