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Planning Guide—VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x on VxRail
Executive Summary VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Requirements and Use Cases VMware Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Domain Planning Data Center and Network Requirements Cloud Foundation on VxRail High-Level Design Decisions Cloud Foundation on VxRail Workload Planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail Licensing Planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail Physical Network Planning Cloud Foundation on VxRail Physical Network Preparation
Introduction
Capture configuration settings for Cloud Foundation on VxRail
VxRail cluster and NSX networks leaf switch preparation
DHCP services for NSX host overlay network preparation
Leaf switch preparation for NSX edge
Layer 3 network preparation
BGP peering preparation
Firewall rules
VxRail Cluster Deployment Preparation Prepare for VMware Cloud Foundation Management VI Workload Domain Prepare for Cloud Foundation VI Workload Domain Prepare for NSX Edge Gateway Services Prepare for Cloud Foundation Application Virtual Network Cloud Foundation On VxRail Housekeeping Tasks Appendixes

Leaf switch preparation for NSX edge

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Leaf switch preparation for NSX edge

  • The NSX edge gateways enable the connectivity between the upstream physical network and NSX, the product which enables virtual networking in the VI workload domains. If your requirements include using NSX to support workloads on Cloud Foundation on VxRail, or you plan to deploy the vRealize Suite on your Cloud Foundation instance, you must prepare the leaf switches supporting the Cloud Foundation on VxRail environment to connect to the NSX edge gateways.

    Follow these steps to prepare the leaf switches:

    1. Configure a unique VLAN on each switch to support the NSX edge uplinks.
    2. Configure a common VLAN on both switches to support the NSX edge overlay network.
    3. The NSX edge uplink network and the NSX edge overlay network require static IP addresses. Apply Layer 3 settings to the VLANs on the leaf switches representing the NSX edge uplink network and the NSX edge overlay network.
    1. For each switch ports to be directly connected to the VxRail nodes:
      1. Configure the VLAN for the NSX edge uplinks.
      2. Configure the VLAN for the NSX edge overlay network.

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    Figure 54.    NSX Edge and Overlay Networks

    Preset names are configured by default for the workload domains. For a list of virtual distributed switch names that can also be customized during the workload domain deployment process, see Appendix F: VI workload domain configuration settings.