In doing some testing around NSX Edge deployment scenarios I came across a small quirk in the High Availability Config for the NSX Edge Gateway where by after configuring HA from either the Web Client of through the Rest API you will see the High Availability Status as Down in the Web Client even though […] Read More
NSX Bytes: NSX-v 6.1.5 Released
Last week NSX-v 6.1.5 (Build 3102213) was released…This is a minor point release but does resolve a number of bugs present from previous 6.1.x builds and introduces one new feature into the Web Client: Controller connectivity status: NSX Manager user interface is enhanced to display the connectivity status between NSX controllers in the controller cluster. […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Testing VXLAN Tunnel End Points between ESXi Hosts
When working with NSX you have the option to create logical switches that are bound by Transport Zones…within those Transport Zones you could have a single vSphere Cluster or a number of Clusters that may or may not span different VLANs or Subnets. For those that have created NSX Logical Switches that span multiple clusters […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Migrating NSX Edges Between Clusters….The Right Way
Had a situation pop up today where an NSX Edge needed to be moved from it’s current location to another location due to an initial VM placement issue. The VM was being moved within the bounds of the NSX Transport Zone so no issues with it being out of scope… At first the VM was […] Read More
NSX Bytes: NSX 6.2 GA and NSX Manager Upgrade
NSX for vSphere version 6.2 was made Generally Available earlier today and there has been some significant updates and improvements to the Network Virtualization Platform from the 6.1.x releases. Most of the improvements revolve around the cross vCenter functionality and enhances to the Distributed features and dynamic routing. There are also a number of operational […] Read More
NSX Bytes: Unable to Remove Logical Switch: Resources are still in use
I came across an situation today where I was doing a clean up of Logical Switches in my NSX Lab where I was unable to remove a logical switch due to it apparently still being in use. Not a very helpful error however this was due to the fact I had provisioned a few NSX Edges and vShield […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 4 – Generating Self Signed SSL Certificates
Overview: With the VSE and NSX Edges there are a number of features that can take advantage of Certificate services both as authentication mechanisms and for more traditional SSL Server Certificate termination. In both the VSE and NSX Edges you have the ability to Generate or Import a certificate with the following being a quick […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 3 – IPsec and L2 VPN
Overview: NSX and vShield Edges support site to site IPSec VPN between Edge instances and remote sites. Behind each remote VPN router, you can configure multiple subnets to connect to the internal network behind an Edge through IPSec tunnels. These subnets and the internal network behind the Edges must have address ranges that do not overlap. You […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 2 – High Availability
Overview: High Availability in both VSE and NSX Edges ensures Edge Network Services are always available by deploying a pair of Edge Appliances that work together in an active/passive HA cluster Pair. The primary appliance is in the active state and the secondary appliance is in the standby state. The configuration of the primary appliance is replicated […] Read More
NSX Edge vs vShield Edge: Part 1 – Feature and Performance Matrix
I was having a discussion internally about why we where looking to productize the NSX Edges for our vCloud Director Virtual Datacenter offering over the existing vCNS vShield Edges. A quick search online didn’t come up with anything concrete so I’ve decided to list out the differences as concisely as possible. This post will go through […] Read More