To use NSX Federation, you must install the Global Manager.
Installing a Global Manager appliance is similar to installing an NSX Manager appliance. The only difference is that when you deploy the appliance, you select NSX Global Manager for the role.
Install a standby Global Manager appliance for high availability and disaster recovery. The standby Global Manager appliance must be installed in a different location with a latency of 500ms or less.
Prerequisites
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Verify that your environment meets the requirements for NSX Manager. See NSX Manager VM and Host Transport Node System Requirements.
- Decide which locations will contain the active and standby Global Manager appliances.
- Verify that you are installing the Global Manager appliance with NSX 3.1.0 or later.
Important: All Global Manager and Local Manager appliances in an NSX Federation environment must have the same version of NSX installed.