NSX Manager – Part 1 – Deploy OVA
This is part 1 of the NSX Manager Installation guide, describing the deployment of the NSX Manager version 6.0.4 OVA file. This is the first post of a three part series describing the steps to install...
View ArticleNSX Manager – Part 2 – Upgrade to 6.1
This is part 2 of the NSX Manager Installation guide, describing the upgrade of NSX Manager from version 6.0.4 to 6.1.0. This is the second post of a three part series describing the steps to install...
View ArticleNSX Manager – Part 3 – Configure
This is part 3 of the NSX Manager Installation guide, describing the initial configuration of NSX Manager version 6.1.0 with vCenter Server 5.5. This is the third post of a three part series describing...
View ArticleNSX Link-O-Rama
The NSX Link-O-Rama Resource Page Following the format of the “Aspiring VCDX Study Guide Link-O-Rama” by Derek Seaman, I have created the same for VMware NSX. If I have missed any other resources,...
View ArticleNSX/vCNS/vCD –“Unplanned Reset” Operational Risk
This post is about mitigating the “unplanned reset” operational risk of the “Control-Alt-Delete” button in the vSphere Web Client/C# Client console for all Linux VMs, including NSX Manager, NSX...
View ArticleTreating NSX with “Kid Gloves”?
When VMware acquired Nicira and developed the first version of NSX (4.x), they were very cagey about which customers would be allowed to evaluate it in a “Proof of Concept” (with very specific success...
View ArticleNSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 1 – IP Pools, Host and Logical Network Prep
This is a series of posts describing the setup of VMware NSX with the Distributed Logical Router (DLR) connected to an Edge Services Gateway (ESG) configured with OSPF. The DLR has two VMs connected...
View ArticleNSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 2 – Deploy Controller
This is part 2 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the deployment of the NSX Controller virtual appliance. Update: The...
View ArticleNSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 3 – Deploy Logical Switches and DLR
This is part 3 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the deployment of the Logical Switches and Distributed Logical...
View ArticleNSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 4 – Deploy ESG
This is part 4 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the deployment of the Edge Services Gateway (ESG). This is a five...
View ArticleNSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 5 – Configure OSPF
This is part 5 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the configuration of OSPF and DLR DHCP Relay to an external DHCP...
View ArticleTech101 – VMware NSX
This post provides a Tech101 breakdown of VMware NSX. If you have heard the buzz-word “NSX” or “Network Virtualisation” and want to learn more about it, this post is for you. VMware NSX has two...
View ArticleNSX-v – Troubleshooting Deep Dive
This is the VMware NSX for vSphere Troubleshooting Deep Dive. I have aggregated all of the troubleshooting commands, diagrams and explanations that I could find into this post. Brevity and...
View ArticleNSX-v – Design Deep Dive
This is the VMware NSX for vSphere Design Deep Dive. I have aggregated all of the design considerations I could find that need to be assessed in a VMware NSX-v architecture design. Brevity and...
View ArticleNSX-v 6.x with vSphere 5.5 U2 DLR deploy failure
This post is applicable to those building a simplified, version specific VCIX-NV lab on VMware Workstation with nested ESXi. Problem: VMware Workstation 11.0 running with nested ESXi 5.5 U2 (Build...
View ArticleNSX-v 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1 Announcements
VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and NSX Transformers 1.1 have been announced. Feature parity between NSX-v and NSX-T is still a long way off. NSX-v 6.3 in a nutshell (more detail below): NSX Pre-assessment...
View ArticleVMware NSX-v 6.4 Released
VMware has released version 6.4.0 of NSX for vSphere. The information below is straight from the release notes. A lot of new goodness has been added around DFW services and I was pleased to note that...
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