When preparing a host for NSX-T, the IP Pool list is not complete

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• You have more than 1000 IP Pools configured.
• When installing NSX on a host to make it a transport node, you have chosen IP Assignment as IP Pool.
• When you attempt to select the desired IP Pool from the list presented, you are unable to find the desired IP Pool.

Environment

VMware NSX
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x

Cause

The configuration uses API calls to gather data.
API calls have a default limit of 1,000 results.
When there are more than 1,000 IP Pools, it is unable to present all entries.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 3.2.4
This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.0, available at Broadcom downloads.If you are having difficulty finding and downloading software, please review the Download Broadcom products and software KB.

Workaround:
The IP Pools are sorted in ascending alphabetical order.
When configuring a host, to ensure you see the desired IP Pool, prior to install, rename the pool, so it starts with a letter that will appear in the first 1,000 entries.
For example, here you change the pool name from "Pool_TEP" to "A_Pool_TEP", so that the IP Pool will now be higher on the presented list.