To configure a hardware VTEP gateway for layer 2 bridging, the following prerequisites need to be met:

• NSX Manager must be deployed and configured
• NSX Controllers must be deployed
• VXLAN must be configured
• NSX logical switch must be created
• Hardware switch controller must be added into VMware NSX

Before the hardware port is attached to the relevant logical switch, VXLAN and OVSDB configuration must be completed on the hardware switch.