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Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX and Palo Alto Networks Security [Video]

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog site.

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Multi-site with Cross-VC NSX: Consistent Security and Micro-segmentation Across Sites [Video]

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post about the security benefits of a multi-site Cross-VC NSX solution on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX Network … Continue reading →

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Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Humair

Check-out my latest blog post, Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions, on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization blog. In the post, I discuss Cross-VC NSX functionality and step through vMotion across different vCenter domains at two different sites.

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VMware NSX Online Fundamentals – Multi-Site/Disaster Recovery

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Humair

Check-out this overview and walk-through presentation I recently did on Cross-VC NSX functionality introduced in NSX 6.2. Deployment models, Multi-Site, and Disaster Recovery solutions are also discussed. To view the video, you must first register. You will then have access … Continue reading →

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Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Humair

If you haven’t already, checkout my post on the VMware Network Virtualization blog where I describe and show a demo on Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC. Most of the information is from prior posts I had … Continue reading →

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LinkedIN Publishing Platform – Bugs and Issues to Know

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Humair

It’s brilliant that LinkedIN created an integrated publishing platform. It’s been a huge success and has allowed many talented writers and experts across many industries to publish and share their knowledge with the communities who would most likely be interested … Continue reading →

VMware NSX and Comprehensive Security for the SDDC

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Humair

I’ve written several prior articles on the VMware NSX network virtualization platform as it relates to security. NSX offers such a robust platform for security, I sometimes come across folks interested in NSX yet not aware of the full potential … Continue reading →

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Advanced Security with VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC [Video]

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Humair

In a prior blog, I wrote about VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC integration for advanced security. Check out the VMware NSX Check Point vSEC demo on the VMware NSX YouTube channel or embedded directly below. In this demo, I … Continue reading →

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VMware NSX 6.2 Adds Cross-vCenter Networking and Security

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Humair

Ahead of this year’s VMworld which was just this past week (08/30 – 09/03), VMware recently released NSX 6.2 with many new and exciting features. You can see a list of new features listed in the NSX 6.2 online release … Continue reading →

Posted in Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware | Tagged 8 NSX Managers, ARP snooping, Central CLI, CLI monitoring, communication channel health monitoring, Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX object, Cross-VC NSX objects, Cross-vCenter, Cross-vCenter Networking and Security, DFW, DHCP snooping, distributed firewall, DSX logical router, eight NSX Managers, global, host locale ID, ip address, IP Set, local egress, locale ID, logical router, logical switch, MAC address, MAC Set, multi-site deployment, multi-vcenter NSX, Network Virtualization, north-south, North-South traffic, NSX, NSX 6.2, NSX 6.2 new feature, NSX Controller Cluster, NSX Controllers, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX DLR, nsx logical router, NSX logical switch, NSX LS, NSX Manager, NSX multi-site deployment, NSX network virtualization, NSX Security Groups, NSX UDLR, NSX Universal Controller Cluster, NSX Universal Controllers, NSX Universal DFW, NSX Universal DFW Rules, NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, NSX Universal Distributed Logical Router, NSX Universal Logical Switch, NSX Universal LS, NSX Universal Rules, NSX Universal Synchronization Service, NSX Universal Transport Zone, NSX UTZ, NSX with multiple vCenters, primary NSX Manager, secondary NSX Manager, security, Security Groups, trace flow, UDLR, universal, Universal Controller Cluster, Universal DFW, Universal DFW rules, Universal Distributed Firewall, Universal distributed firewall rules, Universal Distributed Logical Router, Universal DLR, Universal Logical Switch, Universal LS, Universal rules, Universal Synchronization Service, Universal Transport Zone, UTZ, vCenter, VMware network virtualization, VMware NSX 6.2, VMware NSX Manager, VMware vCenter, VSS | 1 Comment

VMware NSX: Advanced Security Services with Check Point vSEC

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Humair

In early 2014, the well known security company, Check Point, announced it was collaborating with VMware to integrate its security software with NSX to help automate and simplify the provisioning of advanced security services. Just last month, Check Point announced … Continue reading →

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