Getting ready

To configure the DLR, the following prerequisites must be met:

  • The user must have an NSX enterprise administrator or NSX administrator role
  • The local segment ID and transport zone must be configured, as described in Chapter 2, Configuring VMware NSX Logical Switch Networks
  • The NSX controllers must be deployed and available
  • The ESXi cluster the DLR will be deployed to must be on the same transport zone as the logical switches that will connect to it
  • The target ESXi hosts must have sufficient capacity to run the DLR control virtual machine
  • The logical switches, as depicted in the preceding routing topology diagram, have been created
  • The VXLAN-backed Portgroup (logical switch) is available to be used for the DLR Control VM (

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