This design pattern lists the design choices and resulting requirements and recommendations to deploy an NSX Edge cluster on a dedicated vSphere cluster with a specific configuration to achieve maximum performance with consistent bandwidth allocated to edge traffic. This design can also be combined with multi-rack edge availability to provide rack resiliency and a high level of availability for the edge cluster with edge VMs in both racks in the VMware Cloud Foundation instance.
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Design Choices for Edge Cluster Design Pattern One
This design requires the following VMware Cloud Foundation deployment choices:
Design Aspect |
Choice Made |
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Standard |
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VI workload domain |
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Multiple Instances - Single Availability Zone per Instance Single Instance - Single Availability Zone (Only supported topology if combining with Multi-Rack Edge Availability) |
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Workload domain cluster per Rack |
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Leaf-spine |
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vSAN |
Design Elements for NSX Edge Cluster Design Pattern One
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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External Services Design Requirements |
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Requirements |
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Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations |
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Leaf-Spine Physical Network Design Recommendations for Dedicated Edge Scale and Performance |
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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vSAN Design Requirements |
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vSAN Design Recommendations |
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ESXi Server Design Requirements |
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ESXi Server Design Recommendations |
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vSphere Cluster Design Requirements |
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vSphere Cluster Design Recommendations |
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vSphere Networking Design Requirements for Dedicated Edge Scale and Performance |
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vSphere Networking Design Recommendations |
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NSX Edge Design Requirements |
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NSX Edge Design Recommendations |
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BGP Routing Design Requirements |
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BGP Routing Design Recommendations |
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Overlay Design Requirements |
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Overlay Design Recommendations |
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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Life Cycle Management Design Requirements |
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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Account and Password Management Design Recommendations |
Design Area |
Applicable Design Elements |
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Certificate Management Design Recommendations |