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Automating Security Group and Policy Creation with NSX REST API and Python
My latest post on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog, Automating Security Group and Policy Creation with NSX REST API, describes using NSX REST API with some code for a simple yet realistic use case focused around security where automation … Continue reading
Posted in Labs, Network Security, Networking, Programming Languages, Python, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged Automating Security Group and Policy Creation, CSV, CSV file, Network Virtualization, NSX, NSX 6.2.2, NSX REST API, NSX Security Groups, NSX Security Groups from CSV file, Python, python cvs library, python requests library, REST, Security Groups, Security Groups from CSV file, vmware, VMware NSX, VMware NSX 6.2.2
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VMware NSX Online Fundamentals – Multi-Site/Disaster Recovery
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
Posted in Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged 8 NSX Managers, ARP snooping, Central CLI, CLI monitoring, communication channel health monitoring, Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX failover, Cross-VC NSX failover scenarios, Cross-VC NSX object, Cross-VC NSX objects, Cross-VC NSX recovery, Cross-VC NSX recovery scenarios, Cross-vCenter, Cross-vCenter Networking and Security, DFW, DHCP snooping, Disaster Recovery, 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, 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 Disaster Recovery, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX DLR, NSX failover scenarioes, nsx logical router, NSX logical switch, NSX LS, NSX Manager, NSX multi-site, NSX multi-site deployment, NSX multi-site failover scenarios, NSX multi-site recovery scenarios, NSX network virtualization, NSX recovery scenarios, NSX Security Groups, NSX Site Recovery Manager, NSX SRM, 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, Site Recovery Manager, SRM, trace flow, UDLR, universal, Universal Control VM, 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 Site Recovery Manager, VMware SRM, VMware vCenter, VSS
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VMware NSX 6.2 Adds Cross-vCenter Networking and Security
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
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VMware NSX Service Composer: Advanced Security & Micro-segmentation
In a prior blog, Firewalling & Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX, I discussed some of the basics of firewalls and micro-segmentation with VMware NSX. In this blog, I’ll introduce how security groups via NSX Service Composer can be used with VMware … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Force10, Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, iSCSI, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Servers, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
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Firewalling & Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX
One very exciting and strong use case for VMware NSX is advanced security. VMware NSX has some inherent security features and also allows for 3rd party security appliance integration. In this blog, I’ll briefly discuss the firewalling and micro-segmentation capabilities … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware
Tagged centralized firewall, Dell, Dell Networking, Dell Networking S4810, Dell Networking S4810 switch, Dell Networking S6000, Dell Networking S6000 switch, Dell S4810 switch, Dell S6000, Dell S6000 switch, Dell VMware NSX, DFW, DFW logging, distributed firewall, Distributed Firewall logging, east-west traffic, Edge Services Gateway, ESG, ESXi, ESXi hypervisor, firewall, firewall logging, firewall virtual appliance, firewall virtual appliances, micro-segmentation, Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX, microsegmentation, microsegmentation with VMware NSX, network segmentation, North-South traffic, NSX DFW, NSX DFW logging, NSX Distributed Firewall logging, NSX Edge Services Gateway, NSX ESG, NSX Security Groups, NSX-V, NSX-vSphere, One-Arm Firewall, perimeter-centric, perimeter-centric security, RBAC, Role Based Access Control, S4810 switch, S6000, S6000 switch, SDDC, security, security appliance, Security Groups, Security Tag, segmentation, Software Defined Data Center, traditional firewall, traffic tromboning, vCenter, VM Name, vmware, VMware DFW, VMware Distributed Firewall, VMware ESXi, VMware ESXi hypervisor, VMware NSX, VMware NSX DFW, VMware NSX DFW logging, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall logging, VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway, VMware NSX ESG, VMware NSX firewall logging, VMware NSX-V, VMware NSX-vSphere, VMware vCenter
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