Design

In most of the NSX design documents, you will find that they usually consider connecting the NSX ESG(Edge Services Gateway) to physical routers which are usually the border leaf if you are using a Spine-Leaf architecture or Core switches if you are using a 3-Tier architecture. Below are some examples. [Reference: NSX Design Guide ][1]     In certain scenarios, the above might not be always the case. Especially, an existing 2⁄3-Tier Firewalls exist and you cannot change the architecture. ...

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Recently I have been actively involved in carrying out the rolling out of VNA. Training for the internal VMware folks as well as the VMware partners. So what is exactly VNA and whats in for you? VMware Virtual Network Assessment(VNA) is a assessment that analyzes network traffic patterns within your data center. In 24 to 72 hours the assessment delivers: • Insights into the security risk (amount of East-West traffic) present in your network ...

Early this month we announced VMUG-NV (blog post). Calling out fellow network and security professionals, join in the NSX community! There are prizes to be won! Beginning April 3, 2017, we are going to be giving prizes to active community members! These prizes may include: (1) VMware NSX training package worth over $4,000. The package includes – VMware NSX Install, Configure, Manage Self-Paced E-learning Training – VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization Self-Paced Exam Preparation ...

This has been one of my goals for 2017 where I wanted to submit at least one paper for VMworld 2017. I am glad that I could come up with two sessions and Arup on third session. All sessions will be presented by both of us. The VMware content team just announced that public voting is now open and I would request you to spend a couple of minutes of your time to vote for my sessions and other which you would like to see in the upcoming VMworld 2017. ...