
6 Type a name for the NSX Edge virtual machine.
This name appears in your vCenter inventory. The name should be unique across all Edges within a
single tenant.
7 (Optional) Type a host name for the NSX Edge virtual machine.
This name appears in CLI. If you do not specify the host name, the Edge ID is displayed in CLI.
8 (Optional) Type a description and tenant for this NSX Edge.
9 Click Next.
Specify the CLI Credentials
Edit the credentials to be used for logging in to the Command Line Interface (CLI).
Procedure
1 On the CLI Credentials page, specify the CLI credentials for your NSX Edge virtual machine.
Option Action
CLI user name
Edit if required.
CLI password
Type a password.
2 (Optional) Click Enable SSH access if required.
3 Click Next.
The Edge Appliances page appears.
Configure Deployment
You must add an appliance before you can deploy a NSX Edge. If you do not add an appliance when you
install NSX Edge, NSX Edge remains in an offline mode until you add an appliance.
Prerequisites
Verify that the resource pool has enough capacity for the Edge virtual machine to be deployed. See “System
Requirements for NSX,” on page 13.
Procedure
1 On the Deployment Configuration page, select the datacenter where you want to place the NSX Edge
virtual machine.
2 Select the size of the NSX Edge instance based on your system resources.
The Large NSX Edge has more CPU, memory, and disk space than the Compact NSX Edge, and
supports a bigger number of concurrent SSL VPN-Plus users. The X-Large NSX Edge is suited for
environments which have Load Balancer with millions of concurrent sessions. The Quad Large NSX
Edge is recommended for high throughput and requires a high connection rate.
See “System Requirements for NSX,” on page 13.
3 Click Enable auto rule generation to add firewall, NAT, and routing routes to enable control traffic to
flow for these services..
If you do not select Enable auto rule generation, you must manually add firewall, NAT, and routing
configuration to allow control channel traffic for NSX Edge services such as Load Balancing, VPN, etc.
NOTE Auto rule generation does not create rules for data-channel traffic.
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