NSX-T Part 3 – Fabric Preparation and Configuration

Next upcoming steps are:

1. Create Transport Zones
2. Create ESXi Host Uplink Profile
3. Create ESXi Host Transport Nodes

and more …

Create Transport Zones

Overlay Transport Zone:

Vlan Transport Zone:

We need the transport zones later.

Create Profile

One profile is required for the ESXi hosts for the overlay network. This is a Tunnel Endpoint in the overlay.

Teaming policy Load Balance Source can be used to actively use for example two network cards in the host. The names in Active Uplinks are place holders. I used “Host-TN-TEP-1″ and ” …-2″.

The Vlan needs to be configured here, but not the MTU. I have set my VDS to 9000 and NSX-T sets the MTU to 1600 in its configuration, so all is good so far.

ESXi Host Transport Nodes

Under System, Fabric, Nodes, Host Transport Nodes, Managed by <your VCSA>, take one of the hosts in the resource cluster to start with CONFIGURE NSX:

Click NEXT and configure the settings:

Using the VDS and all the pre created parts like Overlay, Profile, Address Pool here.

Here you select the vmnics to be used by the ESXi host. Repeat the steps for the second host. Finally looking good:

OK, the next step is around Edge Transport Nodes, which follows in part 4.