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  • Configuring DPU-Based Acceleration for NSX

    Offloading the NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) to a Data Processing Unit (DPU) is an exciting new feature which is GA as of NSX version 4.1. Other NSX features that were already supported within DPU-based acceleration for NSX are: For NSX… Continue reading

    Configuring DPU-Based Acceleration for NSX

  • NSX Distributed Firewall – How To Get Started?

    One of the great benefits of the NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) is the flexibility it offers when it comes to developing security policy models. Implementation of the application intrinsic NSX DFW always begins with looking at the business needs and… Continue reading

  • Log Insight – Integration With Jenkins

    During some research I did for a customer on how to trigger an action based on an error event in the SDDC, I built myself a lab and ended up with a concept that seems interesting enough to write some… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Distributed Firewall Threshold Monitoring

    Like any other firewall the NSX-T Distributed Firewall (DFW) consumes memory and CPU. Unlike other firewalls the DFW’s resource consumption is distributed, taking place on the transport nodes where the workloads it protects reside. Memory allocation An ESXi transport node… Continue reading

    NSX-T Distributed Firewall Threshold Monitoring

  • Locking NSX-T Firewall Policies

    After receiving a couple questions about the NSX-T firewall policy locking feature, I decided to write a short blog post about it. The purpose of locking a firewall policy The easy part first. As explained in the official NSX-T documentation… Continue reading

    Locking NSX-T Firewall Policies