Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 2 NSX Manager Initial Configuration

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 2 NSX Manager Initial Configuration

Following from Part 1 the NSX Manger virtual machine should now be running and accessible via the web interface. To begin the configuration login to the NSX Manager Virtual Appliance using the admin account.

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Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 1 Deploying NSX Manager

Deploying VMware NSX-V – Part 1 Deploying NSX Manager

In this series of blogs posts, I’m going to cover the deployment process of NSX-V and how to configure some of the components required to demonstrate functionality such as micro-segmentation, logical switching and distributed routing.

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Manual install of NSX VIBs to ESXi Hosts

Manual install of NSX VIBs to ESXi Hosts

I’ve had a few problems (predominantly in labs) where the NSX host preparation stage has failed.  There can be a few reasons for this but I have found the most consistent way around this is to deploy the vibs manually.

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Primary Components of NSX-V

Primary Components of NSX-V

This post is focused on NSX-V (NSX for vSphere) which from this point forward I’ll refer to as NSX. Future posts will cover NSX-T components and architecture.

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