A school district deploys NSX Edge nodes for gateway firewall before uplink pNICs and VLAN trunks exist on the top-of-rack switches. North-south traffic never leaves the Edges. What should have been sequenced first in the preparation workflow?
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Short Explanation
Edges cannot shout north-south through a wall that has no doors. Trunk the uplink VLANs and pNICs on the ToR first, then attach Edge uplinks. DFW default-deny and Carbon Black groups will not create those physical paths.
Full Explanation
The NSX-T preparation workflow includes underlay VLAN and trunk readiness before Edge uplink configuration. Gateway firewall north-south depends on those uplinks reaching the physical network. Enabling Distributed Firewall default-deny, enrolling Edges in Workspace ONE UEM, or naming Carbon Black sensor groups does not provision ToR trunks. Sequence physical prep, then Edge uplink, then gateway firewall policy.