You can prepare ESXi, KVM hosts and physical servers as NSX-T Data Center transport nodes. Before you prepare KVM or physical servers for NSX-T Data Center networking, ensure the required third-party packages are installed on hosts.
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Manual Installation of NSX-T Data Center Kernel Modules NSX-T Data Center UI or the POST /api/v1/fabric/nodes API, you can install NSX-T Data Center kernel modules manually from the hypervisor command line. Install Third-Party Packages on a KVM Host Preparing Physical Servers as NSX-T Data Center Transport Nodes NSX-T Data Center on a physical server (also known as Bare Metal server), you must install supported third-party packages. Prepare Standalone Hosts as Transport Nodes ESXi host, KVM host to the NSX-T Data Center fabric and then configure the transport node.Preparing ESXi and KVM Hosts as Transport Nodes ESXi , KVM, or bare metal (physical server) can be prepared as a transport node. Only ESXi hosts support both N-VDS and vSphere Distributed Switch (NSX Switch in vCenter Server ). KVMs and physical servers only support the N-VDS host switch type.Configure an ESXi Host Transport Node with Link Aggregation ESXi host transport node to use that uplink profile. Prepare Clusters for Networking and Security Using Quick Start Wizard Deploy a Fully Collapsed vSphere Cluster NSX-T on Hosts Running N-VDS Switches NSX Manager , host transport nodes, and NSX Edge VMs on a single cluster. Each host in the cluster provides two physical NICs that are configured for NSX-T .Multiple NSX Managers Managing a Single vCenter Server NSX Manager s managing a single vCenter Server . Admins can manage different clusters in the same vCenter Server by using different NSX Manager s.Troubleshoot Multi-NSX Issues NSX Manager is registered to a single vCenter Server .Managing Transport Nodes
