My colleague Brad Hedlund has written a great introduction to the NSX Distributed Firewall. I wanted to share this with you before I start to dive into the technical and operational aspects of the NSX Distributed Firewall… http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/2013/07/what-is-a-distributed-firewall.html
NSX Documentation is available for download at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ under the Networking & Security Tab. Happy bedtime reading!
Lots of fun using a browser REST client to develop and test network object manipulation, or any other virtual infrastructure function that can be consumed via REST API. Firefox as a really nice REST Client that works well for API testing. If you want to start developing scripts using REST calls, this is a must have browser extension… https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/restclient/
VMware administrators for years have had access to download VMware technologies for evaluation. NSX is a little different and you will not find NSX on the download page. The reason for this is simple – The VMware Networking and Security Business Unit (NSBU) wants you to have a positive experience evaluating NSX technologies. As such, when you are ready to perform an evaluation, NSX systems engineers will assist you with access to the software and review the installation process with you. Actual installation is pretty straight forward so when you are ready, reach out to your favorite technology partner or core VMware sales team and they will put you in touch with the VMware NSBU. You can also use the link on the VMware website… http://www.vmware.com/company/contact_sales.html