Deployment of VMware NSX-T for Workload Domains with Multiple Availability Zones provides step-by-step instructions for extending a Standard SDDC with a virtual infrastructure workload domain that uses VMware NSX-T for software-defined networking and vSAN for multiple Availability Zones.

Intended Audience

The Deployment of VMware NSX-T for Workload Domains with Multiple Availability Zones document is intended for architects and administrators who want to deploy NSX-T in a virtual infrastructure workload domain with vSAN stretched clusters for tenant workloads.

Required VMware Software

Deployment of VMware NSX-T for Workload Domains with Multiple Availability Zones is compliant and validated with certain product versions. See VMware Validated Design Release Notes for more information about supported product versions.

The Deployment of VMware NSX-T for Workload Domains with Multiple Availability Zones document covers multiple versions of the software components for VMware Validated Design™ for Software-Defined Data Center and the corresponding versions of VMware NSX-T™ Data Center.
VMware Validated Design Version NSX-T Version
5.1.0 2.4.1
5.1.1 2.5
5.1.2 2.5.1

Prerequisites

Deploy the management workload domain with multiple Availability Zones and optionally the initial virtual infrastructure workload domain according to VMware Validated Design for Software-Defined Data Center in a dual region configuration. See the VMware Validated Design documentation page.

Update History

This Deployment of VMware NSX-T for Workload Domains with Multiple Availability Zones is updated with each release of the product or when necessary.
Revision Description
14 JUL 2020 The content is now updated for the VMware Validated Design 5.1.2 release.
14 OCT 2019 Set sfo01-w-uplink01 and sfo01-w-uplink02 as the N-VDS instances for the transport zones for uplink traffic for the NSX-T Edge nodes. See Add the NSX-T Edge Nodes to the Transport Zones for NSX-T Workload Domains with Availability Zones.
13 SEP 2019 Set the Service Certificate setting to No when you import the certificate for the virtual IP address of the NSX-T Manager cluster. See Import the CA-Signed Certificates for the NSX-T Manager Cluster for NSX-T Workload Domains with Availability Zones.
03 SEP 2019 Initial release.