If you use the NSX plug-in, you must also install Open vSwitch on each data-forwarding node. However, you do not need to install an additional agent on each node.
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It is critical that you are running an Open vSwitch version that is compatible with the current version of the NSX Controller software. Do not use the Open vSwitch version that is installed by default on Ubuntu. Instead, use the Open vSwitch version that is provided on the VMware support portal for your NSX Controller version. |
Procedure 7.10. To set up each node for the NSX plug-in
Ensure that each data-forwarding node has an IP address on the management network, and an IP address on the "data network" that is used for tunneling data traffic. For full details on configuring your forwarding node, see the NSX Administrator Guide.
Use the NSX Administrator Guide to add the node as a Hypervisor by using the NSX Manager GUI. Even if your forwarding node has no VMs and is only used for services agents like
neutron-dhcp-agentorneutron-lbaas-agent, it should still be added to NSX as a Hypervisor.After following the NSX Administrator Guide, use the page for this Hypervisor in the NSX Manager GUI to confirm that the node is properly connected to the NSX Controller Cluster and that the NSX Controller Cluster can see the
br-intintegration bridge.
