Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the first step towards that end goal, which shows the “step-by-step” instructions and screenshots of the first NSX-T Manager node deployment…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 0 – High Level Design
Reading Time: 3 minutes Before any product deployment, it is common practice to document an architecture design and most enterprises follow some sort of framework e.g. TOGAF that helps organize concepts, knowledge and understanding. Therefore, I thought it would be ideal to compose “Step 0” of this ‘step-by-step’ Installation series, to help visualize the overall design and component placement…
Home Lab Setup – Nested ESXi Host’s networking for NSX-T
Reading Time: 3 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… I have been meaning to write a blog series on NSX-T Installation for some time now but work and related travel have taken quite a precedence. However, this Christmas break have given me the opportunity to compose a “step-by-step” series, to
NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment: Part 1
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… As discussed in one of my previous blog NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 1, the release of NSX-T v2.4 brought simplicity, flexibility and scalability for the management plane. If you are not familiar with the architecture of the NSX-T, I would highly
NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment: Part 2
Reading Time: 4 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… As the title alludes, “NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment” is yet another topic split in two parts for easier understanding and context: NSX-T Management Cluster Deployment: Part 1 – discusses the general requirements which are common across the deployment options discussed in
NSX-T Management Cluster: Benefits, Roles, CCP Sharding and failure handling
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… In versions prior to NSX-T v2.4, four appliances were deployed based on roles i.e. one management appliance and three controller appliances, that were to be managed for NSX. From v2.4 – The NSX manager, NSX policy and NSX controller role were
NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 2
Reading Time: 3 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… NSX-T v2.4 and later VMware introduced an architectural change that simplified the overall management, installation and upgrades; brought high availability, scalability along with flexible deployment options. I opted to split the new architecture into two parts, for easier understanding: NSX-T Architecture
NSX-T Architecture (Revamped): Part 1
Reading Time: 5 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… It’s been a while since I talked about the NSX-T architecture in my previous blog here, which unfortunately is now only applicable to NSX-T v2.3 and earlier. Fortunately, with NSX-T v2.4 and later, VMware introduced an architectural change that simplified the
“No NSX Managers available. Verify current user has role assigned on NSX Manager.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… Upon logging on to the vCenter with “[email protected]” and opening the “Network and Security Plugin”, you receive an error message as below: “No NSX Managers available. Verify current user has role assigned on NSX Manager.” “[email protected]” is the inbuilt account (if
Photon OS 3.0 – “ip a” command displays eth0 “state down” and the “systemd-networkd” service does not start.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Knowledge increases by sharing it… After setting up the static network configuration on a newly deployed Photon OS 3.0 VM, the “ip a” command displays eth0 “state down”. The “systemd-networkd” service does not start, and the status shows the error “Failed to start Network Service”. If