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VMware Cloud on AWS with Direct Connect: NSX Networking and vMotion to the Cloud with Demo
I also published this blog post about VMware Cloud on AWS with Direct Connect: NSX Networking and vMotion to the Cloud with Demo on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog on April 4, 2018. The full blog post is provided … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, AWS, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged AWS, AWS backbone, AWS Direct Connect, AWS DX router, AWS EC2, AWS Letter of Authorization, AWS LOR, AWS Network Services, AWS RDS, AWS Region, AWS S3, AWS VGW, AWS Virtual Private Gateway, AWS VPC, BGP, CGW, cloud, Cold Migration, demo, Direct Connect, Direct Connect Deployment, Direct Connect Private VIF, Direct Connect Public VIF, DX router, EC2, ESX Management, HLM, hybrid cloud, Hybrid Link Mode, Internet, IPSEC VPN, L2VPN, L2VPN client, Letter of Authorization, Live Migration, LOR, MGW, migration, network file copy, Network Virtualization, NFC, NSX, NSX IPSEC VPN, NSX L2VPN, NSX L2VPN client, NSX logical network, NSX logical switch, NSX Networking, on-prem, Private VIF, Private Virtual Interface, Public VIF, Public Virtual Interface, RDS, S3, SDDC, SDN, vCenter, VGW, virtual machine, virtualization, VM, VM migration, VMC, vMotion, vMotion to the Cloud, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS and Direct Connect Deployment, VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, VMware Cloud on AWS VPC, VMware SDDC, vPC, VPC CIDR, VPN
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VMware Cloud on AWS – SDDCs Across Different AWS Regions
In my prior blog post, I discussed how with VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS) customers get the best of both worlds for their move to a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) – the leading compute, storage, and network … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, AWS, AWS, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged Amazon Web Services, AWS, AWS Region, AWS Regions, CGW, CGW firewall rules, CGW IPSEC VPN, CGW IPSEC VPN configuration, Compute Gateway, hybrid cloud, IPSEC VPN, IPSEC VPN configuration, N. Virginia, NSX, NSX Logical Networks, Oregon, SDDC, Software Defined Data Center, US East, US East (N. Virginia), US West, US West (Oregon), vCenter, VMC CGW, VMC Compute Gateway, VMC on AWS, VMC SDDCs, VMC security policies, VMware Cloud on AWS, VSAN, vSphere
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VMware SDDC with NSX Expands to AWS
VMware Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies like vSphere ESXi, vCenter, vSAN, and NSX have been leveraged by thousands of customers globally to build reliable, flexible, agile, and highly available data center environments running thousands of workloads. I’ve also discussed … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon, AWS, AWS, AWS, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged 1:Many NAT, Amazon Web Services, AWS, AWS Direct Connect, AWS Networking, CGW, CGW Gateway, CGW IPSEC VPN, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cold Migration, Compute Gateway, Direct Connect, Disaster Recovery, Disaterous Recovery as a Service, Distributed Logical Router, DLR, DR, DRaaS, Edge, firewall, HLM, HumairAhmed.com, hybrid cloud, Hybrid Link Mode, IBM, iLand, IPSEC, IPSEC VPN, L2VPN, Management Gateway, MGW, MGW Gateway, MGW IPSEC VPN, nat, NSX, NSX DLR, NSX Edge, NSX IPSEC, NSX IPSEC VPN, NSX L2VPN, Public IP, SDDC, Sphere ESXi, US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), vCenter, VM Cold Migration, VMC, VMC ESXi Host, VMC network, VMC on AWS, vMotion, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud Provider, VMware NSX, VMware SDDC, VMware Software Defined Data Center, VPN, VSAN, vSphere ESXi hypervisor, zero-trust
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Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions
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.
Posted in Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged 8 NSX Managers, Cross-VC, Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX object, Cross-VC NSX objects, Cross-vCenter, Cross-vCenter Networking and Security, Cross-vCenter NSX, DFW, distributed firewall, DSX logical router, eight NSX Managers, global, ip address, IP Set, local egress, 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 Distributed Firewall, NSX DLR, nsx logical router, NSX logical switch, NSX LS, NSX Manager, NSX multi-site, NSX multi-site deployment, NSX network virtualization, 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, 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, VMware NSX 6.2, VMware NSX Manager, VMware vCenter
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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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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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Dell Networking and VMware NSX: Bridging Between Logical & Physical Networks
In a prior blog, Creating Logical Networks and Services with VMware NSX on Dell Infrastructure, I discussed how easily VMs can be moved from physical (VLANs) to logical networks (Network Virtualization Overlays or NVOs). In practicality, there will almost always … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged CLI, decouple network, decoupled, Dell, Dell NSX Reference Architecture, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge Rack Server, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell S6000, Dell Server, Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture, Dell-VMware NSX solution, Distributed Logical Router, Distributed Logical Router Control VM, DLR, DLR Control VM, Hardware NSX L2 Bridge, Hardware VTEP, Logical Network, logical network services, Logical Networks, logical router CLI, logical switch, logical switch CLI, logical switches, Logical-Physical Bridge, network services, NSX, NSX bridge, NSX CLI, NSX design/deployment, NSX Distributed Logical Router, NSX Edge, NSX Edge Appliance, NSX Edge Appliances, NSX Hardware L2 Bridge, NSX L2 Bridge, NSX Manager, NSX Manager virtual appliance, NSX Perimeter Edge, NSX Perimeter Edge CLI, NSX Perimeter Edge Router CLI, NSX Router CLI, NSX Services Gateway, NSX vCenter plugin, NSX-vSphere, NSX-vSphere design/deployment, NSX-vSphere plugin, NSX-vSphere vCenter plugin, NVI VLAN Bridge, Perimeter Edge, Physical-Logical Bridge, PowerEdge server, Rack Server, router CLI, S6000, SDN, SDN solution, SDN solution with NSX, software defined networking, switch CLI, vCenter, Virtual Extensible LAN, virtual machine, vlan, VLAN VXLAN bridge, VM, vmware, VMware NSX, VMware NSX design/deployment, VMware NSX Manager, VMware NSX Manager virtual appliance, VMware NSX Reference Architecture, VMware NSX-vSphere, VMware NSX-vSphere design/deployment, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere, VNI-VLAN Bridge, vSphere, vSphere Web Client, VTEP, VXLAN, VXLAN encapsulation, VXLAN header, VXLAN-VLAN Bridge
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Creating Logical Networks and Services with VMware NSX on Dell Infrastructure
If you haven’t already, please checkout the Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture (RA) whitepaper. In the reference architecture I explain in detail the foundational NSX-vSphere components and also how Dell can provide a complete end-to-end infrastructure (servers, networking, storage) to support … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged Blade, Blade Server, blade switch, CLI, decouple network, decoupled, Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell EqualLogic Array, Dell EqualLogic PS 6210XS, Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS, Dell EqualLogic storage, Dell EqualLogic Storage Array, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell NSX Reference Architecture, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge Blade Server, Dell PowerEdge Rack Server, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell S4810, Dell S6000, Dell Server, Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture, Dell-VMware NSX solution, Distributed Logical Router, Distributed Logical Router Control VM, DLR, DLR Control VM, EqualLogic, EqualLogic array, EqualLogic PS 6210XS, EqualLogic PS6210XS, EqualLogic storage, EqualLogic Storage Array, Hardware NSX L2 Bridge, Hardware VTEP, Logical Network, logical network services, Logical Networks, logical router CLI, logical switch, logical switch CLI, logical switches, Logical-Physical Bridge, MXL, MXL blade, network services, NSX, NSX bridge, NSX CLI, NSX design/deployment, NSX Distributed Logical Router, NSX Edge, NSX Edge Appliance, NSX Edge Appliances, NSX Hardware L2 Bridge, NSX L2 Bridge, NSX Manager, NSX Manager virtual appliance, NSX Perimeter Edge, NSX Perimeter Edge CLI, NSX Perimeter Edge Router CLI, NSX Router CLI, NSX Services Gateway, NSX vCenter plugin, NSX-vSphere, NSX-vSphere design/deployment, NSX-vSphere plugin, NSX-vSphere vCenter plugin, NVI VLAN Bridge, Perimeter Edge, Physical-Logical Bridge, PowerEdge Blade Server, PowerEdge server, Rack Server, router CLI, S4810, S6000, SDN, SDN solution, SDN solution with NSX, software defined networking, Storage Array, switch CLI, vCenter, Virtual Extensible LAN, virtual machine, vlan, VLAN VXLAN bridge, VM, vmware, VMware NSX, VMware NSX design/deployment, VMware NSX Manager, VMware NSX Manager virtual appliance, VMware NSX Reference Architecture, VMware NSX-vSphere, VMware NSX-vSphere design/deployment, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere, VNI-VLAN Bridge, vSphere, vSphere Web Client, VTEP, VXLAN, VXLAN encapsulation, VXLAN header, VXLAN-VLAN Bridge
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Network Virtualization with Dell and VMware NSX [Video]
Check out my latest Dell Networking video on Network Virtualization with Dell and VMware NSX. You can view it on the Dell VMware wiki site, the Dell YouTube channel, or see the video embedded below via direct link.
Posted in Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Force10, iSCSI, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Protocols, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged DCB, DCB capable storage, Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell EqualLogic DCB capable storage, Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage, Dell EqualLogic PS 6110XS, Dell EqualLogic PS6110XS, Dell EqualLogic storage, Dell Force10, Dell MXL, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge M620, Dell PowerEdge R620, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell S4810, Dell S6000, Dell VMware NSX, distributed firewall, distributed routing, distributed switching, DLR, EqualLogic, EqualLogic DCB capable storage, EqualLogic iSCSI storage, EqualLogic PS6110XS, ESXi, ESXi 5.5, ESXi hypervisor, firewall, Force10, Force10 Networks, hypervisor, iSCSI, iSCSI storage, L2 Bridge, L2 Gateway, Logical Network, Logical Networks, MXL, MXL Blade Switch, Network Virtualization, Network Virtualization with Dell Infrastructure and VMware NSX Reference Architecture, NSX, NSX Controller Cluster, NSX Distributed Logical Router, NSX DLR, NSX L2 Gateway, NSX Manager, NSX Perimeter Edge, NSX Services Edge, OSPF, S4810, S6000, SDN, software defined networking, vCenter, vCenter Virtual Appliance, VDS, virtual distributed switch, Virtual Network Identifier, virtualization, vmware, VMware ESXi, VMware NSX, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere, VMware vSphere 5.5, VMware vSphere ESXi, VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5, VMware vSphere vCenter, VMware vSphere vCenter Virtual Appliance, VNI, vSphere, vSphere 5.5, vSphere vCenter, vSphere vCenter Virtual Appliance, VXLAN
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