Getting ready

The following are things to consider before deploying the NSX controller cluster:

  • The controller cluster has three controllers in total and must be deployed in a cluster of three.
  • Each controller node should reside on a separate ESXi host; DRS anti-affinity rules should be used to enforce this rule. It is generally recommended to deploy controllers on a vSphere cluster with a minimum of four ESXi hosts.
  • Sufficient resources (vCPU, memory, and storage) on the vSphere cluster.
  • NSX controller nodes should be deployed onto shared storage that is highly available.
  • Each NSX controller requires an IPv4 address; these addresses are allocated via the NSX IP pool construct.
  • NSX controllers require connectivity to NSX Manager and vSphere management VMKernel IP addresses.
  • NSX controller should reside on a VLAN-backed PortGroup.

The NSX Controller IP Pool requires the following details prior to configuration. You can change values to suit your environment:

Component

Value

Name

IP-Pool-NSX-Controllers

Gateway

192.168.1.254

Prefix Length

24

Primary DNS

192.168.1.110

Secondary DNS

DNS Suffix

corp.local

Static IP Pool

192.168.1.31 - 192.168.1.33