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Category Archives: Network
VMware NSX-T Quick Hits
NSX-T(ransformers) is a multi-hypervisor (ESX/KVM) cousin of NSX-V. Same SKU (if you own NSX-V 6.x, you own NSX-T 2.x). One NSX-T Manager can have multiple vCenters as “Compute endpoints” Standalone HTML5 client (not WebClient) NSX-T Edges can be VMs or … Continue reading
Posted in Network, NSX, Security, Virtualization, VMware Tagged networking, NSX, NSX-T Leave a comment
Free NSX books from VMware
VMware NSX Micro-segmentation: Day 1 Guide VMware NSX Micro-segmentation: Day 2 Guide VMware Operationalizing NSX Automating NSX for vSphere with PowerNSX
NSX, BGP, ECMP quick hits
When configuring NSX, BGP and ECMP there are a few configuration requirements you need to keep in mind: BGP neighbors ESG Firewall must be disabled BGP Timers BGP Graceful Restart Static Routes on the ESGs Static Routes on the DLR … Continue reading
Checking NSX DFW rules and rule sets
The new VMware Docs page has a cheatsheet of CLI commands but here’s what you need to list the rules enforced on a VMs vnic. SSH to NSX Manager {Note that you can enable SSH if needed from the “Summary” page … Continue reading
Posted in CLI, Firewall, Network, NSX, Virtualization, VMware Tagged CLI, firewall, NSX Leave a comment
Hardware VTEPs supported by NSX
I had a discussion with a client about this a little while ago and it took me some time to find the link, but here’s VMware’s current list of supported Hardware VXLAN Gateways. I’ve also been told there are some … Continue reading
Powershell report on NSX IP Pools
While troubleshooting and NSX install I began wondering about the NSX IP pools and what was being used in them. I still need to look up the allocated IPs and report on the objects using them (name, type) but for … Continue reading
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NSX distributed logical router appliance Part 2
In a previous post I talked about UDLR/DLR differences, why you might need to deploy an appliance with your (U)DLR and how high availability works for the optional appliance. This post will cover more on IP addressing for the appliance … Continue reading
NSX distributed logical router appliance Part 1
When you create a Universal or “regular” Distributed Logical Router in NSX you have the option of deploying an appliance along with it. This post will cover why to deploy an appliance along with a DLR, configuring the appliance for … Continue reading
Moving an NSX DLR control VM (datastore or host)
If you have deployed an appliance along with your NSX distributed logical router you might need to move it around in the vSphere environment. However, using the normal vSphere migration method causes more than a few issues. Not to worry, … Continue reading
Can’t create Universal Transport Zone or UDLR with NSX 6.2 / 6.3
VMware NSX 6.2 introduced Cross-vCenter including Universal objects like Universal Transport Zone, Universal Logical (Distributed) Router (UDLR), Universal Logical Switch. So what happens if you’re on 6.2+ and you can’t create those objects? If you find yourself trying to create … Continue reading
