Components of NSX cross vCenter Server
Cross vCenter NSX includes the following components:
Universal controller cluster
Universal transport zone
Universal logical switch
Universal distributed logical router
Universal IP set
Universal MAC set
Universal security group
The following table depicts NSX cross vCenter Server deployment options; based on these points, we will have a detailed explanation:
In the preceding table, I have updated key NSX features that customers would be ideally configuring in a cross vCenter NSX environment. Any other features, such as load balancing and L2 bridging, do not have any global level fitting between the NSX sites so they always remain local to the vCenter Server environment. Before exploring universal NSX features, we need to know what roles are available for NSX Manager.
The NSX Manager instance has the following roles and a synchronization module will be running on the primary NSX Manager to ensure universal objects are synchronized to the secondary NSX Manager...