So as we continue our journey here, we just created the new transport zone.
Even though we have this transport zone, which we're going to create a segment
and put in it,
we need to also tell our edge devices that we want them to be included as part
of supporting
segments in that new transport zone. So let's also take a moment right here, go
to both of our
edges and say, "Hey, you know what? In addition to the overlay transport zone
that you're supporting,
please also support segments in this new transport zone for VLAN-backed
segments that we just created."
So let's make a road trip over to edge one, edge two, and we'll train them that WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
So let's make a road trip over to edge one, edge two, and we'll train them that
we want them both
to support segments that are going to be put into that new transport zone. So
to do that,
with the system tab selected in the NSX manager, we'll head over on the left,
expand fabric if
it isn't already, and click on nodes, which in this flavor of NSX is referring
to edge nodes.
So with the nodes selected on the left, let's go ahead and start with edge one.
So we'll click
on edge one, and here in the overview is showing that it's currently only set
up to support the
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overlay transport zone called our AB overlay TZ, and we want to also add on top
of that our new
VLAN-backed transport zone. So we'll click on the pencil to go ahead and edit,
and then here for
transport zones that's being supported by edge one, we'll just use the drop
down and we'll add to it
our new VLAN-backed transport zone, so now supporting both of them and we'll
click on save. So once
this is done, we'll do the same exact process for edge two. So we'll select
edge two, we'll click on
the pencil for edge two to edit it, and then here for edge two for the WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
the pencil for edge two to edit it, and then here for edge two for the
transport zones it supports,
we use the drop down and say please also support segments in this new transport
zone should they be
created, which we'll do next, and we'll click on save. And let's verify that
real quick, here's edge
one, it supports these two transport zones, fantastic, here's edge two, and it
's showing it supports those
two transport zones as well. So that looked great, so our next step is to
create an actual VLAN-based
segment that will include as part of that new transport zone. So to create a
new segment, we're WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
new segment, we're
going to click up here on networking on the top and on the left under
connectivity, we'll click
right here on segments. So here are our two overlay segments in here in the
transport zone name
column, it also is showing us the type. So these are two segments of type
overlay, and we want to
create a new one that's of type VLAN. So we'll click on add segment, and let's
call this external
segment 192 that way when I see it, we'll know exactly what it is, this is
going to represent
a VLAN-backed segment, and on that VLAN-backed segment, which I'm going to use WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
a VLAN-backed segment, and on that VLAN-backed segment, which I'm going to use
as VLAN-zero,
it's my 192 168 one network. And so for the connected gateway, we're not going
to connect this to a
gateway now, it's a temptation right here, so you know what, let's go ahead and
connect this to
one of our gateways, but what we're going to do if we want fault tolerance is
we're going to create
the segment, and then in a separate step, we'll go ahead and associate two
logical interfaces
on our tier zero gateway that are both connected to this segment for fault
tolerance, one interface
using edge one and a second interface using edge two. So for now, we're just WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
using edge one and a second interface using edge two. So for now, we're just
creating the segment,
not connecting it to a gateway, and then for the transport zone it belongs to,
we want to specify
our VLAN-backed TZ right here, and that's also how it knows what type of
segment this is going to be,
is it going to be a overly segment, or is it going to be a VLAN-based segment?
And because we selected a
transport zone that was of type VLAN, it now knows or is going to create this
external segment also as
a VLAN-backed segment. So they go ahead and collapse the left-hand side, gives
a little bit more room,
and now it's asking for what VLAN do we want to associate with this segment. So WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
and now it's asking for what VLAN do we want to associate with this segment. So
for my topology,
I need no 802.1q tagging whatsoever, because it's on my effectively my native V
LAN-VLAN one.
So I'm going to put a zero here, and that simply says, okay, no tagging. So if
we had our connectivity
between our NSX environment and our physical network, if it was VLAN-20, we put
VLAN-20 here.
If it was VLAN-70, we put VLAN-70 here. In my case, I'm not using tagging on my
192.1
state one network. There's no 802.1q tags associated with it. So I'm going to WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
state one network. There's no 802.1q tags associated with it. So I'm going to
put zero to represent
no tagging, no special VLAN assignment. And that's all the information I
specify right here,
the name, the fact that it's in a zone that's a VLAN-backed transport zone,
which makes it a
VLAN-backed segment, and then which VLAN to associate this with. And everything
else, I'm going to leave
as their defaults, and we're going to scroll down and click right here on Save.
All right, so it
created it, now it's giving us the opportunity to continue editing it. I don't
need any further
edits right now, so I'm going to click on No. And now we have this new segment. WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
edits right now, so I'm going to click on No. And now we have this new segment.
Also take a look
here. It shows that the type is VLAN-based. So this segment, external segment
192, if we expand it
here, it shows the details as well. It's in this transport zone, which is a V
LAN-backed transport
zone. And the VLAN we're using is nothing. So effectively, no tagging. So we'll
collapse that.
So now what do we have? We go back to System and Nodes, we have two edge nodes
that both support
VLAN-backed transport zone. And we also now have a VLAN-backed segment right WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:900000
VLAN-backed transport zone. And we also now have a VLAN-backed segment right
here that's associated
with this transport zone. And also this external segment is going to use VLAN-
zero.