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  • VMware Professional NSX-T Data Center 2.4 Exam Review

    I recently passed the Professional NSX-T Data Center 2.4 (2V0-41.19) exam and in this short post I would like to share my experience with the exam and some recommendations for preparing for the exam. About the exam As with all… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Data Path Visibility – Part 3

    Hi and welcome back. We’re looking into the NSX-T data path and investigating different points at which we can capture network traffic. You may remember from part one that virtual machine “app01” (172.16.2.50) is trying to ping another virtual machine called “web01”… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Data Path Visibility – Part 2

    Welcome back! We’re looking at how to gain visibility at different points in the NSX-T data path. You may remember from part one that virtual machine “app01” (172.16.2.50) is trying to ping another virtual machine called “web01” (172.16.1.53), but it’s… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Data Path Visibility – Part 1

    Having good insight into the different components of a network communication path is key when managing networks. This goes for physical networks and for software defined networks. Today I’m having a closer look at the NSX-T data path and more… Continue reading

  • NSX DFW Quick Tip: Tag and Trace

    Anybody working with NSX micro-segmentation knows the importance of monitoring application traffic and the associated distributed firewall rules. Today I just want to share a simple and quick way to increase visibility in the NSX distributed firewall logs. For this… Continue reading

  • Setting Up NSX-T Backup

    One of the first things to configure after deploying the NSX Manager nodes is backup. No NSX-T implementation should ever get configured let alone go live without a working backup (and restore) in place. Let’s have a look at how… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Lab – Part 6

    Welcome to the final part of this series. We’ve come a long way. After configuring North-South dynamic routing between the Tier-0 logical router and the “physical” (pfSense) router in part 5, it’s now time to add a Tier-1 logical router… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Lab – Part 5

    Hi there again! I’ve made some good progress with my NSX-T lab deployment, but there’s still a lot to do! The plan Back in part three I made a high-level plan for the NSX data plane deployment. Let’s have a… Continue reading

  • NSX-T Lab – Part 4

    Welcome back! I’m still busy installing NSX-T in my lab. I prepared the vSphere distributed switch, configured the NSX transport zones, and created the transit logical switches in part three. I will now continue with setting up the NSX transport… Continue reading

    NSX-T Lab – Part 4

  • NSX-T Lab – Part 2

    Welcome back! I’m in the process of installing NSX-T in my lab environment. So far I have deployed NSX Manager which is the central management plane component of the NSX-T platform.Today I will continue the installation and add a NSX-T… Continue reading