Login into the SDDC Manager, Go to the Workload Domain which you have created (In my case the workload domain name is wld-domain), go to the Edge Clusters tab
Click on Edge Clusters tab
Ignore the Errors in my lab, that’s just license errors in the lab env.
Click on Add Edge Cluster option as in the screenshot below
Clicking on Add Edge Cluster will pop another windowClick on Select All option and click Begin to start the processProvide the Cluster Name, MTU Size, Tier-0,1 Router Names, The Edge Cluster Profile Type is set to Default, provide the root passwords and credentials and click NextSelect the option ‘Custom’ under Edge Cluster Settings so that you can change the Edge Form Factor of the Edges (I used Medium in my lab), Select the HA option and scroll down to select the Routing typeSelect the option EBGP as we are going to use the BGP routing protocol in this Lab as that is how holodeck was designed. Use the ASN as 65003 as NSX Edges will always be in this ASN according to the architecture diagramNote the ASN of the NSX Edge Cluster and its BGP Neighbors (Cloud Builder acts as BGP Neighbor) here.Next, we provide the Edge Node detailsIn the VM Management Portgroup Name, you can give the portgroup name which you want the SDDC Manager to create as it will create the portgroup, or you can use existing VM management portgroup which was already created when we created the workload domain. If you want to use the existing portgroup, just click on the option “USE ESXI MANAGEMENT VMK’S VLAN” which is also VLAN 10 and then provide the EDGE TEP detailsEdge-1 TEP Details as per the holodeck architectureFirst Tier-0 Uplink detailsSecond Tier-0 Uplink detailsOnce you have provided all the details for Edge Node 1, click on Add Edge Node option
Perform the same steps to add the Edge Node 2 as well but with its own IP Addresses
Two Edge Nodes have been AddedSummary Screenshot 1Summary Screenshot 2Summary Screenshot 3Summary Screenshot 4Summary Screenshot 5Summary Screenshot 6Summary Screenshot 7 – Click Next for Validation of the Edges ConfigurationNSX Edge Cluster and its Validation
Once everything is Validated with no errors, it will start the Deployment of the Edge Cluster with Edges in the workload vcenter
Edge Cluster ProgressCompletion of the NSX Edge Cluster in SDDC ManagerVerification of the NSX Edge Cluster with its Edges under the workload domain in SDDC Manager
This Concludes this post on how to deploy NSX Edge Cluster with 2 Edges in the Workload Domain using SDDC Manager
I have encountered an issue while deploying the NSX Edge Cluster in the workload domain in Holodeck and that is while it was trying the NSX BGP Peering Verification from the SDDC Manager and the BGP Neighbors were down. This was not provided in any documentation and I have documented about this issue and its resolution in this post.
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