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Features Overview Overview
Guides VMware NSX-T provides an agile software-defined infrastructure to build cloud-native Prerequisites
application environments.
AKO Configuring NSX-T R
NSX-T is focused on providing networking, security, automation, and operational simplicity Requirements
AMKO
for emerging application frameworks and architectures that have heterogeneous endpoint
Avi Pulse environments and technology stacks. NSX-T supports cloud-native applications, bare metal Configuring vCenter
workloads, multi-hypervisor environments, public clouds, and multiple clouds. Requirements
Avi Reference Architecture for VCF
To know more about VMware NSX-T, refer to the VMware NSX-T documentation. Content Library
This guide describes how to deploy Avi Vantage in a vSphere environment with NSX-T
managed networking and security. Deploying the Avi Cont
OVA
Creating a Segment
Configuring NSX-T Role Requirements
The NSX-T cloud should be configured with admin credentials for NSX-T manager. Creating an NSX-T Clou
To create the username and password to talk to the NSX-T manager, Multiple NSX-T Clouds
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2. Enter the Name.
Version: 20.1
3. Select NSX-T as the Credentials Type.
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4. Enter the Username and Password.
5. Click on Save.
Note: In case the password expired, and Avi tries to reconnect using the expired password.
After five consecutive failed login attempts, the administrator account is locked for 15
minutes. Refer to the Account Lockout article to know more.
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To create the username and password to talk to the vCenter server, in the New User
Credentials screen,
4. Click on Save.
Content Library
The Avi Controller uploads the Service Engine image to the content library on the vCenter
server and uses this to create new virtual machine (VM) every time a new Service Engine is
required. The content library must be created on vCenter before configuring the NSX-T
cloud.
3. In the Name and location page, enter the Name and select a vCenter Server instance
for the content library as shown below:
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4. Click on Next.
6. Click on Next.
7. In the Add storage page, select datastore as a storage location for the content library
contents
8. Click on Next
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Select the storage and set the disk format to Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed.
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Enter the management IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. In the case
of DHCP, leave this field empty.
Note: The Avi Controller OVA supports additional OVF properties. The following
properties have been added to facilitate automated deployment of the Avi
Controller by the NSX Manager in a future release:
NSX-T Node ID
NSX-T IP Address
Authentication token of NSX-T
NSX-T thumbprint
Hostname of Avi Controller
These fields should be left blank in case of a direct deployment of the Avi Controller.
Note: The NSX-T cloud is not a part of the deployment wizard. Therefore, select No
Orchestrator as the integration option.
Note: While the system is booting up, a 503 status code or a page with following
message will appear, “Controller is not yet ready. Please try again after a couple of
minutes”. Wait for about 5 to 10 minutes and refresh the page. Then follow the
instructions below for the setup wizard.
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Note: The Email Address is required for admin password reset in case of lockout.
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Tier 1 Gateway
Segment
3. Enter the Name and select a tier-0 gateway to connect to this tier-1 gateway.
4. (Optional)Select an NSX Edge Cluster if you want this tier-1 gateway to host stateful
services such as NAT, load balancer, or firewall.
6. (Optional) In the Type drop-down menu, select DHCP Server and select a DHCP profile
to attach to this gateway.
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Note: Enabling DHCP on the tier-1 gateway is optional. SEs can also be configured to
have static IPs configured for its interfaces by configuring IP address pool on the
corresponding network object on the Avi Controller.
7. Click on Save.
9. Click on Save.
Creating a Segment
To create a segment,
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9. Click on Apply
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Note: The prefix string must only have letters, numbers and underscore. This field cannot be
changed once the cloud is configured.
1. Enter the NSX-T manager hostname or IP address as the NSX-T Manager Address and
select the NSX-T Manager Credentials.
3. Select the Transport Zone required from the drop-down. (Only the Overlay type is
supported)
4. In the Management Network Segment, select the Tier1 Logical Router ID and
Segment ID.
Note: Currently, only the Manual is supported as the Logical Segments Config Mode.
Hence the option is greyed out. This requires the segment to be pre-created on NSX
manager.
5. Select the tier-1 gateway and logical switch for VIP placement.
6. Click on Add to select one more tier-1 router and a connected logical segment for VIP
placement
9. Click on Connect.
Each NSX-T Cloud can be either created for the same NSX-T manager or different NSX-T
manager. If different NSX-T managers are pointing to the same vCenter, then only one SE
image per vCenter will be created.
If there are multiple NSX-T managers pointing to respective different vCenters then the SE
image will be created in the respective content libraries.
Note: The cleanup of the SE image happens only after the last NSX-T cloud pointing to the SE
image is removed.
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1. From the Avi UI, navigate to Infrastructure > Service Engine Group.
Note: The folder to be configured has to be pre-created in the respective vCenter. Avi
Vantage does not auto-create the folders.
By default, Avi Vantage allows SEs to be deployed to any host that best fits the deployment
criteria. However, you can specify the preferred hosts as shown below:
2. Select Include to deploy SEs only on the specified hosts or click on Exclude for not
deploying SEs on the specified host.
By default, Avi Vantage will determine the best option for data storage. However, you can
select specific shared data stores to be included or excluded.
1. Under Data Store Scope for Service Engine Virtual Machine, select Shared.
2. Select Include to select the data stores to be included or Exclude to select the data
stores to be excluded.
4. Click on Save.
4. Configure the virtual service. Under Add Servers, click on Security Groups and select
the NSX Security Group.
Note: Starting with Avi Vantage version 20.1.2, the front-end (VIP) IP supports an IPv6
address.
5. Click on Save.
Note In the aforementioned steps, IPAM is used. Therefore, the segment, subnet and T1
logical route had to be selected. If IPAM is not configured, you must specify the VIP and
select the T1 logical route.
June 17, 2021 Updated the content for additional OVF properties(Version 20.1.6)
July 30, 2020 Published the Installation Guide for NSX-T Integration with Avi
Vantage (Version 20.1.1)
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May 18, 2020 Published the Installation Guide for NSX-T Integration with Avi
Vantage (Tech Preview)
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