You must download the NSX-T binaries before creating the VI workload domain.

Procedure

  1. Download the following files to a computer that has connectivity to SDDC Manager.
    1. NSX-T OVA files from the NSX- T Datacenter 2.3.0 product download page.
      • NSX-T Manager
      • NSX-T Controllers
      • NSX-Edge (optional)
    2. To enable vRealize Log Insight on the NSX-T workload domain, download the vRealize Log Insight content pack for NSX-T 2.3 from Solution Exchange. This is optional.
    3. Rename the vRealize Log Insight content pack for NSX-T 2.3 file name to VMware-NSX-T-v3.1.vlcp.
  2. Using SSH, log in to the SDDC Manager VM with the following credentials:
    Username: vcf

    Password: use the password specified in the deployment parameter sheet

  3. Switch to root account.
    su -

    Enter the root account password.

  4. Create the following directory:
    mkdir /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova
  5. Set the permission of the /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova directory to 755:
    chmod 755 /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova/
  6. Copy the files you downloaded in step 1 to the /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova directory on SDDC Manager.
  7. Set the permission of the files in nsxt_ova directory to 644.
    chmod 644 /mnt/cdrom/nsxt_ova/*