PSC HA 6.5: 2c-Prepare an NSX Edge Load Balancer

This guide assumes that NSX is already installed and correctly configured.

Note: This guide was written using NSX for vSphere 6.3. Some settings may vary in older or new versions.

This configuration guide uses the following Network Information as examples.

First PSC Node (psc-ha-a1.domain.com, 192.168.2.101)
Additional PSC Node (psc-ha-a2.domain.com, 192.168.2.102)
PSC Virtual IP (psc-ha-vip.domain.com, 192.168.2.99)

1. Navigate to Networking & Security > NSX Edges
2. Click the + icon
3. Select Install Type Edge Services Gateway
4. Provide a Name
5. Select the checkbox for Deploy NSX Edge
6. Select the checkbox for Enable High Availability
7. Click Next

1. Provide a username
2. Provide a password for the defined username
3. Enable or Disable SSH Access
4. Set a desired logging level
5. Click Next

1. Choose a Datacenter location
2. Choose an Appliance Size
3. Click the + icon

1. Choose a Cluster
2. Choose a Datastore
3. Choose an ESXi Host
4. Choose a folder
5. Click OK

1. Click Next

1. Click the + icon
2. Provide a Name
3. Select Type Internal
4. Next to Connected To: click the Select link and choose the appropriate VM Network
5. Click the + icon and provide the IP Address and Prefix Length for the PSC HA VIP
6. Click OK
7. Click Next

1. Provide the default gateway for the PSC HA VIP
2. Click Next

1. Enable the checkbox for Configure Firewall default policy
2. Set Default Traffic Policy to Accept
3. Under Configure HA Parameters select the PSC HA VIP vNIC
4. Click Next

1. Review the configuration and click Finish

You should see two new NSX Edge VMs deployed in your environment

The new Edge should appear as Deployed after a few minutes

1. Double-Click into the deployed Edge and Navigate to Manage > Load Balancer
2. Click the Edit Button
3. Enable the checkbox for Enable Load Balancer
4. Enable the checkbox for Logging and set the desired logging level.
5. Click OK

1. Select Application Profiles
2. Click the + icon
3. Provide a Name
4. Select Type TCP
5. Under Persistence select Source IP
6. Click OK

The Application Profile should appear in the list of profiles

1. Select Pools
2. Click the + icon
3. Provide a Name
4. Select Algorithm ROUND-ROBIN
5. Select Monitors psc-ha-websso-monitor
6. Click the + icon
7. Provide a Name for the node member
8. Provide the IP Address of the First PSC node
9. Ensure Port is left blank
10. Enter Monitor Port 443
11. Click OK
12. Add a second member for the Additional PSC node

You should have two members listed

Click OK

1. Select Virtual Servers
2. Click the + icon
3. For Application Profile select the psc-ha-profile created earlier
4. Provide a Name
5. Provide the PSC HA VIP IP Address
6. For Protocol select TCP
7. For Port enter 443,389,636,2012,2014,2020
8. For Default Pool select the psc-ha-pool created earlier
9. Click OK

The Virtual Server should appear in the list