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NSX Ecosystem Partners…

A comprehensive list of NSX ecosystem partners is listed on the NSX resource page at http://www.vmware.com/products/nsx/resources.html

Partners include solutions for Network Gateway Services, Network Security Platforms, Application Delivery, and Security Services.

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vSphere NSX + Palo Alto Networks + Traffic Steering

Lots of goodness here with the integration of NSX with PAN… Using PAN’s unified interface Panorama deploying security policy into Physical Firewalls, Virtual Firewall Appliances, and into the vSphere NSX in kernel distributed Firewall, you have the best of all worlds…

One of the features of NSX with PAN is the ability to perform traffic steering from the NSX in kernal distributed firewall into the PAN Virtual Appliance to take advantage of the full capabilities of PAN. One gotcha I have seen and recommendation for you is traffic steering should be performed on an exception basis only. Let the NSX in kernel distributed firewall perform the heavy lifting (of firewall policy), and traffic steer only as needed.

 

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Network Virtualization in a Nutshell…

Software Defined Networking and network virtualization in general relies on a centralized network controller to provide an API interface that can be accessed programmatically. The centralized network controller  translates API calls into instructions to hypervisors, switches, virtual appliances, and physical hardware appliances, creating logical network constructs. The network controller also has the job of tracking and maintaining network connectivity and security across the virtual and physical environment.

VMware NSX works with OpenStack Neutron in multi hypervisor environments (vSphere. XEN, KVM) using the Open Virtual Switch, and vSphere vCenter using the vSphere Distributed Switch.

The scope of NSX today is within the four walls of a data center or metro data center under control of  OpenStack or vCenter. In the NSX vSphere Edition, there is some nice integration with SRM, where SRM can be used to replicate logical network constructs to a remote vCenter/NSX.

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The Goldilocks Zone…

An awesome introduction to the “Goldilocks Zone” by Martin Casado – The relationship between the hypervisor and virtual workloads and the ability to provide enhanced security.

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NSX Resources

A great resource for anything you need to know about NSX… http://www.vmware.com/products/nsx/resources.html Probably my favorite link is the NSX TV on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/vmwarensx

 

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