Create an ESXi Host Uplink Profile

A host uplink profile defines policies for the uplinks from the ESXi hosts to NSX segments.

Procedure

1. Log in to the NSX Manager.
2. Select System > Fabric > Profiles > Uplink Profiles > ADD PROFILE.
3. Enter an uplink profile name, and optionally, an uplink profile description.
   For example, ESXI-UPLINK-PROFILE.
4. In the Teaming section, click ADD to add a name for the teaming policy, and configure a FAILOVER_ORDER policy.
   A list of active uplinks is specified, and each interface on the transport node is pinned to one active uplink. This configuration allows use of several active uplinks at the same time.
5. Configure active and standby links.
   For example, configure uplink-1 as the active uplink and uplink-2 as the standby uplink.
6. (Optional) Enter a transport VLAN value. For example, 1060.
   The transport VLAN set in the uplink profile tags overlay traffic and the VLAN ID is used by the tunnel endpoint (TEP).
7. Enter the MTU value. The value must be at least 1600 but not higher than the MTU value on the physical switches and the vSphere Distributed Switch.
   NSX takes the global default MTU value 1700.

Results

View the uplink in the Uplink Profile page.

Create an NSX Edge Uplink Profile

An uplink is a link from the NSX Edge nodes to the NSX logical switches. An uplink profile defines policies for the uplinks by setting teaming policies, active, and standby links, transport VLAN ID, and MTU value.

Create an uplink profile with the failover order teaming policy with one active uplink for edge virtual machine overlay traffic.

Procedure

1. Log in to the NSX Manager.
2. Select System > Fabric > Profiles > Uplink Profiles > ADD PROFILE > ..
3. Enter an uplink profile name, and optionally, an uplink profile description.
   For example, EDGE-UPLINK-PROFILE.
4. In the Teaming section, click ADD to add a name for the teaming policy, and configure a FAILOVER_ORDER policy.
   A list of active uplinks is specified, and each interface on the transport node is pinned to one active uplink. This configuration allows use of several active uplinks at the same time.
5. Configure an active uplink.
   For example, configure uplink-1 as active uplink.

Results

View the uplink in the Uplink Profile page.

Create a Transport Node Profile

A transport node profile defines how NSX is installed and configured on the hosts in a particular cluster the profile is attached to. Create a transport node profile before you prepare ESXi clusters as transport nodes.

Note: Transport node profiles are only applicable to hosts. They cannot be applied to NSX Edge transport nodes.

Prerequisites

• Verify that a cluster is available. See Deploy NSX Manager Nodes to Form a Cluster.
• Create an overlay transport zone. See Create Transport Zones.
• Configure an IP pool. See Create an IP Pool for Host Tunnel Endpoint IP Addresses.
• Add a compute manager. See Add a Compute Manager.

Procedure

1. Log in to the NSX Manager.
2. Select System > Fabric > Hosts.
3. On the Hosts page, select Transport Node Profile > ADD TRANSPORT NODE PROFILE.
4. Enter a name to identify the transport node profile. For example, HOST-TRANSPORT-NODE-PROFILE.
   Optionally, add the description about the transport node profile.
5. In the Host Switch field, select Set.
6. In the Host Switch window, enter the switch details.

   Option	Description
   vCenter	Select the vCenter Server.
   Type	Select the switch type that will be configured on the host. Select VDS.
   VDS	Select a VDS that you created under the selected vCenter Server. For example, wcp_vds_1.
   Transport Zones	Select the overlay transport zone created previously. for example, overlayTZ.
   Uplink Profile	Select the host uplink profile created previously. For example, ESXI-UPLINK-PROFILE.
   IP Address Type	Select IPv4.
   IPv4 Assignment	Select Use IP Pool.
   IPv4 Pool	Select the host TEP pool created previously. For example, ESXI-TEP-IP-POOL.
   Teaming Policy Uplink Mapping	Click Add and map the uplinks defined in the NSX uplink profile with the vSphere Distributed Switch uplinks. For example, map uplink-1 to Uplink 1 and uplink-2 to Uplink 2.

7. Click ADD and APPLY.
8. Click SAVE to save the configuration.

Results

The profile that you created in listed in the Transport Node Profiles page.

Create an NSX Edge Cluster Profile

Create an NSX Edge cluster profile that defines the policies for the NSX Edge transport node.

Prerequisites

Verify that the NSX Edge cluster is available.

Procedure

1. Log in to the NSX Manager.
2. Select System > Fabric > Profiles > Edge Cluster Profiles > ADD PROFILE > ..
3. Enter the NSX Edge cluster profile details.
4. Enter an NSX Edge cluster profile name. For example, Cluster Profile - 1.
   Optionally, enter a description.
5. Leave the defaults for the other settings.
6. Click ADD.