Year: 2016

I will be demonstrating following configuration tasks in this post Configure Default Gateway in Logical Router as IP of Edge Services Gateway Configure OSPF on Logical Router with Area ID 101 Configure Uplink Interface on Edge Services Gateway attached to VLAN based Port Group Configure OSPF on Edge Services Gateway…Continue readingVMware NSX Configuration Part 2

I will be demonstrating following configuration tasks in this post Create Logical Switch “Transit Logical Switch” Deploy Logical Router Appliance with Uplink Interface attached with Transit Logical Switch Deploy Edge Service Gateway Appliance with Internal Interface attached with Transit Logical Switch Create Logical Switch Navigate to Logical Switches under Networking…Continue readingVMware NSX Configuration Part 1

We will be doing following task in this Post Prepare ESXi Hosts for NSX Configure VXLAN Networking Assign Segment ID Add a Transport Zone Deploy NSX Controllers Access the \”Networking & Security\” in vSphere Web Client Prepare ESXi Hosts for NSX All Clusters will be displayed and you can choose…Continue readingVMware NSX Installation – Part 2

As mentioned in previous post following is the high level procedure for NSX Installation Deploy NSX Manager Register with vCenter Deploy NSX Controllers Prepare ESXi Hosts for NSX Configure VXLAN Networking Make sure the DVSwitch and Transport VLAN details are in handy beforehand If using Static IPs then IP Pools…Continue readingVMware NSX Installation – Part 1

Before doing the actual installation I preferr to lay down the procedure and requirements. This helps seamless deployment experience Procedure   Deploy NSX Manager Register with vCenter Deploy NSX Controllers IP Pools needs to be configured in vCenter Wait for the 1st Controller to be deployed successfully before starting the remaining…Continue readingVMware NSX Installation Procedure and Requirements

VMware NSX contains following components which will be deployed in vSphere environment Management Plane NSX Manager It is a virtual appliance that helps configure logical switches and connect virtual machines to these logical switches. It also provides the management UI and entry point for API for NSX, which helps automate…Continue readingVMware NSX Overview