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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

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...

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