Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
PowerCLI Essentials

You're reading from   PowerCLI Essentials Simplify and automate server administration tasks with PowerCLI

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785881770
Length 194 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Chris Halverson Chris Halverson
Author Profile Icon Chris Halverson
Chris Halverson
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Orchestrating the integration of NSX


VMware NSX is a network virtualization product that allows a company to pull the configurations of each network port, firewall rule, or virtual LAN out of the realm of complexity and into an overarching framework. Network virtualization, as a concept, isn't overly new; however, what is being done with the theory is a change in thought and substance.

NSX conceptual overview

NSX was an acquisition of a company named Nicira in 2012. The Nicira product looked at an entire network and attempted to figure out a way to offer a virtualized or abstract network on top of an existing physical network. Virtualized infrastructure offered a means to the overall solution.

In a standard infrastructure, physical computers contain hard drives, CPUs, Memory, and Networking. The computer loads an operating system, such as Windows or Linux, which allows an operator to perform functions and tasks. The operating system provides a transport of the tasks and functions to interact...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime