How to Install and Configure VMware NSX with an NVIDIA Spectrum Network Fabric

This article provides a comprehensive guide for installing and configuring VMware NSX on an NVIDIA Spectrum network fabric using Cumulus Linux. It emphasizes the importance of a stable physical underlay, including Layer 3 reachability, jumbo MTU, and resilient routing. The guide covers deployment steps for NSX 4.x with VDS-backed ESXi transport nodes, routed TEP subnets, redundant leaf switches, and BGP adjacencies between NSX Edge clusters and the fabric. It includes validation gates and troubleshooting for common failures like TEP unreachability and BGP session issues. The content is technical and focused on IT infrastructure, networking, and virtualization.