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Getting ready

CDO mode is disabled by default in NSX. To enable CDO mode, the following prerequisites need to be satisfied:

NSX is running on Version 6.3.0 or later
The vSphere cluster has been prepared for NSX with VXLAN configured
The NSX transport zone has been created
The vSphere cluster has been added into the NSX transport zone

For the universal transport zone, CDO mode can only be enabled from the Primary NSX Manager.

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