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This guide describes how to configure Abiquo to create the NSX infrastructure for each Virtual Datacenter according to the following blueprint.
Every time a VDC is deployed, Abiquo will create the DLRs and ESGs, and connect them to the tenant network to provide gateway, DHCP, routing and firewall services to the VMs inside the VDC.
Limitations
- NSX ECMP does not support load balancers.
- Maximum 1 VDC per tenant.
Abiquo properties
The following properties are global to the platform and you must configure them in the DC Remote Services appliance:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| abiquo.nsx.transport-zone | The transport zone where the networks created by Abiquo will be attached |
| abiquo.nsx.edge.cluster-id | Identifier (in VCenter) of the cluster where Abiquo will deploy the DLRs and ESGs |
| abiquo.nsx.edge.datastore-id | Identifier (in VCenter) of the datastore where Abiquo will deploy the DLRs and ESGs |
The following properties can be configured globally or per tenant. See Manage tenant properties to configure them as tenant properties.
To configure properties globally in the DC Remote Server properties, use them with an abiquo. prefix:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| nsx.gateway.network-id | VLAN tag of the tenant network where the ESGs will be connected. Abiquo will create a distributed port group if none exists for that VLAN |
| nsx.gateway.network | Network CIDR of the tenant network |
| nsx.gateway.datacenter | The Datacenter where Abiquo will create the distributed port group for the tenant VLAN, if missing |
nsx.gateway.dvs | The distributed virtual switch where Abiquo will create the distributed port group for the tenant VLAN, if missing |
nsx.gateway.bgp.as | Identifier of the AS used in the tenant network |
nsx.gateway.bgp.from-edge-password | BGP password for gateway from Edge |
| nsx.edge.uplink.ips | Comma separated list of the IP addresses to assign to the uplink interfaces of the ESGs. The number of IP addresses here will determine the number of ESGs Abiquo will deploy when creating a Virtual datacenter |
| nsx.edge.bgp.peers | Comma separated list of the IP addresses to be configured as BGP neighbor of each ESG uplink |
| nsx.edge.bgp.as | Identifier of the AS used by the ESGs |
nsx.edge.bgp.from-local-password | BGP password from local |
| nsx.edge.bgp.hold-down-timer | Hold down timer value for the BGP between the ESGs and the tenant network |
| nsx.edge.bgp.keep-alive-timer | Keep alive timer or the BGP between the ESGs and the tenant network |
| nsx.edge.bgp.weight | Weight of each neighbor in the BGP between the ESGs and the tenant network |
| nsx.local.bgp.as | Identifier of the AS used by the local DLR |
| nsx.local.bgp.hold-down-timer | Hold down timer value for the BGP between the DLR and the ESGs |
| nsx.local.bgp.keep-alive-timer | Keep alive timer for the BGP between the DLR and the ESGs |
| nsx.local.bgp.weight | Weight of each neighbor in the BGP between the DLR and the ESGs |
nsx.transit.network | Network CIDR of the transit network |
nsx.virtualwire.teaming | Use this property to set the teaming policy for the portGroup that is the backing for the VirtualWire when it is created. This value cannot be changed after it is created. |