An NSX Edge cluster with 2-tier routing provides north-south routing and network services in the management domain and VI workload domains. Add multiple NSX Edge clusters to a workload domain for scalability and resiliency.
An NSX Edge cluster is a logical grouping of NSX Edge nodes run on a vSphere cluster. NSX supports a 2-tier routing model.
| Component |
Connectivity |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tier-0 logical router | Northbound | The tier-0 logical router connects to one or more physical routers or layer 3 switches and serves as a gateway to the physical infrastructure. |
| Southbound | The tier-0 logical router connects to one or more tier-1 logical routers or directly to one or more logical switches. | |
| Tier-1 logical router | Northbound | The tier-1 logical router connects to a tier-0 logical router. |
| Southbound | The tier-1 logical router connects to one or more logical switches. |
By default, workload domains do not include any NSX Edge clusters and workloads are isolated, unless VLAN-backed networks are configured in vCenter Server. Add one or more NSX Edge clusters to a workload domain to provide software-defined routing and network services.
Note: You must create an NSX Edge cluster on the default management vSphere cluster in order to deploy
VMware Aria Suite products.
You can add multiple NSX Edge clusters to the management or the VI workload domains for scalability and resiliency. For
VMware Cloud Foundation configuration maximums refer to the
VMware Configuration Maximums website.
Note: Unless explicitly stated in this matrix,
VMware Cloud Foundation supports the configuration maximums of the underlying products. Refer to the individual product configuration maximums as appropriate.
The north-south routing and network services provided by an NSX Edge cluster created for a workload domain are shared with all other workload domains that use the same NSX Manager cluster.
