Deploy the NSX-T Edge Appliances

To provide tenant workloads with routing services and connectivity to networks that are external to the workload domain, deploy two NSX-T Edge nodes.

Table 1. NSX-T Edge Nodes

Setting	Value for sfo01wesg01	Value for sfo01wesg02
Name	sfo01wesg01	sfo01wesg02
Port Groups	sfo01-w-nvds01-management	sfo01-w-nvds01-management
Primary IP Address	172.16.41.21	172.16.41.22

Procedure

1. Log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
   1. Open a Web browser and go to https://sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/ui.
   2. Log in by using the following credentials.

      Setting	Value
      User name	[e-mail]
      Password	vsphere_admin_password

2. In the Hosts and Clusters inventory, expand the sfo01w02vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local tree and expand the sfo01-w02dc tree.
3. Expand the sfo01-w02-shared01 cluster.
4. Right-click the sfo01-w02rp-sddc-edge resource pool and select Deploy OVF Template.
5. On the Deploy OVF Template page, navigate to the .ova file of the NSX-T Edge appliance and click Next. 
6. On the Select name and location page, enter the following settings and click Next.

   Setting	Value
   Name	sfo01wesg01
   Folder or data center	sfo01-w02fd-nsx

7. On the Select a resource page, select the sfo01-w02rp-sddc-edge resource pool and click Next.
8. On the Select storage page, select the shared_edge_datastore and click Next.
9. On the Select networks page enter the following and click Next.

   Source Network	Destination Network
   Network 3	sfo01-w-nvds01-uplink02
   Network 2	sfo01-w-nvds01-uplink01
   Network 1	sfo01-w-overlay
   Network 0	sfo01-w-nvds01-management

10. On the Customize template page, expand the setting groups, enter the following settings, and click Next.

    Setting	Value
    System Root User Password / Confirm Password	nsx_edge_root_password
    CLI "admin" User Password / Confirm Password	nsx_edge_admin_password
    CLI "audit" User Password / Confirm Password	nsx_edge_admin_password

    Setting	Value
    Hostname	sfo01wesg01.sfo01.rainpole.local
    Default IPv4 Gateway	172.16.41.253
    Management Network IPv4 Address	172.16.41.21
    Management Network Netmask	255.255.255.0

    Setting	Value
    DNS Server List	172.16.11.5 172.16.11.4
    Domain Search List	sfo01.rainpole.local
    NTP Server List	ntp.sfo01.rainpole.local
    Enable SSH	Selected
    Allow root SSH login	Deselected

11. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
12. After the deployment finishes, power on the NSX-T Edge appliance.
    1. In the VMs and Templates inventory, expand the sfo01w02vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local tree.
    2. Expand the sfo01-w02fd-nsx folder, right-click the sfo01wesg01 virtual machine, and select Power > Power On.
13. Repeat this procedure to deploy the sfo01wesg02 NSX-T Edge appliance.