Diagram is to try and display my understanding how layer 2 bridging might work. Why Extend the physical services to virtual machines Allow physical devices to use NSX edge gateway…
Learn NSX Day 9 : Load Balancing Feature
EDGE Load Balancing Networking and Security > NSX EDGE > Manage > Load Balancer tab. load-balancing-edge Three load balancing options available Enable Loadbalance – For internal servers distributed traffic Enable…
Learn NSX Day 8 : vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch)
Switch Features vDS-versions Network I/O Control LLDP Port Mirroring Policy Settings Access Control Lists LCAP v2 DSCP Marking Configure Virtual Machine to use vDS VMs – Adapter Settings…
Learn NSX Day 7 : Deploying ESXi
Image Builder Reason to use : Pre load NSX VIBs into your ESXi image for an auto deploy solution (Prep ESXi hosts normally in Update Manager) A guide can be…
Learn NSX Day 6 : NSX and Logical Switches
Replication Modes on Logical Switches logical-switch options Broadcast (BUM) Hybrid Mode Logical Switch broadcast Sort of utilises both Unicast and Multicast traffic Unknown Uni-cast replication unicast…
Learn NSX Day 5 : NSX HA, Edge, REST API
Edge HA edge Works in Active / Standby. There is zero service interruption during failover Requires two NSX Edge appliances Configured with in the Web Client > Networking and…
Learn NSX Day 4 : NSX Roles
Security Admin Options : "NSX Security only" Description : View configured policies, View violation reports, can also have limited access to specific edge devices, create port groups etc. NSX Administrator Options…
Learn NSX Day 3 : NSX Manager and NSX Controller
NSX Manager NSX Manger Manage vCenter Registration nsx-manager-options Overview Manage NSX Manager Options Deployment of the controller clusters Logical networking Networking and Edge services Security Services (out the box includes…
Learn NSX Day 2 : NSX Deployment Best Practice
This best practice page is more of a list of resources and starting points to collect information from · Start with the VMware NSX for VSphere Network Virtualization Design Guide…
Learn NSX Day 1 : NSX Requirements
The assumption is you already know what NSX is. These are my study notes and exam prep. If you want an introduction to NSX, try this Alex Hunt introduction to…