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
VMware NSX Network Essentials

You're reading from   VMware NSX Network Essentials Join the revolution in Software Defined Networking

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781782172932
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
sreejith c sreejith c
Author Profile Icon sreejith c
sreejith c
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Network Virtualization FREE CHAPTER 2. NSX Architecture 3. NSX Manager Installation and Configuration 4. NSX Virtual Networks and Logical Router 5. NSX Edge Services 6. NSX Security Features 7. NSX Cross vCenter 8. NSX Troubleshooting

Cross vCenter Server Universal Logical Routers


Universal Logical Routers provides a optimized routing between vCenter Server sites for East-West data center traffic. For now, we can call this router a Global NSX Router, which will ease management tasks such as configuring and creating routes (static/dynamic) and firewall rules from a single pane of glass. Once again, I will re-emphasize: creation/deletion and all management activity relative to universal logical routers can be only done from the primary NSX Manager. We will go ahead and configure a cross vCenter Server universal logical router and establish a routing between two vCenter Server sites. We are taking the same virtual machines that we used in universal logical switching for this configuration; however, I have changed the IP/subnet of Web-Site B, which demands a routing between Web-Site A and Web-Site B. Let's get started then:

The procedure for deploying a universal logical router is as follows:

  1. Log in to vSphere web client...

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