You deploy two NSX Edge devices for North-South Routing.
Perform this procedure twice to deploy two NSX Edge devices. Enter name and IP addresses for the respective device with the following values.
NSX Edge Device | Device Name |
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NSX Edge Device 1 | lax01m01esg01 |
NSX Edge Device 2 | lax01m01esg02 |
Interface | Primary IP Address lax01m01esg01 |
Primary IP Address lax01m01esg02 |
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Uplink01 | 172.27.14.2 | 172.27.14.3 |
Uplink02 | 172.27.15.3 | 172.27.15.2 |
sfo01m01udlr01 | 192.168.10.50 | 192.168.10.51 |
Procedure
- Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Web Client.
- Open a Web browser and go to https://lax01m01vc01.lax01.rainpole.local/vsphere-client.
- Log in using the following credentials.
Setting Value User name administrator@vsphere.local Password vsphere_admin_password
- Click Networking & Security.
- In the Navigator, click NSX Edges.
- Select 172.17.11.65 from the NSX Manager drop-down menu.
- Click the Add icon to deploy a new NSX Edge.
The New NSX Edge wizard appears.
- On the Name and description page, enter the following settings and click Next.
Settings lax01m01esg01 lax01m01esg02 Install Type Edge Service Gateway Edge Service Gateway Name lax01m01esg01 lax01m01esg02 Deploy NSX Edge Selected Selected Enable High Availability Deselected Deselected - On the Settings page, enter the following settings and click Next.
Settings 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 - On the Configure deployment page, click Large to specify the Appliance Size and click the Add icon.
The Add NSX Edge Appliance dialog box appears.
- In the Add NSX Edge Appliance dialog box, enter the following settings, click OK, and click Next.
Setting Value Cluster/Resource Pool lax01-m01-mgmt01 Datastore lax01-m01-vsan01 Folder lax01-m01fd-nsx Resource Reservation System Managed - On the Configure Interfaces page, click the Add icon to configure the Uplink01 interface, enter the following settings, and click OK.
Setting lax01m01esg01 lax01m01esg02 Name Uplink01 Uplink01 Type Uplink Uplink Connected To lax01-m01-vds01-uplink01 lax01-m01-vds01-uplink01 Connectivity Status Connected Connected Primary IP Address 172.27.14.2 172.27.14.3 Subnet Prefix Length 24 24 MTU 9000 9000 Send ICMP Redirect Selected Selected - Click the Add icon again to configure the Uplink02 interface, enter the following settings, and click OK.
Setting lax01m01esg01 lax01m01esg02 Name Uplink02 Uplink02 Type Uplink Uplink Connected To lax01-m01-vds01-uplink02 lax01-m01-vds01-uplink02 Connectivity Status Connected Connected Primary IP Address 172.27.15.3 172.27.15.2 Subnet Prefix Length 24 24 MTU 9000 9000 Send ICMP Redirect Selected Selected - Click the Add icon a third time to configure the UDLR interface, enter the following settings, click OK, and click Next.
Setting lax01m01esg01 lax01m01esg02 Name sfo01m01udlr01 sfo01m01udlr01 Type Internal Internal Connected To Universal Transit Network Universal Transit Network Connectivity Status Connected Connected Primary IP Address 192.168.10.50 192.168.10.51 Subnet Prefix Length 24 24 MTU 9000 9000 Send ICMP Redirect Selected Selected - On the Default Gateway Settings page, deselect the Configure Default Gateway check box and click Next.
- On the Firewall and HA page, click Next.
- On the Ready to Complete page, review the configuration settings you entered and click Finish.
- On the Name and description page, enter the following settings and click Next.
- Repeat this procedure to configure another NSX edge using the settings for the second NSX Edge device.
- Configure DRS affinity rules for the Edge Services Gateways.
- Go back to the Home page.
- In the Navigator, click Hosts and Clusters and expand the lax01m01vc01.lax01.rainpole.local tree control.
- Select the lax01-m01-mgmt01 cluster and click the Configure tab.
- Under Configuration, click VM/Host Rules.
- Click Add.
- In the lax01-m01-mgmt01 - 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 - In the Add Rule Member dialog box, select the check box next to each of the two, newly deployed NSX ESGs and click OK.
- In the lax01-m01-mgmt01 - Create VM/Host Rule dialog box, click OK.