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  • VPN Your Way To NSX-T Overlay

    In the previous article we had a look at how VLAN-connected workloads were migrated to NSX-T overlay by setting up a bridge between VLANs and NSX-T overlay segments. This works well in scenarios where layer 2 adjacency between source and… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Meets FRRouting – Part 2

    Welcome back! We’re in the process of building an NSX-T Edge – FRRouting environment. In part 1 we prepared the FRR routers by doing he following: Installed two Debian Linux servers Installed VLAN support Enabled packet forwarding Configured network interfaces… Continue reading

    NSX-T Meets FRRouting – Part 2

  • NSX-T Meets FRRouting – Part 1

    Until recently I always used pfSense with the OpenBGPD package as the NSX-T Edge counterpart in my lab environment. It’s quick and easy to set up and works well enough. But pfSense is not what I typically find in a… Continue reading

    NSX-T Meets FRRouting – Part 1

  • Tier-1 Failure Domain

    With every new release of NSX-T interesting features are added to the platform. Take failure domain for example. Introduced in version 2.5, failure domain adds another layer of protection for the centralized services running on Tier-1 Gateways. It basically facilitates… Continue reading

    Tier-1 Failure Domain

  • Deploying NSX-T in a Stretched Cluster – Part 2

    Welcome back! I’m in the process of setting up NSX-T in a stretched cluster environment. In part 1 I deployed the NSX manager cluster and configured the ESXi hosts as NSX transport nodes. The N-VDS was installed on the ESXi… Continue reading

  • Single N-VDS per Edge VM

    Recently a new version of the NSX-T Reference Design Guide was released. This guide, which now covers NSX-T versions 2.0 – 2.5, is a must read for anyone interested in the NSX-T solutions and their recommended design. One of the… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Recoverability – Part 2

    Welcome back! In part 1 we had a look at some NSX-T management plane failure scenarios and how to recover from them. In this part we continue to investigate NSX-T recoverability at the data plane and more specifically the NSX… Continue reading