Service composer is a tool built into NSX which allows security policies to be built. These policies can be assigned to groups of virtual machines, and new virtual machines will…
This will be a single post to look at two of the VCP-NV objectives around NSX firewall services. There are two firewall deployments available in a NSX solution – the…
The NSX Edge router can be deployed in a highly available configuration, by creating two edge appliances. When you are installing your first edge router you get the option to…
Following on from my previous post, which looked at configuring the NSX SSL VPN-Plus, this post will look at the other two VPN types available with NSX – IPSec VPN…
As stated in the administration guide, NSX supports a number of different types of VPN. These are: SSL VPN-Plus – To allow end users to connect to applications/services IPSec VPN…
Along with Load balancing, VPN and routing services, an NSX Edge router can also provide DHCP, DNS and NAT services. This post will look at how to configure and manage…
As stated in the NSX Administration Guide, the NSX Load Balancer enables network traffic to follow multiple paths to a specific destination. This load distribution is transparent to end users.…
In my last VCP-NV post, I looked at deploying an edge router and then connecting it to a distributed logical router via a ‘transit’ logical switch. This provides the means…
This post is the first of two posts on deploying NSX Edge Routers. This will look at the deployment and configuration, whilst an upcoming post will deal with implementing routing…
My previous post on VCP-NV looked at deploying a logical router for use as a L2 bridge between a NSX logical switch and a regular port group. This post will…