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Dell Networking SmartFabric Services Deployment for VMware NSX-T 3.1
Notes, cautions, and warnings Introduction Hardware Overview Topology Deployment Planning Configure the VxRail Cluster VDS for NSX-T Traffic Deploy the NSX-T Manager Cluster Configure NSX-T
Configure NSX-T
Create transport zones
Create uplink profiles
Apply teaming policies
Create segments for uplink networks
Create a transport node profile
Configure VxRail nodes as host transport nodes
Deploy NSX Edge appliances
Create an NSX Edge cluster
Create VM/Host rules for NSX Edges
Create the Tier-0 gateway and configure BGP
Create a Tier-1 gateway
Create tenant segments
Register the NSX-T Manager Cluster with OMNI Use OMNI to Configure NSX-T Networks on Leaf Switches Add Tenant VMs Show Command Output Validated Components Additional Information

Create VM/Host rules for NSX Edges

Create VM/Host rules for NSX Edges

  • In this section, two rules are created:
    1. Create a rule to keep NSX Edges on separate hosts for fault tolerance.
    2. To maintain BGP peering to the border leafs in Rack 1, create a rule to keep NSX Edges on hosts in Rack 1. VM and Host Groups are created to implement this second rule.

    Create rule to keep the NSX Edges on separate hosts

    1.  In the vSphere Client, select Menu > Hosts and Clusters. 
    2.  Select the VxRail cluster in the left pane. 
    3.  In the right pane, select  Configure > VM/Host Rules. 
    4.  Under VM/Host Rules, click  Add. 
    5.  In the Create VM/Host Rule window: 
      1.  Name – enter a name such as separate nsx edge VMs. 
      2.  Type – select  Separate Virtual Machines from the drop-down menu. 
      3.  Click Add. 
      4.  Select the two NSX Edge VMs from the list. 
      5.  Click OK. 
        The screen appears as shown:
        Figure 32. NSX Edge VMs selected
        NSX Edge VMs selected
    6.  Click  OK  to create the rule. 

    Create a VM group containing the edge VMs

    1.  On the Configure tab for the cluster, select VM/Host Groups. 
    2.  Click Add. 
    3.  In the Create VM/Host Group window, enter the following: 
      1.  Name – enter a name such as NSX Edge VMs. 
      2.  Type – select  VM Group . 
      3.  Click Add. 
      4.  Select the two NSX edge VMs from the list. 
      5.  Click OK. 
        The screen appears as shown:
        Figure 33. NSX edge VM/Host Groups selected
        NSX edge VM/Host Groups selected
    4.  Click OK to create the group. 

    Create a Host Group containing hosts in Rack 1

    Note: "Rack 1" refers to the rack containing the border leafs, Leaf1A and Leaf1B, with uplinks to the external network, as shown in SmartFabric topology with connections to VxRail nodes and external network.

    1.  On the Configure tab for the cluster, select VM/Host Groups. 
    2.  Under VM/Host Groups, click Add. 
    3.  In the Create VM/Host Group window: 
      1.  Name – enter a name such as Rack 1 hosts. 
      2.  Type  – select Host Group. 
      3.  Click  Add. 
      4.  Select the VxRail hosts physically located in Rack 1. 
      5.  Click  OK. 
        The screen appears as shown:
        Figure 34. Rack 1 hosts selected
        Rack 1 hosts selected
    4.  Click  OK  to create the group. 

    Create rule to keep the NSX Edge VMs in Rack 1

    1.  On the Configure tab for the cluster, select VM/Host Rules. 
    2.  Under VM/Host Rules, click Add. 
    3.  In the Create VM/Host Rule window: 
      1.  Name – enter a name such as keep nsx edges in rack 1. 
      2.  Type – select Virtual Machines to Hosts from the drop-down menu. 
      3.  Under VM Group, select the NSX Edge VMs group. 
      4.  Select Must run on hosts in group. 
      5.  Under Host Group, select Rack 1 hosts. 
        The screen appears as shown:
        Figure 35. Create Rack 1 Host Groups
        Create Rack 1 Host Groups
    4.  Click OK. 
    Within a few minutes, the NSX Edges will migrate to separate ESXi hosts in Rack 1 if they are not already on those hosts.

    To verify the NSX Edge VMs are on hosts in Rack 1, in the vSphere Client select Menu > Hosts and Clusters. In the left pane, select the first NSX Edge VM and view the host on the Summary tab in the right pane. Repeat for the second NSX Edge VM.