The SDDC manager Add Edge Cluster wizard requires network settings for the NSX edge nodes and the leaf switches that the edges will be connected to. The values used in this example for the m01 and w01 NSX edge clusters are shown in the tables below.
Section | Description | Value used in this example |
General Info | Edge Cluster Name | m01-edge-cluster |
MTU | 9000 | |
Tier-0 Router Name | m01-tier0-1 | |
Tier-1 Router Name | m01-tier1-1 | |
Edge Cluster Profile Type | Default | |
Edge Root Password | <Password> | |
Edge Admin Password | <Password> | |
Edge Audit Password | <Password> | |
Edge Cluster Settings | What will you be using this Edge Cluster for? | Custom |
Edge Form Factor | Medium | |
Tier-0 Service HA | Active-Active | |
Tier-0 Routing Type | eBGP | |
ASN | 65003 | |
Edge Node 1 | Edge Node Name | m01-en01.dell.lab |
Cluster | VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-01 | |
Cluster Type | L2 Uniform | |
Management IP (CIDR) | 172.18.11.69/24 | |
Management Gateway | 172.18.11.254 | |
Edge TEP 1 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.13.2/24 | |
Edge TEP 2 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.13.3/24 | |
Edge TEP Gateway | 172.27.13.254 | |
Edge TEP VLAN | 2713 | |
Edge Node 1 - First Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2711 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.11.2/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.11.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65101 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 1 - Second Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2712 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.12.2/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.12.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65101 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 2 | Edge Node Name | m01-en02.dell.lab |
Cluster | VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-01 | |
Cluster Type | L2 Uniform | |
Management IP (CIDR) | 172.18.11.70/24 | |
Management Gateway | 172.18.11.254 | |
Edge TEP 1 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.13.4/24 | |
Edge TEP 2 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.13.5/24 | |
Edge TEP Gateway | 172.27.13.254 | |
Edge TEP VLAN | 2713 | |
Edge Node 2 - First Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2711 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.11.3/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.11.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65101 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 2 - Second Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2712 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.12.3/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.12.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65101 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password |
Section | Description | Value used in this example |
General Info | Edge Cluster Name | w01-edge-cluster |
MTU | 9000 | |
Tier-0 Router Name | w01-tier0-1 | |
Tier-1 Router Name | w01-tier1-1 | |
Edge Cluster Profile Type | Default | |
Edge Root Password | <Password> | |
Edge Admin Password | <Password> | |
Edge Audit Password | <Password> | |
Edge Cluster Settings | What will you be using this Edge Cluster for? | Custom |
Edge Form Factor | Medium | |
Tier-0 Service HA | Active-Active | |
Tier-0 Routing Type | eBGP | |
ASN | 65004 | |
Edge Node 1 | Edge Node Name | w01-en01.dell.lab |
Cluster | VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-02 | |
Cluster Type | L2 Uniform | |
Management IP (CIDR) | 172.18.21.80/24 | |
Management Gateway | 172.18.21.254 | |
Edge TEP 1 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.23.2/24 | |
Edge TEP 2 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.23.3/24 | |
Edge TEP Gateway | 172.27.23.254 | |
Edge TEP VLAN | 2723 | |
Edge Node 1 - First Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2721 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.21.2/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.21.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65102 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 1 - Second Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2722 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.22.2/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.22.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65102 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 2 | Edge Node Name | w01-en02.dell.lab |
Cluster | VxRail-Virtual-SAN-Cluster-02 | |
Cluster Type | L2 Uniform | |
Management IP (CIDR) | 172.18.21.81/24 | |
Management Gateway | 172.18.21.254 | |
Edge TEP 1 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.23.4/24 | |
Edge TEP 2 IP (CIDR) | 172.27.23.5/24 | |
Edge TEP Gateway | 172.27.23.254 | |
Edge TEP VLAN | 2723 | |
Edge Node 2 - First Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2721 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.21.3/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.21.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65102 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password | |
Edge Node 2 - Second Tier-0 Uplink | Tier-0 Uplink VLAN | 2722 |
Tier-0 Uplink Interface IP (CIDR) | 172.27.22.3/24 | |
BGP Peer IP (CIDR) | 172.27.22.1/24 | |
BGP Peer ASN | 65102 | |
BGP Peer Password | your_password |
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is enabled on the leaf switches in the sample switch configuration files. BFD rapidly detects communication failures between two adjacent routers and should be enabled as a best practice. After deploying an NSX edge cluster, also enable BFD on the Tier-0 gateway in NSX Manager. For more information about enabling BFD in NSX, refer to VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 on Dell VxRail .