Deploy Nodes using Manager

You can deploy your Nodes using Manager. The Nodes register themselves with using the information provided by the user in the NSX-T Manager. When the nodes are registered with , you can configure Monitoring Session and related services in .

Refer to the following sections for details:

Getting Started

Deploying V Series Nodes in [%=prodVar.prod-VM-NSX-T%] Manager

Delete V Series Nodes and Monitoring Domain

Getting Started

To register your Nodes using Manager,

In , create a Monitoring Domain. For details, refer to [%=genVar.ProductName%].

In the VMware Configuration page, select No for the Use FM to Launch Fabric field.

When creating the Monitoring Domain for deploying Nodes, you can use the username and password that has at least "NETX Partner Admin" role assigned to it.

After creating your monitoring domain, you can use manager to deploy your nodes.

Deploying Nodes in Manager

To deploy the Nodes,

In the Service Deployment page of the manager, select Deployment.

From the Partner Service drop-down, select the service name corresponding to your Monitoring Domain. For details, refer to Deploy a Partner Service.

Select Deployment template and Deployment Specification>Configure Attributes.

In the Configure Attributes page, enter the

Service VM Host Name
Admin user password
(Optional) SSL Private Key and the SSL Certificate to use a custom certificate.

For details, refer to Install Custom Certificate topic for more detailed information on Custom Certificates.

After deployment,

NSX-T Manager displays the runtime status of node as UP.

updates the node status to Launching. After successful registration, the status changes to OK.

The deployed node appears on the Monitoring Domain page in .

automatically generates the V Series Node name. Do not rename the node in vCenter..

Compatibility and Limitations

All Nodes in a Monitoring Domain must run the same version. does not support mixed versions.
IPv6 is not supported for the gateway of the tunnel interface when deploying nodes through Manager.
Avoid renaming or manually managing the V Series Node from vCenter to prevent deployment issues.

Delete Nodes and Monitoring Domain

When you deploy your V Series Nodes using manager, disables the Delete button for those nodes. You must first remove the Service Deployment in Manager.

To delete a Node deployed using Manager,

In the Manager, delete the Policy and Service Chain.

In . delete the related Monitoring Session

In the Manager, delete the V Series node. automatically unregisters it from the Monitoring Domain..

In , delete the Monitoring Domain.