To avoid conflicts with the failed NSX-T Edge node, you deploy a temporary NSX-T Edge node with a new FQDN and IP address.

Prerequisites

Allocate the FQDN and IP address for the temporary NSX-T Edge node for the domain of the failed node.

Table 1. FQDN and IP Address for the Temporary NSX-T Edge Node

Type

FQDN

IP Address

Management Domain

sfo-m01-en03.sfo.rainpole.io

172.16.11.71

Workload Domain

sfo-w01-en03.sfo.rainpole.io

172.16.31.71

Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to NSX-T Manager for the domain by using the user interface.

    Setting

    Value for a Management Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Value for a Workload Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    URL

    https://sfo-m01-nsx01.sfo.rainpole.io/login.jsp?local=true

    https://sfo-w01-nsx01.sfo.rainpole.io/login.jsp?local=true

    User name

    admin

    admin

    Password

    nsx-t_admin_password

    nsx-t_admin_password

  2. On the main navigation bar, click System.
  3. In the left pane, under Configuration, click Fabric > Nodes.
  4. Click the Edge transport nodes tab.
  5. Click Add edge VM.
  6. On the Name and description page, enter these values and click Next.

    Setting

    Value for a Management Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Value for a Workload Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Name

    sfo-m01-en03

    sfo-w01-en03

    Host name/FQDN

    sfo-01-en03.sfo.rainpole.io

    sfo-w01-en03.sfo.rainpole.io

    Form factor

    Medium

    Medium
  7. On the Credentials page, enter these values and click Next

    Setting

    Value

    CLI user name

    admin

    CLI password

    edge_admin_password

    CLI confirm password

    edge_admin_password

    Allow SSH login

    Yes

    System root password

    edge_root_password

    System root password confirm

    edge_root_password

    Allow root SSH login

    No

    Audit user name

    audit

    Audit password

    edge_audit_password

    Audit confirm password

    edge_audit_password

  8. On the Configure deployment page, select the following and click Next

    Setting

    Value for a Management Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Value for a Workload Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Compute manager

    sfo-m01-vc01.sfo.rainpole.io

    sfo-w01-vc01.sfo.rainpole.io

    Cluster

    sfo-m01-cl01

    sfo-w01-cl01

    Resource pool

    sfo-m01-cl01-rp-sddc-edge

    sfo-w01-cl01-rp-sddc-edge

    Datastore

    sfo-m01-cl01-ds-vsan01

    sfo-w01-cl01-ds-vsan01

  9. On the Configure node settings page, enter these values and click Next

    Setting

    Value for a Management Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Value for a Workload Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    IP Assignment

    Static

    Static

    Management IP

    172.16.11.71/24

    172.16.31.71/24

    Default Gateway

    172.16.11.1

    172.16.31.253

    Management interface

    sfo01-m01-cl01-vds01-pg-mgmt

    sfo01-w01-cl01-vds01-pg-mgmt

    Search domain names

    sfo.rainpole.io

    sfo.rainpole.io

    DNS servers

    172.16.11.4

    172.16.11.4

    NTP Servers

    ntp.sfo.rainpole.io

    ntp.sfo.rainpole.io

  10. On the Configure NSX page, enter these values and click Finish

    Setting

    Value for a Management Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Value for a Workload Domain NSX-T Edge Node

    Edge switch name

    sfo-m01-cl01-nvds01-pg-edge

    sfo-w01-cl01-nvds01-pg-edge

    Transport zone

    • sfo01-m01-edge-uplink-tz

    • sfo-m01-tz-overlay01

    • sfo01-w01-edge-uplink-tz

    • sfo-w01-tz-overlay01

    Uplink profile

    uplink-profile-2233

    uplink-profile-2233

    IP assignment

    Use static IP list

    Use static IP list

    Static IP list

    172.27.13.6, 172.27.13.7

    172.27.33.6, 172.27.33.7

    Gateway

    172.27.13.1

    172.27.33.253

    Subnet mask

    255.255.255.0

    255.255.255.0

    Teaming policy switch mapping

    • Uplink1: sfo-m01-cl01-vds01-pg-uplink01

    • Uplink2: sfo-m01-cl01-vds01-pg-uplink02

    • Uplink1: sfo-w01-cl01-vds01-pg-uplink01

    • Uplink2: sfo-w01-cl01-vds01-pg-uplink02