So regarding the challenge of identifying
the various elements that we need to supply
when deploying or configuring an ESXi host
to create a transport note out of it,
one of the ways that we can confirm what's required
and what's asked for is by taking a look
at actually walking through the process.
So in this validation, let's just go up to System here
in the NSX manager, on the left,
we'll expand the Fabric section,
if it's not already expanded,
and we'll go down to Hosts,
referring to our ESXi host transport nodes.
Let's go ahead and open up one of our clusters there WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
Let's go ahead and open up one of our clusters there
and let's configure esxi-b
and that will remind us of the information
that we need to supply.
So I'm gonna click on the three dots right here
next to esxi-b and click on Configure NSX.
So initially, before we even install NSX on an ESXi host,
it's gonna have information about that host,
courtesy of vCenter, including its name
and its management IP address, so we'll click on Next.
Now, this is one that's already configured,
so we'll go ahead and click on the three dots
and then click on Edit.
I'll collapse the left-hand side there.
And let's take a look. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
And let's take a look.
So one of the items we need to specify is,
okay, which distributed switch that exists up in vSphere,
in the vSphere Client, do we wanna use as part of NSX?
So we specify the switch we wanna use, so that's one item.
We'd specify the transport zone and/or transport zones
that we want this host transport node to support,
so that'd be two items.
We'd specify the uplink profile,
and then within that uplink profile,
it specifies which VM NIC labels we wanna use
and it also in the uplink profile is specifying
the actual VLAN we're gonna use on the transport network. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
the actual VLAN we're gonna use on the transport network.
So we can specify the uplink profile
as either one or two components,
because in the uplink profile,
again, it has the uplink profile label
and also which VLAN we're gonna use.
And then we're also gonna specify
the IP addressing that we're gonna use.
Are we gonna use IPv4 or IPv6, that's another one.
So we'll specify IPv4 here.
And then based on that, we're gonna specify
how do we wanna specify the tunnel endpoint address.
Do you wanna go ahead and use DHCP services
on an individual host,
or do you wanna specify an IP address from an existing pool,
or do you wanna specify a static IP address? WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
or do you wanna specify a static IP address?
And then if we specify a static IP address,
it's gonna ask us what is that IP address,
including the mask associated with that IP address.
And also, what is the default gateway
that this transport node should use on the transport network
if it needs to forward traffic to another subnet,
for example, another tunnel endpoint on a different subnet.
And then we scroll down.
Furthermore, it's also asking us about mapping.
In this case, the uplink profile is calling for one uplink.
So it's also asking us to map that label via nic2 here. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So it's also asking us to map that label via nic2 here.
So here we would specify the uplink
on the distributed switch we wanna use.
So that's well more than five.
However, if you could do four or more just from memory,
that's a great start and to reinforce this concept
of what needs to be implemented or configured
as part of setting up an ESXi host as a host transport node,
the best way to do this is to walk through it a few times.
And again, the best way to get licensing for that
in the lab environment is through VMUG Advantage.
And I'd strongly encourage you to do that
to get that hands-on practice as well.
So thanks for joining me WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So thanks for joining me
in this validation section for this skill,
and I'll see you, my friend, in the very next skill.
Until then, I hope this has been informative
and I'd like to thank you for viewing.