Deploy NSX Manager – 6.4.0

The NSX Manager is the central component of NSX. It is a single VM which is deployed as appliance. How to do the few steps to deploy the machine is explained here…

Preparation

Download the OVF template from my.vmware.com

Appliance deployment

Login to vCenter WebClient
Right-Click in your Cluster and select Deploy OVF Template

Deploy Wizard

Select LocalFile and browse to the downloaded ovf.
Change the name for the appliance as desired and select a datacenter or folder to deploy to.
After Cluster is selected you have to select a resource pool
Click on Next to accept the advanced configuration options.
You have to accept the license agreements.
Choose a storage for the appliance (a 60GB harddisk will be created)
Select the network
Customization – the order is confusing a little bit…
enter the values for:
- DNS
- Domain Search List
- IPv4 Gateway
- Hostname
- IPv4 Address
- Network 1 Netmask
- SSH enabled/disabled
- NTP
- Password for admin
- Password for Privilege Mode
- VMWare CEIP yes/no
After that review you settings and click on Finish
Wait until the VM is deployed. Then power on the NSX Manager.

Connect to vCenter

After the NSX Manager is up and running, log into it. https://nsxmgr
Username: admin
Password: *****
Select Manage vCenter Registration
Edit the Lookup Service URL
Enter the URL of your vCenter Server and use the SSO Administrator Account.
Confirm the certificate trust.
If everything works fine the status should show Connected with a green light
Lets connect the vCenter server with the NSX Manager. Click on Edit for vCenter Server
Enter the FQDN of your vCenter and the Credentials of your administrator.
Trust the Certificate too
After that the second status should show connected too. By using the refresh button behind Last successful inventory update the status shows a timestamp.