This guide is used with other documentation sources to configure VMware NSX-T Data Center on the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX platform with SmartFabric Services as shown in the Local Topology.
The following table shows the ordered steps and document sections that are referenced throughout this guide. Each step is covered in detail in this guide or is in a link that is referenced in the table below. The table may also be used as a checklist to ensure each step of the deployment is completed before moving on to the next step.
☒ | Step | Description | Reference | Where to implement |
☐ | 1 | Physically cable the MX chassis and upstream switches | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | Hardware |
☐ | 2 | Create multichassis management group | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 3 | Define VLANs | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 4 | Create SmartFabric | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 5 | Create uplink | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 6 | Create server template | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 7 | Add VLANs to server templates | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 8 | Deploy server templates | Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Networking Deployment Guide | OME-M |
☐ | 9 | Create data center | VMware: Create Data Center | vCenter |
☐ | 10 | Create cluster | VMware Creating Clusters | vCenter |
☐ | 11 | Configure cluster | VMware: Configure a Cluster in the vSphere Client | vCenter |
☐ | 12 | Add hosts | VMware: Add a Host | vCenter |
☐ | 13 | Create a virtual machine | VMware: Creating a Virtual Machine in the vSphere Client | vCenter |
☐ | 14 | Setting up networking with vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) | VMware: Setting up Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches | vCenter |
☐ | 15 | Create and configure vDS | This document: Chapter 4 | vCenter |
☐ | 16 | Create and configure additional Distributed Port Groups | This document: Chapter 4 | vCenter |
☐ | 17 | Add hosts to vDS | This document: Chapter 4 | vCenter |
☐ | 18 | Deploy first NSX Manager appliance | This document: Chapter 4 | vCenter |
☐ | 19 | Add vCenter as a compute manager into VMware NSX-T Data Center | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 20 | Deploy additional NSX Manager VMs | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 21 | Configure a Virtual IP address for NSX Manager cluster | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 22 | Create transport zones | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 23 | Create uplink profiles | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 24 | Create transport node profile | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 25 | Configure ESXi hosts as Transport Nodes for VMware NSX-T Data Center | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 26 | Deploy NSX Edge appliances | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 27 | Create NSX Edge cluster | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 28 | Create VM and host rules for NSX Managers | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |
☐ | 29 | Create rule to keep NSX Edge VMs on separate hosts | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |
☐ | 30 | Create VM group containing NSX Edge VMs | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |
☐ | 31 | Create host group containing all vCenter hosts | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |
☐ | 32 | Create rule for host and VM groups | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |
☐ | 33 | Create Tier-1 gateway | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 34 | Create tenant segments | This document: Chapter 5 | NSX Manager UI |
☐ | 35 | Configure tenant VMs | This document: Chapter 5 | vCenter |