To use the networking resources of an NSX Manager instance, you register it with VMware Cloud Director.

Prerequisites

Familiarize yourself with the NSX Administration Guide.

Procedure

  1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Resources, and from the page top navigation bar, select Infrastructure Resources.
  2. In the left pane, click NSX-T Managers and click Add.
  3. If you have a multisite VMware Cloud Director deployment, from the Site drop-down menu, select the site to which you want to add this NSX Manager instance.
  4. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the NSX Manager instance in VMware Cloud Director.
  5. Enter the URL of the NSX Manager instance.
    For example, https://FQDN_or_IP_address.
  6. Enter the network provider scope.
    For global NSX Manager instances which are used in NSX federation, the scope is automatically set to Global.
    The network provider scope corresponds to the network fault domain in the network topologies that are used in VDC group networking. It represents the underlying vCenter instance with the associated NSX Manager instance. For information on data center group networking, see the VMware Cloud Director Sub-Provider and Tenant Guide.
  7. If you want to use the NSX Manager instance as a global manager for NSX federation, toggle on the Global Manager option.
  8. Enter the user name and password of the NSX Manager administrator account.
  9. Click Save.

What to do next

For information about a creating provider virtual data center backed by NSX, see VMware Cloud Director API Programming Guide for Service Providers.