Deploy NSX Edge appliances

The NSX Edge provides routing services and connectivity to networks that are external to the NSX-T Data Center deployment. VMware recommends deploying a cluster of two NSX Edge nodes for high availability.

NSX Edges are deployed on VxRail nodes connected to the border leafs. In this deployment, NSX Edges are deployed on hosts in Rack 1.

The NSX Edge VMs are deployed as follows.

In the NSX Manager web UI, go to System > Fabric > Nodes > Edge Transport Nodes .
Click +ADD EDGE VM.
In the Name and Description window, the following values are used in this example:
1. Name – nsxedge01
2. Hostname/FQDN – nsxedge01.dell.lab
3. Form Factor – Medium is used in this example.
  Note: See the NSX-T Data Center Installation Guide for size recommendations.
4. Click NEXT.
In the Credentials window, do the following:
1. Specify the passwords for the admin, root, and optionally the audit users.
2. The Allow SSH Login settings are left at No in this example. This is optional.
3. Click NEXT.
In the Configure Deployment window, the following values are used:
1. Compute Manager – select the vCenter from the drop-down menu, vcenter01 in this example.
2. Cluster – select the VxRail vSAN cluster from the drop-down menu.
3. Resource Pool – this is not used in this example.
4. Host – select a host in connected to the border leafs in Rack 1 from the drop-down menu.
5. Datastore – select the VxRail vSAN datastore.
6. Click NEXT.
In the Configure Node Settings window, the following values are used:
1. IP Assignment – Static
2. Management IP – 172.18.11.69/24
3. Default Gateway – 172.18.11.254
4. Management Interface – Click Select Interface .
5. In the Select Interface window:
  1. Type – Select Virtual Switch/Distributed Virtual Portgroup from the drop-down menu.
  2. Select Management Network.
  3. Click SAVE.
6. Search Domain Names – dell.lab
7. DNS Servers – 172.19.11.50
8. NTP Servers – ntp.dell.lab
9. Click NEXT.
In the Configure NSX window, the following values are used:
1. Edge Switch Name – default
2. Transport Zone – Select edge-uplink-tz and overlay-tz.
3. Uplink Profile – Select edge-overlay profile.
4. IP Assignment – Select Use Static IP List.
5. Static IP List – 172.27.13.2, 172.27.13.3 (Enter unique addresses on the edge overlay network, per Table 2 in the Deployment Planning chapter of this guide.)
6. Gateway – 172.27.13.254
7. Subnet Mask – 255.255.255.0
8. Next to uplink-1 (active), click Select Interface.
9. In the Select Interface window:
  1. Type – select Virtual Switch/Distributed Virtual Portgroup from the drop-down menu.
  2. Select Uplink-01 from the list.
  3. Click SAVE.
10. Next to uplink-2 (active), click Select Interface.
11. In the Select Interface window:
  1. Type – select Virtual Switch/Distributed Virtual Portgroup from the drop-down menu.
  2. Select Uplink-02 from the list.
  3. Click SAVE.
The screen appears as shown.
Figure 28. NSX Edge switch settings
Click FINISH.

NSX Edge VM deployment starts.

Note: You can start the installation of the second NSX Edge while installation of the first is still in progress.

Repeat steps 2 through 8 above for the second NSX Edge VM with the following changes:

Name – nsxedge02
Hostname/FQDN – nsxedge02.dell.lab
Deploy to a different host in Rack 1
Management IP – 172.18.11.70/24
Static IP List – 172.27.13.4, 172.27.13.5

When the deployment of both NSX Edges is complete, the Configuration State column shows Success and the Node Status column shows Up for both, as shown in the following figure:

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Deploy NSX Edge appliances