Network counters in NSX
If you are using VMware NSX, you need the vRealize Operations management pack for NSX to get visibility into the virtual network. As you can see from the following set of screenshots, NSX is a whole world in itself.
NSX for network is the equivalent of vSphere for compute:
NSX objects in vRealize Operations
Network monitoring tools need to support NSX monitoring from the ground up. It is not a simple extension that can be developed easily. It is much more than monitoring the VXLAN tunnel or Transport Zone. The preceding screenshots show many components that behave differently in a physical network. Take, for example, NSX Distributed Firewall. It does not exist in non-NSX networks.
Besides knowing the NSX objects, vRealize Operations also knows the relationships among the objects. The following screenshot shows an Edge named Universal Edge Gateway that belongs to an NSX Manager named Production Site NSX. The Edge VM has an uplink called External Network, which is mapped...
