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Collecting Logs from NSX-T Edge nodes using CLI

  This article explains how to extract the logs from NSX-T Edge nodes from CLI. Let's view the steps involved: 1) Login to NSX-T  Edge node using CLI from admin credentials. 2) Use of  " get support-bundle " for Log extraction. get support-bundle command will extract the complete logs from NSX-T manager/Edge nodes. nsx-manager-1> get support-bundle file support-bundle.tgz 3) Last step is to us e of " copy file support-bundle.tgz url " command. copy file will forward your collected logs from the NSX-T manager to the destination(URL) host from where you can download the logs. copy file support.bundle.tgz url scp://root@192.168.11.15/tmp Here, the URL specified is the ESXi host ( 192.168.11.15) under /tmp partition where logs will be copied and from there one can extract it for further log review. Happy Learning.  :)

NSX-T BGP Neighbor validation

NSX-T BGP Neighbor validation  BGP is one of the most popular options for establishing routing adjacencies between NSX and existing networks. It can be configured on the Tier-0 Logical Router . This article demonstrates various ways from where you can validate the BGP Neighbor status from T0 to its associated ToR switches into the rack. Let's get started.. Methods from where one could validate BGP status are as below. Using NSX-T Manager UI From NSX-T Edge CLI First thing first, let's discuss using NSX-T Manager UI method. Login to NSX-T Manager UI Click on MANAGER mode Click on Network Select the desired T0 Gateway > Action > Generate BGP Summary This will show the BGP Connection status.  If Connection status is showing as "ESTABLISHED". This means that T0 router has successfully peering with ToR switch. The second method where you can validate the BGP Connection status is from NSX-T Edge nodes. Steps involved: Login to NSX-T Edge node using SSH Get into the lo