When an Edge is placed in NSX MM, traffic failover (SR failover) happens with switching of Backplane IP.
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NSX Data Center
Lab validation :
Edge 01 :
Interface : 440f1f52-9e37-43ac-83dc-d6de52c3ddae
Ifuid : 292
Name : bp-sr0-port
Fwd-mode : IPV4_ONLY
Internal name : backplane-292
Mode : lif
Port-type : backplane
IP/Mask : 169.254.0.2/25;fe80::50:56ff:fe56:5300/64(NA)
MAC : 02:50:56:56:53:00
VNI : 74753
Access-VLAN : untagged
LS port : 804bca63-a4ca-4a7e-bd02-fe21e4b5b434
Urpf-mode : NONE
DAD-mode : LOOSE
RA-mode : RA_INVALID
Admin : up
Op_state : up
Enable-mcast : True
MTU : 1500
arp_proxy :
Edge 02 :
Interface : b596aab8-185e-4d42-adb2-61aa297ddc4a
Ifuid : 275
Name : bp-sr1-port
Fwd-mode : IPV4_ONLY
Internal name : backplane-275
Mode : lif
Port-type : backplane
IP/Mask : 169.254.0.3/25;fe80::50:56ff:fe56:5301/64(NA)
MAC : 02:50:56:56:53:01
VNI : 74753
Access-VLAN : untagged
LS port : 36ea801f-2325-4b55-a7e4-08f8b053ef6a
Urpf-mode : NONE
DAD-mode : LOOSE
RA-mode : RA_INVALID
Admin : up
Op_state : up
Enable-mcast : True
MTU : 1500
arp_proxy :
The tenant ESXi host has both the Edges in its neighbor table pointing to its respective SR backplane interface mac-address.
esxi> get logical-router 7a714355-4354-4c28-8b29-e906f1c211bc neighbor
Thu Aug 01 2024 UTC 11:43:12.474
Logical Routers Neighbors
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Flags Legend: [S: Static], [V: Valid], [P: Proxy], [I: Interface]
[N: Nascent], [L: Local], [D: Deleted], [K: linKlif], [A: AutoRefresh]
Network Mac Flags State Uptime SrcPort Refcnt Lif UUID
========================================================================================================================================
169.254.0.3 02:50:56:56:53:01 V 453 147 2214592526 2 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86
169.254.0.2 02:50:56:56:53:00 V 536 2417 2214592526 2 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86
Tier-0 gateway in active-active mode showing two default routes in the forwarding table with gateway pointing to both edges.
esxi> get logical-router 7a714355-4354-4c28-8b29-e906f1c211bc forwarding
Thu Aug 01 2024 UTC 11:43:41.136
Logical Routers Forwarding Table
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Flags Legend: [U: Up], [G: Gateway], [C: Connected], [I: Interface]
[H: Host], [R: Reject], [B: Blackhole], [F: Soft Flush], [E: ECMP]
Network Gateway Type Interface UUID
==============================================================================================================
0.0.0.0/0 169.254.0.2 UGE 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86
0.0.0.0/0 169.254.0.3 UGE 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86
Edge 01 is now placed in NSX MM :
Edge 02 takes over Backplane Interface IP from Edge 01. The new IP-MAC association (169.254.0.2/25 & 02:50:56:56:53:01) will be broadcasted to the tenant ESXi host using GARP.
Edge 02 :
Interface : b596aab8-185e-4d42-adb2-61aa297ddc4a
Ifuid : 275
Name : bp-sr1-port
Fwd-mode : IPV4_ONLY
Internal name : backplane-275
Mode : lif
Port-type : backplane
IP/Mask : 169.254.0.2/25;169.254.0.3/25;fe80::50:56ff:fe56:5300/64(NA);fe80::50:56ff:fe56:5301/64(NA)
MAC : 02:50:56:56:53:01
VNI : 74753
Access-VLAN : untagged
LS port : 36ea801f-2325-4b55-a7e4-08f8b053ef6a
Urpf-mode : NONE
DAD-mode : LOOSE
RA-mode : RA_INVALID
Admin : up
Op_state : up
Enable-mcast : True
MTU : 1500
arp_proxy :
The tenant ESXi host updated its neighbor table using GARP broadcast.
esxi> get logical-router 7a714355-4354-4c28-8b29-e906f1c211bc neighbor
Thu Aug 01 2024 UTC 11:48:20.224
Logical Routers Neighbors
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Flags Legend: [S: Static], [V: Valid], [P: Proxy], [I: Interface]
[N: Nascent], [L: Local], [D: Deleted], [K: linKlif], [A: AutoRefresh]
Network Mac Flags State Uptime SrcPort Refcnt Lif UUID
========================================================================================================================================
169.254.0.3 02:50:56:56:53:01 V 507 455 2214592526 2 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86
169.254.0.2 02:50:56:56:53:01 V 590 2725 2214592526 2 4b25efaa-3520-4437-b8d8-7f3762085b86