In this recipe, we will attach four virtual machines; two of those VMs are attached to the web tier universal logical switch and are distributed across two sites. The remaining two tiers, app and DB VMs, are attached to their respective universal logical switches. The following diagram depicts the overall topology and VM placement:
To add virtual machines to universal logical switches, the following prerequisites must be satisfied:
- User with NSX Enterprise Administrator or NSX Administrator role
- NSX Managers in both vCenter domains must be deployed and configured for Cross-vCenter NSX
- Controller cluster in the primary site is deployed and accessible
- Unicast control plane replication will be used
- ESXi hosts in either site can communicate with one another from their VTEP interfaces and the 1600-byte MTU has been set on the physical infrastructure
- Universal Transport Zone and corresponding segment ID is configured and available
- Universal Logical...