Add an NSX-T Data Center Instance for Metering

To meter the product consumption data of NSX-T Data Center, you must add the NSX-T Manager instance to vCloud Usage Meter.

Prerequisites

• Verify that the NSX-T Data Center certificate is FIPS compliant.
• Register the NSX-T Manager appliance with vCenter Server. For more information, see Add a Compute Manager in the VMware NSX-T Data Center Product Documentation.
• Add the vCenter Server instance associated with the NSX-T Manager to the vCloud Usage Meter list of vCenter Server instances.
• Verify that you have the CLI Admin user name and password for the NSX-T Manager instance that you want to add.

Procedure

1. In the main menu bar of the vCloud Usage Meter Web interface, click Products.
2. In the left pane, select Networking > NSX-T.
3. On the NSX-T page, click Add .
4. In the Endpoint text box, enter the host name or IP address of the NSX-T Manager instance.
5. In the Username and Password text boxes, enter the NSX-T ManagerCLI Admin credentials.
6. Click Add.

Results

You successfully added NSX-T Manager to the list of instances. If an error occurs, a message appears in the Status column in the NSX-T list of instances.