Unable to configure Route Redistribution (option greyed out) on an Edge managed by secondary NSX Manager in a cross-site vCenter

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• Route Redistribution configuration page on an Edge managed by a secondary NSX Manager in a cross site environment is greyed out/disabled.
• You are able to configure the Route Redistribution feature via API call on the secondary site

Environment

NSX for vSphere 6.4.4 and 6.4.5

Cause

The current behavior is a bug which has been fixed in the next release

Resolution

This issue is resolved in NSX for vSphere 6.4.6

Workaround

• Use REST API call to configure route redistribution
• Use the GET API call to retrieve the current configuration
  GET https://<NSX-manager-IP>/api/4.0/edges/<edge-id>/routing/config/bgp
• Modify the BGP route redistribution fields as required
            <bgp>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
                <localAS>65004</localAS>
                <localASNumber>65004</localASNumber>
                <bgpNeighbours>
                    <bgpNeighbour>
                    </bgpNeighbour>
                </bgpNeighbours>
                <redistribution>
                    <enabled>true</enabled>
                    <rules>
                        <rule>
                            <id>0</id>
                            <from>
                                <ospf>true</ospf>
                                <bgp>false</bgp>
                                <static>true</static>
                                <connected>true</connected>
                            </from>
                            <action>permit</action>
                        </rule>
                    </rules>
                </redistribution>
                <gracefulRestart>false</gracefulRestart>
                <defaultOriginate>true</defaultOriginate>
            </bgp>
• Use a PUT API call to push the configuration
  PUT https://<NSX-manager-IP>/api/4.0/edges/<edge-id>/routing/config/bgp
• An entry will be added for route redistribution in the route redistribution table. On the UI, the status will still be greyed out.
• Confirm the redistributed routes from the edge routing table