Month: October 2021

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NSX-T Data Center High-Level Architecture

NSX-T Controller (Control Plane) NSX-T Controller maintains the realized state of the system and configures the Data Plane. NSX-T Contoller’s main functions include; Providing Control Plane functionality such as Logical Switching, Routing and Distributed Firewall Computing all ephemeral runtime states…

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NSX-T Data Center High-Level Architecture (cont’d)

NSX-T 3.x High-Level Architecture The three main elements of NSX-T Data Center Architecture are the Management, Control and Data Plans. This architectural separation enables scalability without impacting workloads. Management, and Control Planes Each node on the Management and Control Planes…

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Overlay Networking Basics and GENEVE Encapsulation Protocol

Let’s discuss some important Networking Concepts that will be needed to understand NSX-T, Overlay Networking Basics Creating a sort of connection between two endpoints, Leverage this connection to create an “Overlay Network” on top of the underlying physical infrastructure. This…

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Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Before We start talking about VMware NSX-T, Data Center, Let’s discuss the main differences between Traditional Networking and Software Defined Networking (SDN). Main benefits in SDN. Separate Control Plane from the Data Plane. Having separated out Control Plane from the…

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Networking and Security Architecture with VMware NSX-T 3.x.x

  This is the first blog post of a series of blog posts covering VMware NSX-T 3.x.x Networking and Security Architecture. We will discuss NSX-T 3.x.x Architecture, NSX-T Concepts and Designs, NSX-T Deployment and Configurations, and NSX-T Troubleshooting Topics. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–…

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