Create and Manage NSX-V Edge Gateways

A VMware Cloud Director edge gateway is a virtual router for organization vDC (virtual Data Center) networks. NSX-V edge gateway provides a routed connection between an organization vDC network and an external network. Edge gateway can support up to ten interfaces. These interfaces are categorized as uplinks when they connect to an external network and internal interfaces when they connect to an organization vDC network.

You can create edge gateway in either a compact or a full configuration. The full configuration provides increased capacity and performance. The compact configuration requires less memory and fewer compute resources. All services are supported in either configuration.

View NSX-V Edge Gateways

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu.
2. On the following page, click the NSX-V tab.
3. The page that loads will show the list of VSs together with their:
   • Label - the name of the edge gateway
   • External address - external firewall IP
   • User Group - the user group with which the edge gateway is associated
   • Organization - the organization with which the edge gateway is associated
   • Resource Pool - the resource pool with which the edge gateway is associated
   • Status - power status, active or inactive

Create NSX-V Edge Gateway

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu > NSX-V tab and click upper right. This will start an edge gateway creation wizard.
2. Fill in the wizard step by step. Each of these steps is described in the corresponding sections below.
3. Click the New Edge Gateway button to start the creation process. You will be taken to the edge gateway details screen.

View NSX-V Edge Gateway Details

To view the details of a specific NSX-V edge gateway:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu > NSX-V tab.
2. Choose the specific label. Click the Overview tab to see the following information:
   • Label - the name of the edge gateway
   • Description - additional info about the edge gateway
   • Resource Pool - the resource pool with which the edge gateway is associated
   • Organization - the organization with which the edge gateway is associated
   • User Group - the user group with which the edge gateway is associated
   • Edge Gateway Configuration - configuration type of the edge gateway
   • High Availability - whether high availability option is enabled for this edge gateway or not
   • Use default route for dns relay - whether default route for DNS relay is used or not
   • IP Settings section below includes the following columns:
     • External network
     • IP net
     • IP address
     • Sub-allocated IP pool - if you have any sub-allocated IP pools on the vCloud side, these will be displayed in this field
3. Also at this page you will see the following information about external network interfaces, to which this edge gateway is connected:
   • Label - the label of the network
   • Gateway address - the IP address of the gateway
4. Go to the Firewall, NAT, Load Balancer, IPSec VPN,L2 VPN tabs for the respective actions.
5. By clicking the Services tab you will be redirected to the VMware Cloud Director where you can manage appropriate edge gateway services if needed.

Edit NSX-V Edge Gateways

Whether you want to change an edge gateway or its components, be sure to select the corresponding action. If you want to edit an edge gateway choose the Edit action. For other components, select among such actions as Edit External Networks, Edit Default Gateway, Edit IP Settings or Edit Rate Limits.

To edit edge gateway:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu.

2. Click the Actions icon next to the edge gateway you want to edit, then choose the action from the list.

3. Edit the necessary parameters:
   

   Edit Edge Gateway

   • Label - change the label of edge gateway
   • Description - specify additional info about edge gateway
   • Enable High Availability - move the slider to the right to enable the high availability option for this edge gateway

   Edit External Networks
   

   Select the external network from the list.

   Edit Default Gateway
   

   • Configure default gateway - move this slider to the left to enable automatic configuration of the default gateway
   • Default gateway - select the default gateway in the drop-down list
   • Use default gateway for DNS relay - move this slider to the right to use the default gateway for DNS relay

   Edit IP Settings
   

   • Assign - move this slider to the right to assign an IP address for each of the subnets. You may choose not to assign IP addresses to a given subnet at all.
   • Auto - move this slider to the left to specify the IP address manually
   • IP range - in the drop-down list, select the IP range
   • IP address - in the drop-down list, select the IP address

   Edit Rate Limits
   

   • Enable rate limits - move this slider to the right to enable the inbound and outbound rate limits
   • Incoming rate limit - indicate the inbound rate limit in megabits per second. The default value is 100. The minimal value is 0,001 Mb/s.
   • Outgoing rate limit - indicate the outbound rate limit in megabits per second. The default value is 100. The minimal value is 0,001 Mb/s.

4. Click Submit.

Delete NSX-V Edge Gateways

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu > NSX-V tab.
2. Click the Actions icon next to the edge gateway you want to remove, then choose Delete.
3. Confirm the deletion.

Advanced Edge Gateway Services

Starting with Virtuozzo OnApp 5.4, you can manage advanced edge gateway services. You can check whether an edge gateway is advanced using Edge Gateways API requests (advanced edge gateway has the advanced_enabled parameter set to ’true’). If your edge gateway is not advanced you can convert it to one as described in the section below.

To manage advanced edge gateway services:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu > NSX-V tab.
2. Choose the specific Edge Gateways ’ label. Click the Services tab. You will be redirected to the VMware Cloud Director where you can manage appropriate advanced edge gateway services.

Convert Edge Gateways to Advanced Edge Gateways

To convert the non-advanced edge gateway into advanced:

1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Edge Gateways menu > NSX-V tab.
2. Click the Actions icon next to the edge gateway you want to convert and then select Convert to Advanced Edge Gateway.