Why VMware NSX? VMware NSX is L2 to L7 network virtualization and advanced security platform. NSX overlay networks which are backed by Geneve overlay protocol provide software defined networking capabilities. Overlay networking allows cloud scale networking whereby multiple overlay networks (NSX overlay segments backed by NSX overlay transport zone) related to multiple tenants can be … Continue reading Securing virtual machines using NSX Distributed Firewall and migrating traditional networks to NSX overlay networking
Category: Software Defined Networking
NSX-T VRF Gateway use-case and Traffic Flows
Similar to routers with VRF lite feature, NSX Tier 0 Gateway supports VRF gateway feature which allows multiple VRF gateways to exist under the parent Tier 0 Gateway. Based on the VMware configmax portal, NSX version 4.1.2 supports up to 100 VRF gateways per edge node. VRF gateways in NSX save CPU, memory and storage … Continue reading NSX-T VRF Gateway use-case and Traffic Flows
NSX-T Multi Site and NSX Advanced Load Balancer in No Orchestrator Mode
Brief introduction about NSX-T Multi Site: Provides overlay networking which spans multiple locations. Consistent security using NSX Distributed Firewall in cases where the VM moves to another location. There is no Distributed Firewall configuration that needs to be updated in NSX when VM moves to other location. NSX use cases like logical switching, logical routing, … Continue reading NSX-T Multi Site and NSX Advanced Load Balancer in No Orchestrator Mode
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