Before you configure the NSX Edge bare metal, make sure that your environment meets the supported requirements.

NSX Edge Bare Metal Memory, CPU, and Disk Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Memory CPU Cores Disk Space
32 GB 8 200 GB

Recommended Requirements

Memory CPU Cores Disk Space
256 GB 24 200 GB

NSX Edge Bare Metal DPDK CPU Requirements

For the DPDK support, the underlaying platform needs to meet the following requirements:

  • CPU must have AES-NI capability.
  • CPU must have 1 GB Huge Page support.
  • NSX Edge Bare Metal supports up to 64 cores for the entire system. This means that a server with a single socket, the CPU can have up to 64 cores. On a server with 2 sockets, each socket cannot have more than 32 cores.
Hardware Type
CPU
  • Intel Xeon E7-xxxx (Westmere-EX and later CPU generation)
  • Intel Xeon 56xx (Westmere-EP)
  • Intel Xeon E5-xxxx (Sandy Bridge and later CPU generation)
  • Intel Xeon Platinum (all generations)
  • Intel Xeon Gold (all generations)
  • Intel Xeon Silver (all generations)
  • Intel Xeon Bronze (all generations)
  • AMD EPYC 7xx1 Series (Naples)
  • AMD EPYC 3000 Embedded Family and newer
  • AMD EPYC 7xx2 Series (Rome)

NSX Edge Bare Metal Hardware Requirements

Verify that the bare metal NSX Edge hardware is listed in this URL https://certification.ubuntu.com/server/models/?release=18.04%20LTS&category=Server. If the hardware is not listed, the storage, video adapter, or motherboard components might not work on the NSX Edge appliance.

NSX Edge Bare Metal NIC Requirements

NIC Type Description Vendor ID PCI Device ID Firmware Version
Mellanox ConnectX-4 EN PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_CONNECTX4 15b3 0x1013 12.21.1000 and above
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx EN PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_CONNECTX4LX 15b3 0x1015 14.21.1000 and above
Mellanox ConnectX-5 PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_CONNECTX5 15b3 0x1017 16.21.1000 and above
Mellanox ConnectX-5 EX PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_CONNECTX5EX 15b3 0x1019 16.21.1000 and above
Intel X520/Intel 82599

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_KX4

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_KX4_MEZZ

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_KR

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_COMBO_BACKPLANE

IXGBE_SUBDEV_ID_82599_KX4_KR_MEZZ

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_CX4

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_SFP

IXGBE_SUBDEV_ID_82599_SFP

IXGBE_SUBDEV_ID_82599_RNDC

IXGBE_SUBDEV_ID_82599_560FLR

IXGBE_SUBDEV_ID_82599_ECNA_DP

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_SFP_EM

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_SFP_SF2

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_SFP_SF_QP

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_QSFP_SF_QP

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599EN_SFP

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_XAUI_LOM

IXGBE_DEV_ID_82599_T3_LOM

 8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

0x10F7

0x1514

0x1517

0x10F8

0x000C

0x10F9

0x10FB

0x11A9

0x1F72

0x17D0

0x0470

0x1507

0x154D

0x154A

0x1558

0x1557

0x10FC

0x151C

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
Intel X540

IXGBE_DEV_ID_X540T

IXGBE_DEV_ID_X540T1

8086

8086

0x1528

0x1560

n/a

n/a
Intel X550

IXGBE_DEV_ID_X550T

IXGBE_DEV_ID_X550T1

8086

8086

0x1563

0x15D1

n/a

n/a
Intel X710

I40E_DEV_ID_SFP_X710

I40E_DEV_ID_KX_C

I40E_DEV_ID_10G_BASE_T

8086

8086

8086

0x1572

0x1581

0x1586

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions
I40E_DEV_ID_10G_BASE_T4 8086 0x1589 6.80 and later versions (8.x versions are not supported)
Intel XL710

I40E_DEV_ID_KX_B

I40E_DEV_ID_QSFP_A

I40E_DEV_ID_QSFP_B

I40E_DEV_ID_QSFP_C

I40E_DEV_ID_20G_KR2

I40E_DEV_ID_20G_KR2_A

 8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

8086

0x1580

0x1583

0x1584

0x1585

0x1587

0x1588

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions

6.80 and later versions
Intel XXV710 I40E_DEV_ID_25G_B 8086 0x158A 6.80 and later versions (8.x versions are not supported)
I40E_DEV_ID_25G_SFP28 8086 0x158B 6.80 and later versions (8.x versions are not supported)
Cisco VIC 1300 series Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1300 1137 0x0043

n/a
Note: For all the supported NICs listed above, verify that the media adapters and cables you use follow the vendor's supported media types. Any media adapter or cables not supported by the vendor can result in unpredictable behavior, including the inability to boot up due to an unrecognized media adapter. See the NIC vendor documentation for information about supported media adapters and cables.