VMware NSX Cookbook

Ping

Follow these steps to perform a ping test on a logical switch:

1. Navigate to Networking & Security | Logical Switches.
2. In the center pane, double-click the applicable logical switch name. In this example, we will select Transit_Network_01 logical switch.

3. Navigate to Monitor tab | Hosts | and select Ping:

4. Browse and select the Source host and Destination host.
5. On the Size of test packet, you can select the VXLAN standard size, which is 1,550 bytes without fragmentation or the minimum size, which is 1,500 bytes.
6. Once you have selected your ESXi hosts and Size of test packet, click the Start Test button.

7. Once the test is completed, ...