So now that we have deployed
our first NSX Manager right here,
it's now time to go ahead and verify that it is functional.
So as I mentioned earlier, we did the demo install process
and I earlier today installed this NSX Manager,
but I have not yet connected to it
from my management PC right here.
So my management computer is .151
on the management network of 192.168.1,
and we should be able to reach this NSX Manager
that we just deployed at .11. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
that we just deployed at .11.
So we'll connect initially together
so you can see every step along the way.
So let's head over to our management computer right now
and log in to this NSX Manager 11 at 192.168.1.11
using a browser.
All right, and we are off to a fabulous start
because it's using a certificate
that my management computer cannot verify.
That's why I have the certificate warning.
I'm gonna click on Advanced.
So we're at the right address, 1921.168.1.11,
and I'll click on Proceed.
All right, then it presents me with this beautiful login WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
All right, then it presents me with this beautiful login
and these little red squares
are due to my local password manager.
Those are not part of NSX or this interface.
So we'll log in as admin
and then I'll specify the password that I set up
during the deployment of this NSX Manager.
So with that password supplied, we'll click on Log In
for the very first time to this NSX Manager.
All right, and here we go.
So we have an end-user license agreement,
and then we'll go ahead and say "I understand and accept"
and click on Continue.
Then it's asking me, do we wanna join the customer
experience improvement program? WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
experience improvement program?
And in my lab environment here,
I'm gonna say no to that for this and click on Save.
Then it's giving us a little welcome to NSX.
There's a little tour that we can run on and say,
"Please don't show that again," and skip the tour.
Now, if you want the tour and didn't do the tour,
you can go back up here to the question mark,
use the dropdown,
and then click right here on View Product Tour,
and it'll be happy to take you through that product tour.
So by default, we have dark mode.
If you wanna change that,
you can just click up here on the little sun icon
and that takes it to the lighter mode.
If you wanna go back to dark mode, click on the moon. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
If you wanna go back to dark mode, click on the moon.
So for recording purposes, I'm gonna go ahead
and leave it on light mode.
It's also warning us up here at the top
that you have not configured backups of NSX Manager,
and that's because we just deployed it.
We haven't actually done much with it except for deploy it.
So I've got one message there,
I'll go ahead and arrow to the right.
And some features are not supported
with the Endpoint license, that's the default one.
Please upgrade the license to use more supportive features,
where it's asking us to go ahead
and deploy the additional license.
So we can do that either by clicking here
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on Managed Licenses.
And by clicking there,
it took us to the System tab right here.
And then on the left under Settings,
it took us down to Licenses.
So that's the default license that came with it.
And then by clicking right here on Add License,
I'm gonna add my VMUG Advantage license,
which again is an evaluation license
as part of the VMUG Advantage program.
And that eval license is good for one year.
So I'm gonna supply that key right here.
So now that I've added my license,
I'll go ahead and click on Add,
and that's going to refresh this page
and then effectively activate that license. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
and then effectively activate that license.
So here's the license that came with it,
and then this top one here
is the Data Center Evaluation License
that I just added as part of the VMUG Advantage program.
And then for the warning message about backups
of NSX manager, we'll get to that later.
I'll click on the X in the upper right hand corner there.
So with System selected, on the left,
let's click on System Overview.
And it's currently showing us
what we currently have in place.
So we have one NSX Management nodes,
and that's the current NSX Manager that we're sitting at.
Then we have zero host transport nodes,
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and that's a fancy way of saying an ESXi host
that's been enabled for NSX.
We have zero edge transport nodes,
and then we have two transport zones that come by default.
So we don't have to use those.
We can use those if we want,
but there's two that are there by default that we can use.
And if we wanted to check on the health
and welfare of our NSX appliance,
once again, we click here on the system tab on the top,
and on the left, we simply click on Appliances
in the Configuration section.
So here with appliances selected,
it gives us the big warning saying A compute manager
is required to deploy, blah, blah, blah, blah. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
is required to deploy, blah, blah, blah, blah.
So when it talks about a compute manager,
what it's really referring to is we need to know,
says NSX Manager, about the vCenter server
that's in charge of your ESXi hosts.
So before we get too far along,
we'll need to make sure we have a license,
which we've already done.
And then secondly, we'll also need to tell NSX
about where that vCenter server is and how to log onto it.
So we'll get to that in just a moment.
But as far as the health and wellbeing of this NSX cluster,
here it's showing us that we have one appliance WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
right here in this cluster.
So the cluster of one.
And currently, it shows as stable, that's a good sign.
And here for this first node that we're working with,
if we go down here to View Details,
here it can give us additional information
regarding the status of various services on the NSX Manager.
So we'll go ahead and close that.
And since we enabled SSH access
over to this NSX Manager here at 192.168.1.11,
let's also open up a terminal window and go to the CLI.
We'll log in as admin, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
We'll log in as admin,
and we'll do some verification at the CLI as well.
So I'm using a terminal emulator called SecureCRT.
I'll click here on the little lightning bolt,
and let's connect over to 192.168.1.11.
And port 22 is the well-known port for SSH services.
We wanna log in as admin, and then we'll click on Connect.
We have not connected before because it's a brand new host.
So we'll go ahead and say, regarding the host key,
we'll accept it and save it.
And then we'll log in.
And for the admin password,
I'll supply the password that I configured WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
I'll supply the password that I configured
when we deployed that NSX Manager.
And I'm also gonna click on Save password.
So if we log in in the future, I wouldn't have to re-put in
that password over and over again.
So we'll click on OK,
and we're now logged on to NSX Manager 11.
So there's the version number,
and we are effectively at this NSX Manager
at the NSX Command Line Interface.
So we do a question mark right there.
It gives us a list of possible first commands
that we could issue.
And so the primary one I wanna do here is get.
So we'll type in get, or we can copy paste get,
a space, and a question mark. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
a space, and a question mark.
And here are the options that we could use
after the word get.
And these are in alphabetical order.
So if we scroll up a little bit, let's go to cluster.
So I'll go ahead and copy and paste cluster
and a space and a question mark.
Then we have these four options that can follow clusters.
So we'll type in status, I'll tab it out,
and a question mark.
And then we could either just press Enter,
that's what the CR there is, carriage return,
or we could use a pipe symbol or we could type in verbose.
So let's just do a get cluster status and press Enter.
And lemme scroll up to the top of this output.
So there's our command, get cluster status, WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So there's our command, get cluster status,
from the NSX CLI.
And this effectively is a command line option
for seeing what we saw in the GUI.
So what we're looking for is stable across the board.
And if we see degraded or some other message
indicating a problem, we'd wanna look into it.
So here we have MANAGER and HTTPS
and SITE_MANAGER, et cetera, et cetera.
And again, these are the same options
that are appearing in the GUI.
So we went back to the web interface.
And for this node, which is part of the cluster,
if we clicked here on View Details,
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you'll notice we have MANAGER and HTTPS
and SITE_MANAGER, et cetera.
So if you can't get to the GUI,
or you're currently at the CLI and you wanna see the status,
it's get cluster status.
So again, a question mark
will give you context sensitive help
for where you're currently at.
So if we go back to the very beginning
of our command line here,
if we type in get, space, a question mark.
And if we wanna verify our version, for example,
we can type in get version, a space, and a question mark.
And again, the only options here is a carriage return
or we could do a pipe and modify the output.
So we'll press Enter, and that'll show us the version. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So we'll press Enter, and that'll show us the version.