NSX Installation Guide
NSX Installation Guide
Overview of NSX
Key Concepts
NSX Manager
Configure the User Interface Settings
NSX Installation Workflows
NSX Workflow for vSphere
NSX Configuration Workflow for Bare Metal Server
Preparing for Installation
System Requirements
NSX Manager VM and Host Transport Node System Requirements
NSX Edge VM System Requirements
NSX Edge Bare Metal Requirements
Bare Metal Server System Requirements
Bare Metal Linux Container Requirements
Ports and Protocols
NSX Manager Installation
Modifying the Default Admin Password Expiration
NSX Manager Cluster Requirements
Cluster Requirements for an Individual Site
Cluster Requirements for Multiple Sites
Installing and Configuring NSX using vCenter Server Plugin
Install NSX Manager from vSphere Client
Install Additional NSX Manager Nodes to Form a Cluster from vCenter Server Plugin
Configure NSX for Virtual Networking from vSphere Client
Configuring NSX-T for Security from vSphere Client
Prepare Clusters for NSX Security
Create Groups
Define and Publish Communication Strategies for Groups
Viewing NSX Alarms in vSphere Web Client UI
Installing NSX Manager Cluster on vSphere
Install NSX Manager and Available Appliances
Install NSX Manager on ESXi Using the Command-Line OVF Tool
Configure an Appliance to Display the GRUB Menu at Boot Time
Configure GRUB Menu Using CLI or API
Log In to the Newly Created NSX Manager
Add a Compute Manager
Deploy NSX Manager Nodes to Form a Cluster from the UI
Form an NSX Manager Cluster Using the CLI
Configure a Virtual IP Address for a Cluster
Configuring an External Load Balancer
Disable Snapshots on an NSX Appliance
Transport Zones and Profiles
Create Transport Zones
Create an IP Pool for Tunnel Endpoint IP Addresses
Enhanced Data Path
Configuring Profiles
Create an Uplink Profile
Add an NSX Edge Cluster Profile
Add an NSX Edge Bridge Profile
Add a Transport Node Profile
Host Transport Nodes
Manual Installation of NSX Kernel Modules
Manually Install NSX Kernel Modules on ESXi Hypervisors
Preparing Physical Servers as NSX Transport Nodes
Install Third-Party Packages on a Linux Physical Server
Configure a Physical Server as a Transport Node from GUI
Attach Segment Port to Application Interface of Physical Server
Ansible Server Configuration for Physical Server
Create Application Interface for Physical Server Workloads
Secure Workloads on Windows Server 2016/2019 Bare Metal Servers
Preparing ESXi Hosts as Transport Nodes
Prepare a vSphere Distributed Switch for NSX
Prepare ESXi Cluster Hosts as Transport Nodes
Prepare Clusters for Networking and Security Using Quick Start Wizard
Prepare Clusters for Networking and Security
Install Distributed Security for vSphere Distributed Switch
Configure an ESXi Host Transport Node with Link Aggregation
Managing Transport Nodes
Switch Visualization
NSX Maintenance Mode
Health Check VLAN ID Ranges and MTU Settings
View Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Status
Verify the Transport Node Status
Installing NSX Edge
NSX Edge Installation Requirements
NSX Edge Networking Setup
NSX Edge Installation Methods
Create an NSX Edge Transport Node
Create an NSX Edge Cluster
Manually Deploying NSX Edge Node
Install an NSX Edge on ESXi Using the vSphere GUI
Install NSX Edge on ESXi Using the Command-Line OVF Tool
Install NSX Edge via ISO File as a Virtual Appliance
Install NSX Edge on Bare Metal
Prepare a PXE Server for NSX Edge
Install NSX Edge Automatically via ISO File
Install NSX Edge Interactively via ISO File
Intel QAT Support for IPSec VPN Bulk Cryptography
Join NSX Edge with the Management Plane
Edit NSX Edge Transport Node Configuration
Remove NSX Edge Nodes from an Edge Cluster
Relocate and Remove an NSX Edge Node from an NSX Edge Cluster
vSphere Lifecycle Manager with NSX
Prepare an NSX Cluster with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Enable vSphere Lifecycle Manager on an NSX Cluster
NSX on vSphere Lifecycle Manager with VMware vSphere Distributed Services Engine
Configure NSX host transport node on DPU-based vSphere Lifecycle Manager-enabled cluster
Displaying DPU-related information on NSX Manager Interface
NSX with vSphere Lifecycle Manager Scenarios
vSphere Lifecycle Manager Failed to Prepare a Host for NSX Networking
vSphere Lifecycle Manager Failed to Prepare NSX Cluster
Delete a NSX Depot on vCenter Server
Host Profile integration with NSX
Auto Deploy Stateless Cluster
High-Level Tasks to Auto Deploy Stateless Cluster
Prerequisites and Supported Versions
Create a Custom Image Profile for Stateless Hosts
Associate the Custom Image with the Reference and Target Hosts
Set Up Network Configuration on the Reference Host
Configure the Reference Host as a Transport Node in NSX
Extract and Verify the Host Profile
Verify the Host Profile Association with Stateless Cluster
Update Host Customization
Trigger Auto Deployment on Target Hosts
Reboot Hosts Before Applying TNP
Apply TNP on Stateless Cluster
Reboot Hosts After Applying TNP
Troubleshoot Host Profile and Transport Node Profile
Stateful Servers
Supported NSX and ESXi versions
Prepare a Target Stateful Cluster
Getting Started with NSX Federation
NSX Federation Key Concepts
NSX Federation Requirements
Configuring the Global Manager and Local Managers
Install the Active and Standby Global Manager
Make the Global Manager Active and Add Standby Global Manager
Add a Location
Importing Configurations from Local Manager
Configure Edge Nodes for Stretched Networking
Remove a Location
Remove a Location When the Global Manager is Unavailable
Install NSX Advanced Load Balancer Appliance Cluster
Troubleshooting NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller Issues
NSX Advanced Load Balancer does not register with NSX Manager
The Second NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller Remains in Queued State
NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller Password Change Caused Cluster Failure
Unable to Delete NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller
NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cluster HA Status is Compromised
Credential Mismatch After Changing NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller Password
Deployment of NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller Failed
Cluster Unstable After Two Controllers Are Down
Getting Started with NSX Cloud
NSX Cloud Architecture and Components
Overview of Deploying NSX Cloud
Deploy NSX On-Prem Components
Install CSM
Join CSM with NSX Manager
Specify CSM IPs for Access by PCG
(Optional) Configure Proxy Servers
(Optional) Set Up vIDM for Cloud Service Manager
Connect your Public Cloud with On-prem NSX
Connect Microsoft Azure with On-prem NSX
Connect AWS with On-prem NSX
Deploy NSX Cloud Components in Microsoft Azure using the NSX Cloud Marketplace Image
Deploy NSX Cloud Components in Microsoft Azure using Terraform scripts
Deploy NSX Cloud Components in Microsoft Azure without using Terraform scripts
Add your Public Cloud Account
Adding your Microsoft Azure Subscription
Generate the Service Principal and Roles
Add your Microsoft Azure Subscription in CSM
Adding your AWS Account
Generate the IAM Profile and PCG Role
Add your AWS Account in CSM
Managing Regions in CSM
NSX Public Cloud Gateway: Architecture and Modes of Deployment
Deploy PCG or Link to a PCG
Deploy PCG in a VNet
Deploy PCG in a VPC
Using PCG with AWS Transit Gateway
Link to a Transit VPC or VNet
Auto-Configurations after PCG Deployment or Linking
Auto-created NSX Logical Entities
Auto-created Public Cloud Configurations
Integrate Horizon Cloud Service with NSX Cloud
Auto-Created Entities After Horizon Cloud Integration
(Optional) Install NSX Tools on your Workload VMs
Un-deploy NSX Cloud
Undeploy or Unlink PCG
Remove the nsx.network tag in the Public Cloud
Disable Quarantine Policy in the NSX Enforced Mode
Delete User-created Logical Entities
Undeploy or Unlink from CSM
Troubleshooting PCG Undeployment
Uninstalling NSX from a Host Transport Node
Uninstall NSX from a vSphere Cluster
Uninstall NSX from a Managed Host in a vSphere Cluster
Uninstall NSX from a Physical Host
Triggering Uninstallation from the vSphere Web Client
Uninstall NSX from a vSphere Lifecycle Manager cluster through NSX Manager
Troubleshooting Installation Issues
Installation Fails Due to Insufficient Space in Bootbank on ESXi Host
NSX Agent Times Out Communicating with NSX Manager
Troubleshooting Installation