NSX-T Logical Routing Architecture Part 1
In this article I shall discuss the architecture for logical routing in NSX-T, from the perspective of east/west routing. Read on, or click on the link in your Alexa app.
NSX-T: BUM Replication with Two-Tier Hierarchical Replication Mode Deep Dive
In this article we shall validate that Hierarchical Replication Mode utilises unicast messaging, vs layer 2 multicast as seen with NSX-V. Read on or click the link in your Alexa app.
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Houston we have a problem, NSX-T Tunnel Down Status
In this article we’ll discuss the Tunnel Down Status and what this means for your NSX-T version 2.x deployment, read on or click on the link in your Alexa app.
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Persistent TEP routing in NSX-T
Are you new to NSX-T and wondering why your TEP routing seems to be skewed and what to fix it? Read on or click the link in your Alexa App.
Do I need this firewall rule anymore? …. Anyone !?
In this article we shall discuss how vRNI can help with that question – Do I need this firewall rule? Read on, or click the link in your Alexa app.
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NSX-T 2.3 is out in the wild
I think this is a big one for VMware, NSX-T v2.3 has been released. For those not in the know, this is the latest multi-hypervisor version of VMware’s SDN Solution. This version of NSX brings some great new features: Support for Bare-Metal Hosts NSX Cloud Enhancements (AWS Enhancements) Security Services Support Introducing Service Insertion at
VMworld 2018 USA
Are you heading to VMworld 2018 in Europe, below is a summary of the sessions we attended at the USA event which may be of interest to you. See below. VMworld USA 2018 recently ran in Las Vegas, August 26 – 30, and is billed as The Leading Digital Transformation industry event. I can say
NSX-T 2.2 Released
NSX-T 2.2 has just been released, and includes a number of great new features. Read the article for further information, including a link to the release notes. What’s New? NSX Management of Workloads in Azure NSX Datacenter and NSX Cloud offers a single pane of glass for on-premise and Azure workloads Single security policy across
Graceful Restart in NSX
In this article we shall discuss how is Graceful Restart relevant to your design, the considerations with respect to ECMP based designs, vs HA based designs. Continue for more information. I had an interesting discussion regarding Graceful Restart recently, due to the some confusion regarding traditional networking and GR/NSF/NSR, vs NSX’s implementation, specifically about when
When is network introspection not network introspection
If you’ve been digging into the guest introspection setup, and spotted the network introspection driver, this article will explain it’s purpose and how it differs to network introspection. So what am I talking about? Well a colleague of mine was asking about an explanation of guest introspection (GI) vs network introspection (NI), and as they
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