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Create an
NSX-T
 cloud account in
VMware Aria Automation

For network and security purposes, you can create an
NSX-T
 cloud account and associate it with one or more
vCenter
 cloud accounts.
For related information, see VMware NSX Documentation.
An
NSX-T
 cloud account can be associated to one or more
vCenter
 cloud accounts. However, an
NSX-V
 cloud account can only be associated to one
vCenter
 cloud account.
The association between
NSX-T
 and one or more
vCenter
 cloud accounts must be configured outside of
VMware Aria Automation
, specifically in your
NSX
 application.
VMware Aria Automation
 doesn't create the association between
NSX
 and
vCenter
. In
VMware Aria Automation
, you specify one or more configuration associations that already exists in
NSX
.
When you create an
NSX
 cloud account in
VMware Aria Automation
, you specify a manager type and an
NSX
 mode. These selections cannot be changed after you create the cloud account.
You can connect to an
NSX
 Global Manager and configure an association between an
NSX
 Global Manager and local managers in the context of the
NSX
 federation.
For related information about
NSX
 options and capabilities in general, see VMware NSX Documentation.
To facilitate fault tolerance and high availability in deployments, each
NSX
 endpoint represents a cluster of three
NSX Manager
s.
  • VMware Aria Automation
     can point to one of the
    NSX
     Managers. Using this option, one
    NSX
     Manager receives the API calls from
    VMware Aria Automation
    .
  • VMware Aria Automation
     can point to the Virtual IP of the cluster. Using this option, one
    NSX
     Manager assumes control of the VIP. That NSX Manager receives the API calls from
    VMware Aria Automation
    . In case of failure, another node in the cluster assumes control of the VIP and receives the API calls from
    VMware Aria Automation
    .
    For more information about VIP configuration for
    NSX
    , see
    Configure a Virtual IP (VIP) Address for a Cluster
     in the
    NSX Installation Guide
     at VMware NSX Documentation.
  • VMware Aria Automation
     can point to a load balancer VIP to load-balance the calls to the three
    NSX
     Managers. Using this option, all three
    NSX
     Managers receive API calls from
    VMware Aria Automation
    .
    You can configure the VIP on a third-party load balancer or on an
    NSX-T
     load balancer.
    For large scale environments, consider using this option to split the
    VMware Aria Automation
     API calls among the three
    NSX
     Managers.
  1. Select
    Infrastructure
    Connections
    Cloud Accounts
     and click
    Add Cloud Account
    .
  2. Select the
    NSX-T
     account type and specify a cloud account name and description.
  3. Enter the host IP address for the
    NSX-T
     Manager instance or VIP (see above for information about the expected behavior that pertains to the
    NSX
     Manager and VIP options).
  4. Enter your
    NSX
     user name and password administrator credentials.
  5. For
    Manager type
    , select either
    Global
     or
    Local
     (default).
    • Global Manager
      The Global Manager setting is only available for use with the Policy
      NSX mode
       setting. It is not available when using the Manager
      NSX mode
       setting.
      The Global setting refers to the
      NSX-T
       federation capabilities, including global network segments. Only
      NSX-T
       cloud accounts with the Global setting support
      NSX-T
       federation.
      When using the Global Manager setting, you are prompted to identify a Local Manager
      NSX-T
       cloud account and an associated
      vCenter
       cloud account.
      You cannot associate a Global Manger
      NSX-T
       cloud account with
      vCenter
       cloud account, as you can with an Local Manager
      NSX-T
       cloud account. Similar to how a Local Manager
      NSX-T
       cloud account can be associated to multiple
      vCenter
       cloud accounts, a Global Manager
      NSX-T
       cloud account can be associated to multiple Local Manager
      NSX-T
       cloud accounts.
    • Local Manager
      Use the Local setting to define a traditional
      NSX-T
       cloud account, which can be associated to one or more
      vSphere
       cloud accounts. You can associate a Global manager
      NSX-T
       cloud account with a Local
      NSX-T
       cloud accounts. Note that this is also the setting to use if you are creating a new and empty target
      NSX-T
       cloud account for the purposes of
      NSX-V
       to
      NSX-T
       migration.
    You cannot change the
    Manager type
     setting after you create the cloud account.
  6. For
    NSX mode
    , select either
    Policy
     or
    Manager
    .
    • Policy mode (default)
      The Policy mode is available for
      NSX-T
       3.0 and
      NSX-T
       3.1 forward. This option enables
      VMware Aria Automation
       to use the additional capabilities available in the
      NSX-T
       Policy API.
      If you are using
      NSX-T
       with a
      VMware Cloud on AWS
       cloud account in a cloud template, the
      NSX-T
       cloud account must use the Policy
      NSX mode
      .
      The Policy setting refers to the
      NSX-T
       Policy API form of
      NSX-T
      .
    • Manager mode
      Existing
      NSX-T
       endpoints or cloud accounts that are upgraded from an earlier version of
      VMware Aria Automation
       that did not provide a Policy option are treated as Manager mode
      NSX-T
       cloud accounts.
      The Manager mode is supported for
      NSX-T
       2.4,
      NSX-T
       3.0, and
      NSX-T
       3.1 forward.
      If you specify Manager mode, use the Manager mode option for other
      NSX-T
       cloud accounts until
      VMware Aria Automation
       introduces a Manager mode to Policy mode migration path.
      Some
      VMware Aria Automation
       options for
      NSX-T
       require
      NSX-T
       3.0 or greater, including adding tags to virtual machine NIC components in the cloud template.
      The Manager setting refers to the
      NSX-T
       Manager API form of
      NSX-T
      .
    If you have existing
    NSX-T
     cloud accounts that were created prior to the introduction of the Policy mode in
    VMware Aria Automation
     8.2, they use the Manager API method. It is recommended that you replace your existing
    NSX-T
     cloud accounts with new
    NSX-T
     cloud accounts that specify the Policy API method.
    You cannot change the
    NSX mode
     value after you create the cloud account.
  7. Click
    Validate
     to confirm the credentials in relation to the selected NSX Manager type and NSX mode.
    The assets associated with the account are collected.
    If the
    NSX
     host IP address is not available, validation fails.
  8. In
    Associations
    , add one or more
    vCenter
     cloud accounts to associate with this
    NSX-T
     cloud account. You can also remove existing
    vCenter
     cloud account associations.
    Only
    vCenter
     cloud accounts that are not currently associated in
    VMware Aria Automation
     to an
    NSX-T
     or
    NSX-V
     cloud account are available for selection.
    For information about making association changes after you have deployed a cloud template, or about deleting the cloud account after you have deployed a cloud template, see What happens if I remove an NSX cloud account association in VMware Aria Automation.
  9. If you want to add tags to support a tagging strategy, enter capability tags.
    You can add or remove capability tags later. See maphead-how-to-use-tags.html.
    video symbolFor more information about how capability tags and constraint tags help control deployment placements, see the Constraint Tags and Placement video tutorial.
  10. Click
    Save
    .
You can create or edit a
vCenter
 cloud account to associate with this
NSX
 cloud account. See Create a basic vCenter cloud account in VMware Aria Automation.
Create and configure one or more cloud zones for use with the data centers that are used by this cloud account. See Learn more about Automation Assembler cloud zones.
Configure infrastructure resources for this cloud account. See Building your Automation Assembler resource infrastructure.
For samples of using
NSX-T
 options in
VMware Aria Automation
 cloud templates, see Network, security group, and load balancer resource examples in Automation Assembler.

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