Deploy NSX Edge Devices for North-South Routing in the Shared Edge and Compute Cluster in Region B

Deploy NSX Edge Devices for North-South routing in the shared edge and compute cluster.

About this task

Perform this procedure two times to deploy two NSX Edge devices: LAXCOMP-ESG01 and LAXCOMP-ESG02.

Table 1. NSX Edge Devices

NSX Edge Device	Device Name
NSX Edge Device 1	LAXCOMP-ESG01
NSX Edge Device 2	LAXCOMP-ESG02

Table 2. NSX Edge Interface Settings

Interface	Primary IP Address LAXCOMP-ESG01	Primary IP Address LAXCOMP-ESG02
Uplink01	172.17.35.2	172.17.35.3
Uplink02	172.27.21.3	172.27.21.2
LAXCOMP-UDLR01	192.168.100.50	192.168.100.51
LAXCOMP-DLR01	192.168.102.1	192.168.102.2

Prerequisites

To complete this procedure you must configure datastore for the shared edge and compute cluster in Region B.

Procedure

1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client.
   1. Open a Web browser and go to https://mgmt01vc51.lax01.rainpole.local/vsphere-client.
   2. Log in using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	[e-mail]
      Password	vsphere_admin_password

2. Under Inventories, click Networking & Security.
3. In the Navigator, click NSX Edges.
4. Select 172.17.11.66 from the NSX Manager drop-down menu.
5. Click the Add icon to deploy a new NSX Edge.

   The New NSX Edge wizard appears.

   1. On the Name and description page, enter the following settings and click Next.

      Setting	NSX Edge Device 1
      Install Type	Edge Service Gateway
      Name	LAXCOMP-ESG01
      Deploy NSX Edge	Selected
      Enable High Availability	Deselected

   2. On the Settings page, enter the following settings and click Next.

      Setting	Value
      User Name	admin
      Password	edge_admin_password
      Enable SSH access	Selected
      Enable FIPS mode	Deselected
      Enable auto rule generation	Selected
      Edge Control Level logging	INFO

   3. On the Configure Deployment page, select the Large radio button to specify the Appliance Size and click the Add icon.

      The Add NSX Edge Appliance dialog box appears. 

   4. In the Add NSX Edge Appliance dialog box, enter the following settings, click OK, and click Next.

      Setting	Value
      Cluster/Resource Pool	SDDC-EdgeRP01
      Datastore	lax01_shared_edge_and_compute_datastore

      
      
      
      
      
   5. Click the Add icon to configure the Uplink01 interface, enter the following settings and click OK.

      Setting	Value
      Name	Uplink01
      Type	Uplink
      Connected To	vDS-Comp01-Uplink01
      Connectivity Status	Connected
      Primary IP Address	172.17.35.2
      Subnet Prefix Length	24
      MTU	9000
      Send ICMP Redirect	Selected

   6. Click the Add icon to configure the Uplink02 interface, enter the following settings, and click OK.

      Setting	Value
      Name	Uplink02
      Type	Uplink
      Distributed Portgroup	vDS-Comp01-Uplink02
      Connectivity Status	Connected
      Primary IP Address	172.27.21.3
      Subnet Prefix Length	24
      MTU	9000
      Send ICMP Redirect	Selected

   7. Click the Add icon to configure the LAXCOMP-UDLR01 interface, enter the following settings, click OK, and click Next.

      Setting	Value
      Name	LAXCOMP-UDLR01
      Type	Internal
      Connected To	Universal Transit Network
      Connectivity Status	Connected
      Primary IP Address	192.168.100.1
      Subnet Prefix Length	24
      MTU	9000
      Send ICMP Redirect	Selected

   8. Click the Add icon to configure the LAXCOMP-DLR01 interface, enter the following settings, click OK, and click Next.

      Setting	Value
      Name	LAXCOMP-DLR01
      Type	Internal
      Connected To	Global Transit Network
      Connectivity Status	Connected
      Primary IP Address	192.168.102.1
      Subnet Prefix Length	24
      MTU	9000
      Send ICMP Redirect	Selected

   9. On the Default Gateway Settings page, deselect the Configure Default Gateway check box and click Next.
   10. On the Firewall and HA page click Next.
   11. On the Ready to Complete page, review the configuration settings you entered and click Finish.
6. Repeat this procedure to configure another NSX edge by using the settings for the second NSX Edge device.
7. Configure DRS affinity rules for the Edge Services Gateways.
   1. Go back to the Home page.
   2. In the Navigator, click Hosts and Clusters, and expand the comp01vc51.lax01.rainpole.local tree.
   3. Select the LAX01-Comp01 cluster, and click the Configure tab.
   4. Under Configuration, click VM/Host Rules.
   5. Click Add.
   6. In the LAX01-Comp01 - Create VM/Host Rule dialog box, enter the following settings and click Add.

      Setting	Value
      Name	anti-affinity-rule-ecmpedges
      Enable rule	Selected
      Type	Separate Virtual Machine

   7. In the Add Rule Member dialog box, select the check box next to each of the two, newly deployed NSX ESGs and click OK.
   8. In the LAX01-Comp01 - Create VM/Host Rule dialog box, click OK.