NSX-T series Part 7 – Create edge segment, T0, T1
Kad Description A segment is a logical switch that VMs can connect to. A tier-1 gateway routes traffic between segments. A tier-0 gateway connects tier-1 gateways to a physical router so…
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NSX-T series Part 6 – Deploy Edges and create edge cluster.
Description Edge nodes do things like North/South routing, load balancing, DHCP, VPN, NAT among other things. Key information VLAN 300 is management network. VLAN 63 is my edge TEP network.…
NSX-T series Part 5 – Create Uplink profiles, transport zone, host node profile and assign to cluster.
1. Create transport zone for overlay and vlan 2. Create two uplink profiles for edge and hosts 3. Create Host Node profile and assign to ESXi cluster Key information one…
NSX-T series Part 4 – Configure vds
You can use existing vds or create a new one, MTU has to be 1600 or higher. It will be used for your overlay network. I will use two port…
NSX-T series Part 3 – Add additional NSX-T Managers and Add Virtual IP (VIP)
Login to NSX-T Manager > Click system > click appliances > click add nsx appliance. Enter FQDN of your second NSX-T manager – nsxtmgr02.vmware.local Select IPv4 Type in the IP…
NSX-T series Part 2 – NSX-T manager 4.1 – Add license key and Add a vCenter server
Add license Login to NSX-T Manager > Click system > Click licenses under settings > Click Add license > Enter key > Click Add Add vCenter Login to NSX-T Manager…
NSX-T series Part 1 – Deploying NSX-T manager 4.1
This NSX-T series will be in order. This blog is deploying nsx-t manager so you can start using it. Download NSX-T manager ova https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=NSX-4102&productId=1324&rPId=108391 Deploy nsx-t manager into vCenter Right…
Layer 2 (L2) Edge bridge with VMware cloud foundation (VCF)
Layer 2 (L2) edge bridge allows virtual machines to communicate via layer 2 and establishes a bridge between sites. This can be use for migrating virtual machines between sites for…
Create a VLAN-backed segment in NSX-T
A vlan backed segment is just using your existing physical network infrastructure on nsx-t. These vlan are just trunked on your network switch to your hosts and the transport zone…
Remove NSX-T Edges from a VCF 4.5 environment.
The following blog goes through the process of cleaning up your edges in your VCF environment this has been tested on VCF 4.5 The following items will be removed Download…