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VMware NSX Network Essentials

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172932
Length 274 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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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

NSX flow monitoring


Network monitoring tools are always difficult to set up, configure, and analyze. To date, most of us will have configured a third-party monitoring tool for analyzing network traffic and taken action accordingly. Maybe we could capture packets at a few points and have them analyzed using Wireshark. Do we really like switching from one management console to another management console for such scenarios? Are we happy with third-party monitoring software and expect all types of integration brilliance to showcase all the traffic? I know most people are not happy with such tools, which are vendor-dependent. We need a tool which will help us analyze things quickly and take proactive action. NSX flow monitoring is an built-in feature which gives that visibility and control over any traffic. In a nutshell, it configures Distributed Firewall to capture traffic and we can analyze traffic flow. Flow monitoring data includes the number of sessions and packets transmitted per session...

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