HOWTO: Deploy a VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway (ESG)

Published on 31 July 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 378. Reading Time: 2 mins.

Introduction

This is one of many posts that will form part of the VCAP6-NV Deploy Exam Guide .

What is an Edge Service Gateway (ESG)?

An Edge Services Gateway is a virtual appliance that is responsible for both North/South traffic and various Edge services, including Load Balancing, NAT and DHCP.

In this example, we will create a new ESG with two interfaces, one to connect to the transit network (Internal) and one to connect to a vDS Port Group (Uplink).

Step by Step Guide

Prerequisites

Adding an ESG has a certain amount of prerequisites that can be found within the VMware Doc site here .

Deploying a VMware NSX Edge Service Gateway (ESG)

1. Using your favourite web browser, navigate to the vCenter Server login page ( https://vcenter.fqdn ).

2. Type the administrator User name and Password and click Login.

3. Click Network and Security.

4. Click NSX Edges.

5. Click Add (+).

6. Type the Name of the new ESG and (optional) check the Enable High Availability checkbox.

7. Click Next.

8. Type and confirm a Password for the CLI credentials. (Optional) check the Enable SSH access or Enable FIPS mode checkboxes based on your requirements.

9. Click Next.

10. Select the correct Datacenter from the drop down, select the appropriate Appliance Size and then click Add(+).

11. Select the target Cluster/Resource Pool from the dropdown.

12. Select the target Datastore from the dropdown.

13. Click OK.

14. Click Next.

15. Click Add(+).

16. Type the Name of the NSX Edge Interface, select the appropriate Type option (either Internal or Uplink).

17. At Connected To, click Select.

18. Select the target Network (Logical Switch / Standard Portgroup / Distributed Portgroup) and click OK.

19. Click Add(+).

20. Type the Primary IP Address and the Subnet Prefix Length.

21. Click OK.

22. Add additional Interfaces as required.

23. Click Next.

24. Select the appropriate vNIC from the dropdown and enter the Gateway IP Address.

25. Click Next.

26. Check the Configure Firewall default policy checkbox.

27. Select the desired Default Traffic Policy and Logging options.

28. Click Next.

29. Click Finish.

Published on 31 July 2017 by Christopher Lewis. Words: 378. Reading Time: 2 mins.

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