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MTUs in NSX

By Francois Tallet
MTUs in NSX The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is the size of the largest frame/packet an interface can receive or send. Because traffic from one endpoint to another goes through several devices in a data center, there are also several interdependent ...
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Moving from NVDS to VDS

By Francois Tallet
Moving from NVDS to VDS NSX can be deployed on an ESXi host using two different kinds of virtual switches: the NSX Virtual Switch (NVDS) or the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). The VDS-based model supersedes the other, and the NVDS is being deprecated ...
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NSX Edge Bridge White Paper

By Francois Tallet
NSX Edge Bridge White Paper NSX leverages the overlay model, where layer 2 connectivity between virtual machines (VMs) is achieved using point-to-point tunnels over a traditional routed IP network. This provides the last building block for a complete ...
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VLAN-to-NSX Demo

By Dimitri Desmidt
Here is a demo showing the NSX 4.2 new VLAN to NSX Migration capabilities. . The first part of the demo (from the start to 5'58") shows the migration workflow. . The second part of the demo (from 5'58" to the end) shows a few benefits of moving ...
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NSX Multisite demos

By Dimitri Desmidt
Here is one NSX Multisite demo focused on Disaster Recovery . Enjoy. Dimitri Note: There are also multiple demos embedded in the NSX Multisite 101 ToI (at the end after the "Key Takeaways" section).
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NSX-T LB Encyclopedia

By Dimitri Desmidt
This NSX-T LB Encyclopedia document goes over all the Configuration and Management questions you may have on NSX-T LB and much more! It lists all NSX-T LB capabilities (LB Deployment, Monitor, Server Pool, L4 VIP, L7-HTTP VIP, L7-HTTPS VIP, LB Rules, ...
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NSX-T LB ToI

By Dimitri Desmidt
This NSX-T LB ToI document highlights NSX-T LB capabilities and its latest NSX-T 3.1 enhancements. You can find another great document to learn everything about NSX-T LB Configuration and Management: NSX-T LB Encyclopedia ...
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NSX Multisite 101 ToI

By Dimitri Desmidt
NSX Multisite solution is perfect for customers who want a "Smaller NSX Management Footprint" (with only 3x NSX Mgr VMs for all their locations), and accept a "DR Recovery Procedure with few more requirements or steps". Note: For other use cases: ...
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NSX-T Multi-Location Design Guide (Federation + Multisite)

By Dimitri Desmidt
NSX-T offers two technical solutions for multi-location on-prem Data Centers: NSX-T Federation NSX-T Multisite Those NSX-T Multi-Location Design Guides offer guidance and best practices for Network & Security services in your ...
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NSX-T Federation Demos

By Dimitri Desmidt
Three Federation demos are proposed here: Federation Network & Security Services demo Federation Disaster Recovery(Network/Security & Compute) with Stretched Networks + SRM Federation Disaster Recovery(Network/Security ...
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NSX Federation 101 ToI

By Dimitri Desmidt
This NSX Federation 101 ToI deck offers a nice presentation of what is NSX Federation and how it works. NSX 4.0-4.1-4.2 Federation 101 ToI version is 1.0 done on 10/30/2023 NSX-T 3.2 Federation 101 ToI version is 1.1 done on 08/26/2022 ...
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NSX NAT 301 ToI

By Dimitri Desmidt
The NSX NAT 301 ToI document goes over all the Configuration and Management questions you may have on NSX NAT and much more! Its table of contents is: Presentation Requirements / Limitation Scale Configuration (UI/API) High-Availability ...
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NSX DHCP 301 ToI

By Dimitri Desmidt
The NSX DHCP 301 ToI document goes over all the Configuration and Management questions you may have on NSX DHCP and much more! Its table of content is: Presentation Requirements / Limitation Scale Configuration (UI/API) ...
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NSX Easy Adoption Design Guide

By Luca Camarda
Highlights: This updated version of the document aligns with NSX version 3.2 (Guidelines are still valid and 100% applicable to the NSX 4.1 version). It includes the following updates: NSX vCenter server plug-in for the **** security for applications ...
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NSX Reference Architecture

By Luca Camarda
This is the NSX Design Guide Page blog. The latest doc updates are aligned to NSX version 4.2.1 This release includes many updates, but the most notable are: We dedicated a new chapter (Chapter 10) to the design of NSX in the context of VMware ...
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NSX Certificate Management Cookbook

By Luca Camarda
Starting with NSX version 4.1, many more certificates are visible in NSX. Those certificates have always been present on the platform, even in previous versions, but it was impossible to lifecycle them. This document will help the reader understand the ...
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