Task 4

Deploy HCX OVA

In this step, we will deploy the HCX VM with the configuration from the On-Premises VMware Lab Environment section.

Step 1: Deploy HCX connector VM

If Option 1: Deploy OVA from download.

1. Right-click Cluster-1.
2. Click Deploy OVF Template.

3. Click the button to point to the location of the downloaded OVA for HCX.
4. Click NEXT.

If Option 2: Deploy HCX from Content Library

1. Once the import is completed from the previous task, click Templates.
2. Right Click the imported HCX template.
3. Click New VM from This Template.

4. Give your HCX Connector a name: HCX-OnPrem-X-Y, where X is your group number and Y is your participant number.
5. Click NEXT.

Step 2: Name the HCX Connector VM

1. Give your HCX Connector a name: HCX-OnPrem-X-Y, where X is your group number and Y is your participant number.
2. Click NEXT.

Step 3: Assign the network to your HCX Connector VM

Keep the defaults for:

• Compute Resource
• Review details
• License agreements (Accept)
• Storage (LabDatastore)

1. Click to select management network.
2. Click NEXT.

Step 4: Customize template

Step 5: Validate deployment

Once done, navigate to Menu > VM’s and Templates > Power on the newly created HCX Manager VM.

The boot process may take 10-15 minutes to complete.