Join the NSX-T Edge nodes to the NSX-T management cluster.

Setting Sample Value for sfo01wesg01 Sample Value for sfo01wesg02
Port Groups ls-Cluster ID-management ls-Cluster ID-management
Primary IP Address 172.16.41.21 172.16.41.22

Procedure

  1. Log in to the first NSX-T Manager node using Secure Shell (SSH) client.
    Setting Value
    FQDN NSX-T Manager IP address or FQDN
    User name admin
    Password nsx_admin_password
  2. Run the following command to retrieve the thumbprint ID for the NSX-T Manager cluster.
    get certificate cluster thumbprint
  3. Copy the output. You will use this output in step 5.
  4. Log in to the first NSX-T Edge (sfo01wesg01) node using Secure Shell (SSH) client.
    Setting Value
    FQDN sfo01wesg01.??
    User name admin
    Password edge_admin_password
  5. Join the NSX-T Edge node to the management plane by running the following command. 
    join management-plane sfo01wnsx01.sfo01.rainpole.local thumbprint thumbprintid username admin

    where thumbprintid is the output you copied in step 3.

  6. Enter the password for the admin account.
  7. Repeat steps 3 - 5 on the second Edge node (sfo01wesg02).