A tier-1 gateway is created in an NSX-T manager a tier-1 gateway has northbound connections to tier-0 gateways and southbound connections to segments.

Procedure

  1. From the NSX-T manager, navigate to Networking >Tier-1 Gateways.
  2. Click Add Tier-1 Gateway.
  3. Enter the Name and select a tier-0 gateway to connect to this tier-1 gateway.
  4. (Optional) Select an NSX Edge Cluster if you want this tier-1 gateway to host stateful services such as NAT, load balancer, or firewall.
  5. (Optional) Next to IP Address Management, click No Dynamic IP Allocation.
  6. (Optional) In the Type drop-down menu, select DHCP Server and select a DHCP profile to attach to this gateway.
    Note:

    Enabling DHCP on the tier-1 gateway is optional. SEs can also be configured to have static IPs configured for its interfaces by configuring IP address pool on the corresponding network object on the NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller.

  7. Click Save.
  8. Under Route Advertisement, enable the options All Static Routes, and All Connected Segments & Service Ports.

    The Tier-1 gateway is as shown below:

  9. Click Save.