How to do it...

The following steps will show you how to bridge an existing NSX logical switch to a hardware VTEP gateway:

  1. Navigate to Networking & Security | Logical Switches.
  2. In the center pane, select a logical switch name that you want to bridge to hardware VTEP gateway port. You can either:
    • Click the Actions button in the center pane and select Manage Hardware Bindings.
    • Right-click the logical switch name and select Manage Hardware Bindings:
  1. A new Manage Hardware Bindings dialog box will appear.
  1. Select your desired Switch, Port, and VLAN ID on the physical switch. In this example, we are extending the DB-Tier logical switch to ...

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