Reference Guide

Fully Collapsed vSphere Cluster NSX-T
17 Dell Technologies—VMware Cloud Foundation 4-node JumpStart Solutions Guide
c. Enter the Edge TEP IP address, gateway, and VLAN numbers.
• Each edge node will have two IP addresses on the Edge Overlay network.
• These IP addresses must not conflict with the second Edge Node.
• In this example, the VLAN is 2713 and the subnet is 172.27.13.0/24.
Enter FQDN and LAN properties of an Edge Cluster
d. Select the name of the cluster that you named earlier.
e. Select L2 Uniform as the cluster type.
f. Create the required uplinks. Each uplink gets a different VLAN. In this example they are 2711 and
2712.
g. Specify the IP address for the Edge Node interface.
h. Specify the IP address on the upstream router for this VLAN.
i. Specify the remote autonomous system (of the upstream router).
j. Enter BGP password (set on the upstream router to authenticate the edge node)
k. Add a second Edge Node by clicking ADD MORE EDGE NODES.
12. Repeat each of these steps for the second uplink, and then click NEXT.
13. Review the summary. Ensure that your BGP settings match those of your upstream router and ensure
that all the specified FQDNs are properly configured on DNS.
14. When you are satisfied with the summary information, go to the validation phase by clicking NEXT. The
validation process is immediately started, which takes around 10 minutes. If validation fails, check the
error message and determine the cause of the issue(s). After successfully validating, click FINISH to
deploy the edge cluster.