Networking can be a pain in the ass if you’ve don’t have a deep knowledge.
This is the same regarding virtual networking.
So this post series will focus on virtual switches, how they work, configuration and operation/troubleshoot.
Category: Virtualization
Software Defined Data Center – Introduction – Part I
Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) is something big, but not always it’s easy to understand it.
So all the time you hear about this buzzword, but what does it means exactly?
How will it help us? Let’s start.
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VMware NSX
VMware NSX is a networking solution for virtual environments.
The main features it has:
- Virtual L2 networking (VXLAN)
- Hypervisor based switching and routing between hosts directly (instead using physical routing – north to south)
- Hypervisor based firewall for virtual machines
- Network appliances (by NSX Edge): VPN, Load Balancer, DHCP and more.
veTools v0.2
So… what is basically veTools?
veTools (virtual enhanced Tools) is a module for PowerCLI which implement lots of automation for your virtual environment based on vSphere.
in addition I’ve included scripts for working with vCloud director.