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Fully Collapsed vSphere Cluster NSX-T
14 Dell Technologies—VMware Cloud Foundation 4-node JumpStart Solutions Guide
3 Deploy an NSX-T Edge Cluster
An NSX-T Edge cluster consists two edge nodes that will function as the transport nodes for NSX-T. SDDC
Manager will be used to deploy the Edge Node Cluster. You must know information about your BGP−routed
environment, VLANs, and subnets that have been physically deployed (to the switches and routers) to create
the cluster.
3.1 Fully Collapsed vSphere Cluster NSX-T
The prerequisites for this type of deployment (as per VMware documentation) are:
• All the hosts must be part of a vSphere cluster.
• Each host has two physical NICs enabled.
• Register all hosts to a vCenter server.
• Verify on the vCenter Server that shared storage is available to be used by the hosts.
• The host Tunnel Endpoint (TEP) IP and NSX Edge TEP IP must be in different VLAN segments. Any
north-south traffic coming from host workloads is encapsulated in the GENEVE packet format, and sent to
an NSX Edge node with:
• Source IP=host TEP
• Destination IP=NSX Edge TEP
Because these TEPs must belong to different VLANs or subnets, traffic must be routed through Top-Of-
Rack (TOR) switches. The reason to configure separate VLANs for the host TEP and NSX Edge TEP is
because a TEP can receive traffic from or send traffic to only on a physical network adapter but not from
an internal port group.
3.1.1 Deploy an Edge Cluster
Edge Cluster creation requires in-depth knowledge of the upstream network to which this solution is
connected. Before deploying an Edge Cluster, review this section with your network teams.
To install an Edge Node cluster, navigate to the SDDC Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI). On the
SDDC Manager Dashboard page:
1. In the left pane, expand Inventory, and then click Workload Domains.
View properties of a Workload Domain