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Learning VMware NSX, Second Edition

You're reading from   Learning VMware NSX, Second Edition Next-generation network administration skills revealed

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788398985
Length 254 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ranjit Singh Thakurratan Ranjit Singh Thakurratan
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Preface 1. Introduction to Network Virtualization 2. NSX Core Components FREE CHAPTER 3. NSX Installation and Configuration 4. NSX Functional Services 5. Edge Services Gateway 6. Service Composer 7. Monitoring 8. Managing NSX 9. Conclusion

Network extensibility

We will briefly look at network extensibility, a vast and a fairly complex topic that covers multiple vendors and deployment architectures. NSX has the ability to integrate with multiple vendors to provide a rich network feature set and also a single pane of glass to manage multiple physical network devices.

A third-party service provider (vendor) must register with the NSX manager using the specified login credentials. Once registered, we will deploy the partner service that allows NSX to offer the third-party service:

We have seen saw earlier, while creating security policies, the Redirect to service option, which allows traffic to be redirected to these third-party services. You may also redirect traffic by adding firewall rules.

Click the Partner security services tab in the firewall section:

During creation of the new rule, select Action as Redirect...

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