{"id":685,"date":"2020-10-15T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hentati.org\/?p=685"},"modified":"2020-12-13T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:13:05","slug":"install-nsx-standalone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hentati.org\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/install-nsx-standalone\/","title":{"rendered":"Install NSX-V 6.4 : Deploy Appliance and Create Controller Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, we\u2019ll cover the deployment process for the NSX-V Manager appliance<\/strong>, the initial configuration<\/strong> of that appliance and finally the creation of controller cluster,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Login to our vCenter to deploy and manage the appliance, Right click the cluster and select \u2018Deploy OVF Template\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Browse to the OVA file you downloaded earlier and click \u2018Next\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Give the NSX-V manager a name, this does not have to be the FQDN then select the folder and click \u2018Next\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Select the resource where the manager will run,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review the details and click \u2018Next\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now we need to select the datastore and the disk format,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Select the Management network this needs to have connectivity to the hosts then click \u2018Next\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now we get into the meat of the configuration first off enter a complex password, enter the Manager hostname, enter the IPv4 address subnet mask and default gateway, and finally enter the DNS server\/s the domain name and NTP server\/s\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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After all that we are finally ready to deploy the appliance, review the details to ensure you\u2019ve not made any errors before clicking \u2018Finish\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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With the NSX-V manager powered on, we need to connect to it\u2019s web interface so open a browser and connect https:\/\/NSX-Manager.FQDN<\/span><\/p>\n

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For now select “Manage vCenter Registration”\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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Select “NSX Management Service” in the left settings pane then click \u2018Edit\u2019 in the “Lookup Service URL” section,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Enter the lookup host this will be your PSC or in my case the vCenter as it has the PSC embedded.<\/span>
\nEnter an SSO username and password (service account), I\u2019m using the default admin account for simplicity and I\u2019ve not yet linked SSO to the AD.<\/span>
\nClick \u2018OK\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once connected the status will change to green, Click \u2018Edit\u2019 on the vCenter Server section<\/span><\/p>\n

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Enter the vCenter username and password,<\/span>
\nDo not tick\u00a0\u2018Modify plugin script download location\u2019, unless the NSX Manager is behind a firewall type of masking device.<\/span>
\nThis option allows you to enter an alternate IP address for NSX Manager. Note that putting NSX Manager behind a firewall of this type is not recommended. Click \u2018OK\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Once connected the status will show green.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Finally log out of the vCenter web client and login again otherwise you will not see the NSX Manager.<\/span>
\nOnce logged in click the Home button and you will see the Networking & Security option. Select it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now we have NSX manager installed,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then go to \u2018Installation and Upgrade\u2019 , from the Management pane select \u2018NSX Controller Nodes\u2019 , click Edit,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here, we add DNS servers, NTP and syslog server for controller cluster,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Next step is the creation of controller cluster, we have to create 3 controller, click on ADD to create the first one,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Enter a complex password again with a minimum of 12 characters and click \u2018Next.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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Give the controller a name, select the Datacenter, cluster, Host, folder and Datastore where it will run.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have also to connect it to the right switch,<\/span><\/p>\n

If IP pool was created before just select it, or we can create it in this step,<\/span><\/p>\n

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After adding the first controller, we should wait until the installation is finished and repeat the same step to create the remaining two others controllers,<\/span><\/p>\n

Here we see that we have 3 controllers installed correctly to make the cluster of controller,<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are now nearly ready to install NSX on the hosts, configure Segment and Transport Zone, Click here to Continue<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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In our case, NSX manager is just used in standalone Mode, that’s why we have to install controllers,<\/span><\/p>\n

If NSX manager will be used as secondary, we don’t have to add controllers, it will use those of the Primary, don’t hesitate to read my article about Cross-vCenter NSX-V 6.4<\/a> !<\/span><\/p>\n

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