Context Maps of NSX-v Network Nodes

Node

Context Maps

NSX Controller

Three context maps are supported for this node:

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the connection between the controller and its gateway device.

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the connection between the controller and its connected vSwitches.

NSX Manager

Three context maps are supported for this node:

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the connection between the manager and its gateway device.

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the connection between the manager and its connected vSwitches.

▪Logical Topology — displays the logical connection between the manager and its managed NSX components (including Logical Switch, Distributed and NSX Edge).

NSX Edge

Two context maps are supported for the NSX Edge node:

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L2 neighbors of all HA nodes corresponding to the currently selected NSX Edge.  

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L3 neighbors of all HA nodes corresponding to the currently selected NSX Edge.

Two context maps are supported for the NSX Edge HA node:

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L2 neighbors of the selected HA node.

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L3 neighbors of the selected HA node.

Distributed Logic Router (DLR)

Two context maps are supported for the DLR node:

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L2 neighbors of all HA nodes corresponding to the currently selected DLR node.  

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L3 neighbors of all HA nodes corresponding to the currently selected DLR node.

Two context maps are supported for the DLR HA node:

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L2 neighbors of the selected DLR HA node.

▪Layer 3 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L3 neighbors of the selected DLR HA node.

Logic Switch

Two context maps are supported for the Transport Zone node:

▪Transport Zone to Cluster Host — displays the parent relationship between a transport zone and its clusters.

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 connection between a transport zone and its managed VM, Logical Switch and DLR.

Two context maps are supported for the Logical Switch node:

▪Layer 2 Neighbors — displays all directly connected L2 neighbors of the selected logic switch.

▪Logic Switch to Host — displays the connection from a logic switch to its connected VDS (virtual distributed switches) to the hosts that the VDS connects to.

Two context maps are supported for the VM node:

▪VM to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 connection from a VM to DLR/NSX Edge or from a VM to its connected vSwitch and physical switches.

▪VM to Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the Layer 3 topology of a VM to its gateway devices.