nsx-t routing

NSX-T VRF Gateway

11 Jan 202111 Jan 2021 by Farhan Patel, posted in nsx-t, Routing

VRF Gateway feature in NSX-T is similar to VRF lite feature in physical networks in the following ways: Just like there is no need of another physical router for a separate routing instance using VRF lite feature, there is no need to deploy additional edges in case of NSX-T VRF gateways. This drastically reduces the … Continue reading NSX-T VRF Gateway

NSX-T Federation – Active Active Data Centers

21 Aug 202022 Aug 2020 by Farhan Patel, posted in nsx-t

NSX-T Federation - Active Active Data Centers This blog covers NSX-T Federation feature which allows L2 stretching between Data Centers as well as supports micro segmentation for workloads based on security tags. Earlier blogs covered NSX-T Federation with a single Tier 0 stretched Gateway. Here we explore how two Tier 0 Gateways can … Continue reading NSX-T Federation – Active Active Data Centers

NSX-V to NSX-T Migration using Layer 2 Bridging

27 Jun 202030 Jan 2021 by Farhan Patel, posted in nsx-t, VMware NSX

NSX-V to NSX-T Migration using Layer 2 Bridging This blog will explore how we can migrate workloads which are on hosts prepared for NSX-V to hosts prepared for NSX-T using NSX-T Layer 2 Bridging. Cluster Setup In the lab setup, four hosts ESXi 1 up to 4 are prepared for NSX-T and the remaining … Continue reading NSX-V to NSX-T Migration using Layer 2 Bridging

NSX-T Routing Configuration

3 Jul 201918 Dec 2019 by Farhan Patel, posted in nsx-t, VMware NSX

NSX-T Routing Configuration Overall Topology used in the lab Pre-requisites like NSX-T manager installation, preparing and configuring compute host transport nodes, preparing and configuring edge transport nodes are covered here.As shown in the topology above, two Tier 0 gateways are configured in the lab.One Tier 0 gateway is configured in Active-Active High Availability mode and … Continue reading NSX-T Routing Configuration

30 Apr 20198 May 2019 by Farhan Patel, posted in nsx-t, VMware NSX

NSX-T Routing References: NSX-T Reference Design Before we discuss the routing part, it is essential to cover key topics related to NSX-T 1. N-VDS 2. Transport Zone 3. Compute Host Transport Nodes 4. Edge Transport Nodes 1. N-VDS Is responsible for switching packets and is responsible for forwarding traffic between VMs or between VMs and … Continue reading NSX-T Routing