For an NSX-T VI workload domain, the NSX-T edges are required to enable overlay for the VI and the public networks for north-south traffic. Use the following procedure to deploy for the VMware Cloud Foundation version in your environment.
Prerequisites
Procedure
- Create the following resource pools for the shared edge and the compute cluster.
- NSX-T Edge devices that control the network traffic in and out of the workload domain
Note: In this section, we have used
sfo01-w02rp-sddc-edgeas an example. - NSX-T Edge devices that provide networking services to the tenant workloads in the workload domain
Note: In this section, we have used
sfo01-w02rp-user-edgeas an example. - Tenant workloads in the workload domain
Note: In this section, we have used
sfo01-w02rp-user-vmas an example.
- Right-click the specific shared cluster and select New Resource Pool.
- In the New Resource Pool dialog box, enter the values for the particular edge resource pool and click OK. For the following table,
sfo01-w02rp-sddc-edge,sfo01-w02rp-user-edge, andsfo01-w02rp-user-vmare used as examples.Setting Resource Pool 1 Resource Pool 2 Resource Pool 3 Name sfo01-w02rp-sddc-edge sfo01-w02rp-user-edge sfo01-w02rp-user-vm CPU-Shares High Normal Normal CPU-Reservation N/A N/A N/A CPU-Reservation Type Expandable Selected Expandable Selected Expandable Selected CPU-Limit Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Memory-Shares Normal Normal Normal Memory-Reservation 32 GB 0 0 Memory Reservation Type Expandable Selected Expandable Selected Expandable Selected Memory-Limit Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited - Repeat the step to add the remaining resource pools.
- NSX-T Edge devices that control the network traffic in and out of the workload domain
- Create Transport Zones for Uplink Traffic. Follow the VMware Validated Designs guidance to create two uplink transport zones with names that match your environment with same settings as shown in the following link.
sfo01-w-uplink01andsfo01-w-uplink02are examples of the uplink transport zones. - Create Uplink Profiles. Use the following link to create two additional edge uplink profiles and an edge overlay profile. The uplink profile names and VLANs should match that of the environment. There is no need to create the ESXi uplink profile as this has already been created by the VMware Cloud Foundation automation with the name starting with host-uplink.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/5.0.1/com.vmware.vvd.sddc-nsxt-domain-deploy.doc/GUID-75DDCAAA-85B8-40AB-A923-2A1C9A74FDAD.htmlNote: From the section in the above mentioned link
- Omit Step 5 in the following link as the two teaming policies have already been created by the VMware Cloud Foundaion automation.
- For step 6, use
uplink-1anduplink-2to match the teaming policy names in the host-uplink profile. - Skip step 7 as NIOC profile has already been created by VMware Cloud Foundation.
- Create NSX-T Segments for Edge Traffic. Follow the VMware Validated Designs documentation to create the logical segments for the edge uplink traffic. In the example, these are
sfo01-w-nvds01-uplink0,sfo01-w-nvds01-uplink0,sfo01-w-uplink01,sfo01-w-uplink01, andsfo01-w-overlay. The uplink VLANs should match that of the environment.Note: Thesfo01-esxi-vlantransport zone corresponds to thevlan-tzdeployed by VMware Cloud Foundation. - Create an NSX-T Edge cluster profile with a name that matches the environment using the settings as per the VMware Validated Designs documentation as shown in the following link:
- Deploy the NSX-T Edge Appliances. Ensure that you use the VxRail vDS Management Network Port group for the first network adapter (Source Network 0) and the net-overlay segment for the second adapter (Source Network 1). For the network adapters 2 and 3, use the trunked uplink segments created in step 3. For more information, see:
- Join the NSX-T Edge Nodes to the Management Plane. Follow VVD guidance from the following link:
- Create an Anti-Affinity Rule for the NSX-T Edge Nodes in the Shared Edge and Compute Cluster. Follow VVD guidance from the following link:
- Add the NSX-T Edge Nodes to the Transport Zones. Follow the VMware Validated Designs procedure below. Use theeEdge switch names from the drop down menu to populate the name fields. The overlay edge switch name starts with the
nvdsstring. - Create an NSX-T edge cluster. Follow the VMware Validated Designs guidance from the following link:
- Create and configure the Tier-0 Gateway. Follow the VMware Validated Designs guidance from the following link:
- Create and configure Tier-1 Gateway. Follow the VMware Validated Designs guidance from the following link:
- Verify BGP Peering and Route Redistribution. Follow the VMware Validated Designs guidance from the following link:
