Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.4.4 (Build 11197766) that contains a some new features and addresses a number of resolved issues from previous releases. In recent times a lot of the focus has been on NSX-T as Kubernetes and Containers start to become more commonly discussed at the networking level and the fact that VMware Cloud on AWS is rolling out NSX-T under the surface across all regions…however it’s important to continue to highlight releases for NSX-v as this is still the NSX platform of choice out in the wild and for service providers.
This is more of a bug fix release however there are a few incremental enhancements to the NSX User Interface with additional components added to the HTML5 vSphere Client. These revolve around some Edge management being ported across to the vSphere Client…which is fine…but I do find it a little interesting that this isn’t done all in one bang so as to not frustrate administrators who still need to go back and forward depending on what they want to configure.
Though the list of unsupported functionality is shrinking with every release.
Other New Enhancements and Resolved Issues:
The only other noted enhancement also related to Edges and the amount of static routes that can be added…this increases from 2048 to 10,240 static routes for Quad Large and X-Large ESGs. Apart from that there is a smaller than usual list of Resolved issues however the majority again lie with fixes to the NSX Edges, so for those service providers that offer vCloud Director with NSX Edges, it’s worth a read.
In terms of interoperability with vCenter, ESXi and vCloud Director, there appears to be no issues with NSX-v 6.4.4 being used with the latest platform versions.
Those with the correct entitlements can download NSX-v 6.4.4 here.
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