NSX-T Data Collection Workbook

Project Information

Project Name

Project Owner

Technical Lead

Target Go-Live Date

Business Justification

Site Information

Site Name/Code	Site Role	Physical Address	Site Contact	Expected VM Count	Expected Segments	Actions

vCenter Server Information

vCenter FQDN

Must be resolvable via DNS

vCenter IP Address

vCenter Version

SSO Domain

Datacenter Objects

Compute Clusters

ESXi Host Information

ESXi Version

Total Host Count

Total ESXi hosts across all sites

Physical NICs per Host

Number of physical NICs available for overlay traffic

vSwitch Type

MTU Configuration

Cisco Nexus Underlay Network

Nexus Switch Models

NX-OS Version

TEP Network VLAN ID

Dedicated VLAN for NSX tunnel endpoints

Underlay MTU

Must match or exceed ESXi host MTU

BUM Traffic Mode

Routing Protocol

Available VLANs for Edge Uplinks

Cisco UCS Compute Platform

UCS Fabric Interconnect Model

UCS Manager Version

vNICs per Service Profile

vNIC Bandwidth

NSX Manager Cluster Configuration

Deployment Size

Small: 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | For 250 VMs, Small is appropriate

Number of Manager Nodes

Virtual IP (VIP)

Cluster IP for load-balanced management access

Manager Node Details

Node Name	FQDN	IP Address	Subnet Mask	Gateway

DNS and NTP Configuration

Primary DNS Server

Secondary DNS Server

DNS Domain Suffix

Primary NTP Server

Secondary NTP Server

Transport Zone Configuration

Transport Zone Name	Traffic Type	Site Scope	Description	Actions

Host Uplink Profile

Profile Name

Teaming Policy

Active Uplinks

Comma-separated list of active uplink names

Standby Uplinks

Transport VLAN

VLAN for tunnel endpoint traffic (must match Nexus configuration)

MTU

IP Pools for Host TEPs

Pool Name	Site	IP Range Start	IP Range End	Subnet Mask	Gateway	Actions

Estimate: Need one IP per ESXi host (~20-40 IPs per site for 250 VMs)

Edge Node Configuration

Edge Name	Site	Form Factor	Management IP	TEP IP 1	TEP IP 2	Actions

Recommendation: 2 edges per site minimum for HA (4 total for two-site deployment)

Edge Uplink Configuration

Edge Name	Uplink #	VLAN ID	IP Address	Subnet Mask	Gateway	Nexus Switch Port	Actions

Edge Cluster Definitions

Edge Cluster Name	Site	Member Edge Nodes	Description	Actions

Logical Segment Configuration

Planning for 100 logical networks. Use consistent naming conventions and tags for management at scale.

Segment Name	Transport Zone	IP Subnet	Gateway IP	Connected T1	Site	Application	Actions

Continue adding segments to reach 100 total logical networks

Segment IP Management

DHCP Service

DNS Servers for VMs

Provided to VMs via DHCP

IP Subnet Allocation Range

Overall IP space allocated for 100 logical networks

Tier-0 Gateway Configuration

T0 Gateway Name	Site	HA Mode	Edge Cluster	Failover Mode	Actions

BGP Configuration (if applicable)

Enable BGP

Tier-1 Gateway Configuration

T1 Gateway Name	Connected T0	Site	Edge Cluster	Route Advertisement	Application/Tenant	Actions

Recommendation: 5-10 T1 gateways grouping related segments for 100 total logical networks

Security Groups

Group Name	Membership Type	Membership Criteria	Description	Actions

Distributed Firewall Policies

Policy Name	Category	Applied To	Description	Actions

Sample Firewall Rules (Policy-WebApp-3Tier)

Rule Name	Source	Destination	Service	Action	Logging	Actions

Rules evaluated top to bottom within each category

Inter-Site Connectivity

Connectivity Type

Latency Between Sites

Round-trip time between sites

Bandwidth Between Sites

VM Placement Strategy

Site Resource Allocation

Site Name	VM Count	Segment Count	Role	Failover RPO	Failover RTO

Segment Distribution

Local Segments (Site-Specific)

Segments not stretched across sites

Stretched Segments (Multi-Site)

Generally not recommended without NSX Federation

Naming Conventions

Object Type	Naming Pattern	Example
Transport Zones		TZ-Overlay-Site1
Segments		Web-Frontend-Prod-Site1
Security Groups		SG-Web-Servers-Prod
Firewall Policies		Policy-WebApp-3Tier
T0 Gateways		T0-GW-Site1
T1 Gateways		T1-GW-WebApp
Edge Nodes		Edge01-Site1

Tagging Strategy

Tag Category	Tag Values	Purpose	Actions

Access Control (RBAC)

User/Group Name	Role	Scope	Team	Actions

Licensing Information

License Edition

License Key

Licensed CPU Count

License Expiration

VMware Support Contract #

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