Chapter 3. NSX Manager Installation and Configuration

This chapter explains the list of prerequisites and installation steps for NSX Manager installation. The following are the key points that we will discuss:

  • NSX Manager requirements
  • NSX Manager installation
  • NSX Manager design considerations
  • Controller requirements
  • NSX Controller deployments design considerations
  • NSX data plane installation

NSX Manager requirements

VMware NSX Manager is a preconfigured virtual appliance which we can download from the VMware website just like any other VMware software. This preconfigured virtual machine comes with 16 GB of memory, 4 VCPUs, and 60 GB of storage space.

Let's have a quick look at the prerequisites for NSX Manager 6.2 installation:

  • VMware vCenter server 6.0 ...

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