Exploring VMware NSX
Careful networking design and planning are essential for a successful cloud project, and this section will examine the basics of NSX and AWS networking.
A VMware NSX overview
VMware NSX network virtualization offers a complete logical overlay network and security abstraction service, independent from the underlying physical infrastructure.
Distributed functions such as routing, switching, and firewalls are available as kernel-level modules to the hypervisor hosts. Edge components provide external connectivity and stateful services such as VPN, NAT, and a firewall. VMware Cloud on AWS relies on the proven capabilities of VMware NSX, extended with configuration constructs specific to the AWS cloud.
VMware NSX architecture
The networking architecture of an SDDC comprises a multi-tier topology of tier-0/1 gateways, distributed routers, and service routers.
A tier-0 gateway
A tier-0 (T0) gateway serves as the border point of connectivity for all...