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No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

  • 1.  No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Posted Jul 14, 2023 02:55 PM

     

    Built a NSX-T 4.1.0.2, and go to add a Host Node, but all of the choices for OSes are physical servers, i.e. no ESXI nor KVM etc.

    On the left is nsx-t 4.1.0.2 - on the right for comparison is nsx-t 3.x

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    Any suggestions on why no ESXi appears?

     



  • 2.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 14, 2023 04:09 PM

    The standalone host won't support VDS integration, that's why you are not seeing 

    https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX/4.0/rn/vmware-nsx-4001-release-notes/index.html 



  • 3.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Posted Jul 14, 2023 04:19 PM

    all of my hosts are 7.0 with Enterprise Plus licenses, so they support VDS switches.

    It limits the choices well before I even enter a host IP address (probably should have mentioned that).

    Re-built nsx4.0 with "Medium" size just to be sure that "Small" might have been causing problems.  Same result.

     

     

     



  • 4.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Posted Jul 14, 2023 04:24 PM

    This is probably the issue (seen from that link):

    VDS is configured through vCenter, while N-VDS was vCenter independent. With the deprecation of N-VDS, NSX will be closely tied to vCenter and vCenter will be required to enable NSX in vSphere environments.

    I don't yet have vCenter and NSX communicating properly.  In the past, I could add Host Nodes without that connection being done first.

     

    Thanks a lot for that link.

     

     



  • 5.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 15, 2023 07:45 AM

    From NSX 4.x onwards since the NVDS is deprecated, you will have to use the TransportNode profiles in NSX and use them to prepare the vSphere clusters that you want prepared for NSX. So from my understanding since its Converged VDS or only VDS used in NSX 4.x, you have the option to prepare the clusters using the VDS.



  • 6.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Posted Jul 17, 2023 12:21 PM

     

    Thanks for all of the answers, but I'm still confused.

    Suppose I wanted to add a Ubuntu KVM host - it's not in the list here:

     

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    I haven't put in any ip addresses, etc.

    So the fact that I don't get a good connection to any vCenter shouldn't be a factor.

     

    And: I would still think that esxi should appear in this list also.

     

    Not sure what I'm missing - obviously doing something wrong.

     

     

     

     



  • 7.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node
    Best Answer

    Posted Jul 18, 2023 06:11 AM

    KVM support is removed from NSX 4.x



  • 8.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node
    Best Answer

    Posted Jul 19, 2023 07:54 AM

    KVM is no longer supported by NSX because It was not so much used, so VMware decided to remove it. It's why you are not seeing it also...



  • 9.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Posted Jul 19, 2023 11:12 AM

    Thanks again for all of the responses.

    vCenter connected properly and all esxi hosts are usable.

    Understood now that KVM is no longer supported.

    Good to go.



  • 10.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 29, 2023 02:22 AM

    Great to hear that Huchord. Please mark this as solved and and please give a kudos to all the replies.

    Thanks



  • 11.  RE: No ESXi choice when adding Host Node

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 14, 2023 04:24 PM

    You are trying to add a host in the standalone mode. It will work only when the host has NVDS integration which is deprecated in the recent release. So the choice of design moving forward is to use vSphere Cluster preparation wherein all hosts are backed by VDS 7.X or later