nsx-t

  • Bridge Your Way To NSX-T Overlay

    Organizations implementing NSX-T overlay have several options when it comes to migrating existing VLAN-connected workloads to NSX-T overlay segments. Common methods include re-IP’ing or re-deploying workloads to a new IP space allocated to NSX-T logical networking. It gives the workload… Continue reading

  • SDDC.Lab v2

    Back in April I published a post about my GitHub repository containing Ansible scripts that perform automated deployment of nested vSphere/NSX-T lab environments. A lot has happened during the last 5 months and now that we’re close to making version… Continue reading

  • Configuring NSX-T 3.0 Stretched Networking

    NSX-T 3.0 comes with brand new features for logical networking in multisite environments. With NSX-T Federation the platform effectively receives a location-aware management, control, and data plane and this gives us, the implementers and architects, some very interesting new options… Continue reading

    Configuring NSX-T 3.0 Stretched Networking

  • Nested vSphere and NSX-T Deployed With Ansible – April Update

    Some weeks ago I introduced you to my GitHub repository containing a set of Ansible playbooks helping people deploy a highly customizable vSphere 6.7/7.0 with NSX-T 2.5/3.0 nested lab environment. As I mentioned in the “launch” post, this project is… Continue reading

    Nested vSphere and NSX-T Deployed With Ansible – April Update

  • NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 2

    Welcome back! Today we continue our NSX-T Multisite adventure. Let’s begin with a short recap of what we did in part 1. We started off in an environment with a production site and a partially deployed disaster recovery site. Tasked… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Multisite – Disaster Recovery Part 1

    When it comes to creating a design for NSX-T Multisite, use case and geography are two key factors. Two common use cases for organizations to start looking at a multisite architecture are: Disaster Recovery – Protection against site failure. Availability… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Guest Introspection With Trend Micro Deep Security

    Integrating third party security services with NSX has always been a popular feature of the platform. While NSX comes with its own set of robust security services, there are scenarios where additional workload protection is required. The ability for a… Continue reading

    NSX-T Guest Introspection With Trend Micro Deep Security

  • NSX-T LB Server Pool Member Status

    Recently somebody asked me if it was possible to see the current status for individual NSX-T load balancer server pool members. This information is indeed available in the NSX Manager simplified UI as you can see below: The same info… Continue reading

  • Terraform Support For NSX-T Policy API

    The next release of Terraform’s NSX-T provider will add support for the NSX-T policy API. I know many people (including myself) have been waiting for this so it’s kind of a big thing within that space. While the new NSX-T… Continue reading

    Terraform Support For NSX-T Policy API