NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create a Logical Switch (Deprecated)

Creates a new logical switch. The request must include the
transport_zone_id, display_name, and admin_state (UP or DOWN). The
replication_mode (MTEP or SOURCE) is required for overlay logical
switches, but not for VLAN-based logical switches. A vlan needs to be
provided for VLAN-based logical switches. This api is now deprecated.
Please use new api -/infra/segments/<segment-id>

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/logical-switches

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

LogicalSwitch+

LogicalSwitch (schema)

(Deprecated)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
address_bindings	Address bindings for the Logical switch	array of PacketAddressClassifier	Deprecated Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 100
admin_state	Represents Desired state of the Logical Switch	string	Required Enum: UP, DOWN
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
extra_configs	Extra configs on logical switch This property could be used for vendor specific configuration in key value string pairs, the setting in extra_configs will be automatically inheritted by logical ports in the logical switch.	array of ExtraConfig
global_vni	VNI allocated by the global manager The VNI is used for intersite traffic and the global logical switch ID. The global VNI pool is agnostic of the local VNI pool, and there is no need to have an exclusive VNI range. For example, VNI x can be the global VNI for logical switch B and the local VNI for logical switch A.	int
hybrid	Flag to identify a hybrid logical switch If this flag is set to true, then all the logical switch ports attached to this logical switch will behave in a hybrid fashion. The hybrid logical switch port indicates to NSX that the VM intends to operate in underlay mode, but retains the ability to forward egress traffic to the NSX overlay network. This flag can be enabled only for the logical switches in the overlay type transport zone which has host switch mode as STANDARD and also has either CrossCloud or CloudScope tag scopes. Only the NSX public cloud gateway (PCG) uses this flag, other host agents like ESX, KVM and Edge will ignore it. This property cannot be modified once the logical switch is created.	boolean	Default: "False"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
ip_pool_id	Allocation ip pool associated with the Logical switch IP pool id that associated with a LogicalSwitch.	string
mac_pool_id	Allocation mac pool associated with the Logical switch Mac pool id that associated with a LogicalSwitch.	string
node_local_switch	A flag to prevent BUM (broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast) traffic from reaching the other spanned edges.	boolean
origin_id	ID of the LS of type DVPG in the source vCenter ID populated by NSX when NSX on DVPG is used to indicate the source DVPG.	string	Readonly
origin_type	The type of source from which the DVPG is discovered	string	Readonly Enum: VCENTER
replication_mode	Replication mode of the Logical Switch	string	Enum: MTEP, SOURCE
resource_type	Must be set to the value LogicalSwitch	string
span	List of Local Manager IDs the logical switch extends Each manager ID represents the NSX Local Manager the logical switch connects. This will be populated by the manager.	array of string	Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 16
switch_type	Type of LogicalSwitch. This field indicates purpose of a LogicalSwitch. It is set by manager internally or user can provide this field. If not set, DEFAULT type is assigned. NSX components can use this field to create LogicalSwitch that provides component specific functionality. DEFAULT type LogicalSwitches are created for basic L2 connectivity by API users. SERVICE_PLANE type LogicalSwitches are system created service plane LogicalSwitches for Service Insertion service. User can not create SERVICE_PLANE type of LogicalSwitch. DHCP_RELAY type LogicalSwitches are created by external user like Policy with special permissions or by system and will be treated as internal LogicalSwitches. Such LogicalSwitch will not be exposed to vSphere user. GLOBAL type LogicalSwitches are created to span multiple NSX domains to connect multiple remote sites. INTER_ROUTER type LogicalSwitches are policy-created LogicalSwitches which provide inter-router connectivity. DVPG type LogicalSwitches are NSX-created based on DVPGs found in VC which are used as shadow objects in NSX on DVPG.	string	Enum: DEFAULT, SERVICE_PLANE, DHCP_RELAY, GLOBAL, INTER_ROUTER, EVPN, DVPG
switching_profile_ids		array of SwitchingProfileTypeIdEntry
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
transport_zone_id	Id of the TransportZone to which this LogicalSwitch is associated	string	Required
uplink_teaming_policy_name	The name of the switching uplink teaming policy for the logical switch This name has to be one of the switching uplink teaming policy names listed inside the logical switch's TransportZone. If this field is not specified, the logical switch will not have a teaming policy associated with it and the host switch's default teaming policy will be used.	string
vlan	VLAN Id of logical switch This property is dedicated to VLAN based network, to set VLAN of logical network. It is mutually exclusive with 'vlan_trunk_spec'.	VlanID
vlan_trunk_spec	VLAN trunk spec of logical switch This property is used for VLAN trunk specification of logical switch. It's mutually exclusive with 'vlan'. Also it could be set to do guest VLAN tagging in overlay network.	VlanTrunkSpec
vni	VNI for this LogicalSwitch. Only for OVERLAY network. A VNI will be auto-allocated from the default VNI pool if not given; otherwise the given VNI has to be inside the default pool and not used by any other LogicalSwitch.	int

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/logical-switches { "transport_zone_id":"cfaec4c7-45c2-439b-b7c6-2c3aeabd9976", "replication_mode": "MTEP", "admin_state":"UP", "display_name":"test-logical-switch", "hybrid": true }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

LogicalSwitch+

LogicalSwitch (schema)

(Deprecated)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
address_bindings	Address bindings for the Logical switch	array of PacketAddressClassifier	Deprecated Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 100
admin_state	Represents Desired state of the Logical Switch	string	Required Enum: UP, DOWN
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
extra_configs	Extra configs on logical switch This property could be used for vendor specific configuration in key value string pairs, the setting in extra_configs will be automatically inheritted by logical ports in the logical switch.	array of ExtraConfig
global_vni	VNI allocated by the global manager The VNI is used for intersite traffic and the global logical switch ID. The global VNI pool is agnostic of the local VNI pool, and there is no need to have an exclusive VNI range. For example, VNI x can be the global VNI for logical switch B and the local VNI for logical switch A.	int
hybrid	Flag to identify a hybrid logical switch If this flag is set to true, then all the logical switch ports attached to this logical switch will behave in a hybrid fashion. The hybrid logical switch port indicates to NSX that the VM intends to operate in underlay mode, but retains the ability to forward egress traffic to the NSX overlay network. This flag can be enabled only for the logical switches in the overlay type transport zone which has host switch mode as STANDARD and also has either CrossCloud or CloudScope tag scopes. Only the NSX public cloud gateway (PCG) uses this flag, other host agents like ESX, KVM and Edge will ignore it. This property cannot be modified once the logical switch is created.	boolean	Default: "False"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
ip_pool_id	Allocation ip pool associated with the Logical switch IP pool id that associated with a LogicalSwitch.	string
mac_pool_id	Allocation mac pool associated with the Logical switch Mac pool id that associated with a LogicalSwitch.	string
node_local_switch	A flag to prevent BUM (broadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast) traffic from reaching the other spanned edges.	boolean
origin_id	ID of the LS of type DVPG in the source vCenter ID populated by NSX when NSX on DVPG is used to indicate the source DVPG.	string	Readonly
origin_type	The type of source from which the DVPG is discovered	string	Readonly Enum: VCENTER
replication_mode	Replication mode of the Logical Switch	string	Enum: MTEP, SOURCE
resource_type	Must be set to the value LogicalSwitch	string
span	List of Local Manager IDs the logical switch extends Each manager ID represents the NSX Local Manager the logical switch connects. This will be populated by the manager.	array of string	Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 16
switch_type	Type of LogicalSwitch. This field indicates purpose of a LogicalSwitch. It is set by manager internally or user can provide this field. If not set, DEFAULT type is assigned. NSX components can use this field to create LogicalSwitch that provides component specific functionality. DEFAULT type LogicalSwitches are created for basic L2 connectivity by API users. SERVICE_PLANE type LogicalSwitches are system created service plane LogicalSwitches for Service Insertion service. User can not create SERVICE_PLANE type of LogicalSwitch. DHCP_RELAY type LogicalSwitches are created by external user like Policy with special permissions or by system and will be treated as internal LogicalSwitches. Such LogicalSwitch will not be exposed to vSphere user. GLOBAL type LogicalSwitches are created to span multiple NSX domains to connect multiple remote sites. INTER_ROUTER type LogicalSwitches are policy-created LogicalSwitches which provide inter-router connectivity. DVPG type LogicalSwitches are NSX-created based on DVPGs found in VC which are used as shadow objects in NSX on DVPG.	string	Enum: DEFAULT, SERVICE_PLANE, DHCP_RELAY, GLOBAL, INTER_ROUTER, EVPN, DVPG
switching_profile_ids		array of SwitchingProfileTypeIdEntry
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
transport_zone_id	Id of the TransportZone to which this LogicalSwitch is associated	string	Required
uplink_teaming_policy_name	The name of the switching uplink teaming policy for the logical switch This name has to be one of the switching uplink teaming policy names listed inside the logical switch's TransportZone. If this field is not specified, the logical switch will not have a teaming policy associated with it and the host switch's default teaming policy will be used.	string
vlan	VLAN Id of logical switch This property is dedicated to VLAN based network, to set VLAN of logical network. It is mutually exclusive with 'vlan_trunk_spec'.	VlanID
vlan_trunk_spec	VLAN trunk spec of logical switch This property is used for VLAN trunk specification of logical switch. It's mutually exclusive with 'vlan'. Also it could be set to do guest VLAN tagging in overlay network.	VlanTrunkSpec
vni	VNI for this LogicalSwitch. Only for OVERLAY network. A VNI will be auto-allocated from the default VNI pool if not given; otherwise the given VNI has to be inside the default pool and not used by any other LogicalSwitch.	int

Example Response:

{ "id": "92225022-a786-4c7d-91d1-1f9afa6deebe", "display_name": "test-logical-switch", "resource_type": "LogicalSwitch", "address_bindings": [], "transport_zone_id": "cfaec4c7-45c2-439b-b7c6-2c3aeabd9976", "replication_mode": "MTEP", "admin_state": "UP", "vni": 56200, "hybrid": true, "switching_profile_ids": [ { "value": "64814784-7896-3901-9741-badeff705639", "key": "IpDiscoverySwitchingProfile" }, { "value": "fad98876-d7ff-11e4-b9d6-1681e6b88ec1", "key": "SpoofGuardSwitchingProfile" }, { "value": "93b4b7e8-f116-415d-a50c-3364611b5d09", "key": "PortMirroringSwitchingProfile" }, { "value": "fbc4fb17-83d9-4b53-a286-ccdf04301888", "key": "SwitchSecuritySwitchingProfile" }, { "value": "f313290b-eba8-4262-bd93-fab5026e9495", "key": "QosSwitchingProfile" } ], "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_last_modified_time": 1435285527986, "_create_time": 1435285527986, "_create_user": "admin", "_revision": 0, "_schema": "/v1/schema/LogicalSwitch" }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

switching_switches

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable