In VMware Cloud Director, an NSX Data Center for vSphere edge gateway provides a routed organization VDC network with connectivity to external networks and can provide services such as load balancing, network address translation, and a firewall.
Starting with VMware Cloud Director 9.7, NSX Data Center for vSphere edge gateways are deployed on edge clusters that you previously created and assigned to the organization VDC.
You can add an IPv4 or IPv6 edge gateway that connects to one or more external networks.
Note: IPv6 edge gateways support limited services. IPv6 edge gateways support edge firewalls, distributed firewalls, and static routing.
Prerequisites
- For information about the system requirements for deploying an NSX Data Center for vSphere edge gateway, see the NSX Administration Guide.
- If you want to deploy the edge gateway on a dedicated edge cluster, create and assign an edge cluster to the organization virtual data center. See Working with NSX Data Center for vSphere Edge Clusters in VMware Cloud Director.