#codeNSX – Code. Automation. Security.
In today’s business climate, every minute counts. Managing your IT services to include networking can be time consuming and often frustrating. With the announcement of #codeNSX, we can help your automation needs. We’ll provide this community with innovation and guides to conduct automation of NSX.
How to migrate existing applications to VMware NSX — via Network World
VMware’s NSX virtual network technology can help organizations achieve a greater level of network security, but how you approach deployment will vary depending on whether you are working with new applications (greenfield) or are moving applications from existing infrastructure to NSX (brownfield).
NSX Revenue Planning calculator — via VMware vCAT Blog
The NSX revenue planning calculator is designed to show a service provider how to make additional revenue by up-selling component NSX derived services. Many service providers I speak to are asking VMware the age-old question, ‘How can I make money from your bundles?’ Equally we also hear that the bundles are expensive, my response to this is – are you realizing the value and selling the functionality of the bundles or just internally operationalizing it?
NSX News You Can Use By Roger Fortier – February 21, 2017 — via VMware News and Updates
In this edition of News You Can Use, we look at coverage that highlights NSX-T’s importance to the future of the data center, with articles in CRN, TechTarget and Enterprise Networking Planet that discuss the promise of the NSX-T platform about the potential of the trailblazing new product.
Technical Introduction to VMware NSX: Save Time Securely
In the first session of this two-part technical introduction to VMware NSX, we will discuss the technical benefits of network virtualization with NSX and the positive impact it has on speed, agility and security. In the second session, we will focus on security in virtualized networks using micro-segmentation – an approach that helps defend against breaches using fine-grained security and enforcement distributed to every application in the data center.
Essential Elements of Micro-segmentation — via VMware Education & Certification
The free Micro‐segmentation For Dummies®, VMware Special Edition ebook by Lawrence Miller, CISSP, and Joshua Soto provides a broad overview of micro-segmentation, including how it can help you defend your data center from attack, automating security workflows, as well as steps to getting started.
VMware NSX: The Key to Enabling IT Transformation — via VMware Radius
VMware NSX adoption continues to accelerate as customers realize it is a key component in transforming IT infrastructure.
NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane — via ESXsi
In Part 1 we looked at the overall design of the environment and official documentation, as well as preparing the management and control planes by installing NSX Manager and an NSX Controller cluster. In this post we will focus on installing components in the data plane; preparing the hosts for NSX, configuring VXLAN, VTEP interfaces, Transport Zones, and creating a logical switch. To complete the routing configuration Part 3 will walk through NSX Edge and Distributed Logical Routers.
NSX Install Guide Part 3 – Edge and DLR — via ESXsi
In the final installment of this 3 part guide we will configure the Edge Services Gateway (ESG) and Distributed Logical Router (DLR). The NSX installation and relevant logical switches must be in place before continuing, for further information see NSX Install Guide Part 1 – Mgmt and Control Planes and NSX Install Guide Part 2 – Data Plane.
Potential ESXi Host Preparation issues with NSX 6.3 — via virtuallyGhetto
While working on updating my vGhetto Automated vSphere Lab Deployment script to add support for NSX 6.3 with vSphere 6.5, I ran into an issue with the Host Preparation step. Although the resolution turned out to be quite simple, it was very difficult to diagnose the problem.
NSX Growth and Success in 2016 — via VMware Network Virtualization Blog
Last week VMware hosted its Q4 2016 earnings call and shared financial results. VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and the executive team have frequently highlighted VMware NSX growth and success on these calls. For Q4, NSX license bookings grew over 50 percent year-over-year. Annualizing our Q4 total bookings for NSX, it is now at a $1B run rate. With one month into 2017, we’d like to share more on NSX customer success in 2016.
NSX Bytes: NSX-T and What’s Coming in 2.0 — via VIRTUALIZATION IS LIFE!
A couple of weeks ago in my NSX-v 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1 release post I focused around NSX-v features as that has become the mainstream version that most people know and work with…however NSX, in it’s Nicira roots has always been about multi-hypervisor and has always had an MH version that worked with Openstack deployments. The NSBU has big plans for NSX beyond vSphere and during the NSX vExpert session we got to see a little about how NSX-T will look beyond version 1.1.
Maximizing Performance in VXLAN Overlay Networks — via Miguel Gómez
Network virtualization has always played a key role in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering of public cloud service providers and more even so in Telefónica, where the integration between our Cloud and Connectivity services is one of our top priorities.
NSX Install Guide Part 1 – Mgmt and Control Planes — via ESXsi
In this 3 part guide we will focus on the installation of NSX 6.2.5. Part 1 provides details of the deployment and official documentation, we’ll build the management and control planes by deploying NSX Manager and an NSX Controller cluster.
[Video] NSX Application Rule Manager – Simplifying Microsegmentation
Demo of the Application Rule Manager functionality introduced in NSX 6.3.0 that, as stated on the release notes, simplifies the process of creating Security Groups and whitelisting firewall rules for existing applications. VMware NSX 6.3.0 Release Notes can be found here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/nsx/6.3.0/releasenotes_nsx_vsphere_630.html
What’s New vSphere 6.3 and VMware NSX-T 1.1. — via VMware Velocity
Back on February 2nd, VMware announced two new products, VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and VMware NSX-T 1.1, and the adoption rate has reached new heights for VMware, as Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger mentioned in the Q4 2016 earnings that NSX is on track to bring in $1 Billion in revenue this year. That is impressive especially if you take into account the initial slow adoption rate of NSX.
Deploying NSX Manager 6.3 — via Let’s v4Real
In this blog post we will be deploying the NSX manager appliance. This is the first step in beginning to deploy NSX in your VMware environment. First things first, after downloading the NSX OVA file, right click on the cluster you want to deploy the appliance in and click Deploy OVF Template. Browse to and select the NSX OVA file and click Next.
NSX-V 6.3: Cross-VC NSX Security Enhancements — via VMware Network Virtualization Blog
In this blog post I’ll discuss the new Cross-VC NSX security enhancements in NSX-V 6.3. For additional information on Cross-VC NSX check-out my prior Cross-VC NSX blog posts.
VMware Expands NSX Network Virtualization Capabilities — via Enterprise Networking Planet
New releases of NXS for vSphere and NXS-T provide new features to make it easier for organization to deploy, manage and secure virtual networks.
NSX News You Can Use by Roger Fortier – February 7, 2017 — via VMware News and Updates
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