Before installing NSX, it is important to understand its requirements. NSX Manager and its related components require a considerable amount of resources and planning ahead is very important. The following table lists the minimum resource requirements for NSX Manager and its related components:
Component | CPU | Memory | Disk Space |
NSX Manager | 4 vCPU | 16 GB | 60 GB |
NSX Controller | 4 vCPU | 4 GB | 20 GB |
NSX Edge | 1 vCPU (Compact) 2 vCPU (Large) 4 vCPU (Quad Large) 6 vCPU (X-Large) | 512 MB(Compact) 1GB (Large) 2GB (Quad Large) 8GB (X-Large) | Compact, Large, Quad Large: 1 disk 584MB + 1 disk 512MB XLarge: 1 disk 584MB + 1 disk 2GB + 1 disk 256MB
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Guest Introspection | 2 vCPU | 1GB | 4GB |
You also need to have vCenter 6.0 or later installed in your environment and with each server running ESXi version 6.0 or newer. NSX also requires a range of ports to be allowed in your network. We will need TCP port 80 and 443 open for vSphere communication and NSX REST API functionality. We also need TCP ports 1234, 5671, and 22 for...