What is your favorite flavour of NSX?Marco van Baggum

@vMBaggum

Index• NSX History• NSX-V• NSX-T• NSX-Cloud• How to choose?• FAQ

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NSX History• 2012 VMware acquires Nicira• Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Only• Supports KVM and Xen/Citrix Hypervisors Only• Initially Known as NSX-MH (Multi-Hypervisor)

• 2013 VMware releases GA of NSX-V • Security features added from vCloud Network & Security (vCNS)• ESXi Kernel Module for Distributed Firewall (DFW)

• 2014 Strategic Partnerships Developed• Palo Alto, Trend Micro, F5, Arista etc.

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NSX History• 2015 Next Generation of NSX

• NSX-T is the replacement for NSX-MH and NSX-V• Start of Codebase Simplification • Cost Reduction

• 2016 VMware Acquires Arkin• Arkin is rebranded as vRealize Network Insight

• 2017 NSX-T 2.0 is GA!

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NSX History• NSX-T != NSX Transformers• Codename Only• Avalanche – PoC version• Bumblebee – Beta version• Crosshairs – General Availability version• Dropkick – 2.0 version

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NSX-V• NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) is focused on vSphere only environments• Integration with products in the VMware Portfolio• Horizon• AirWatch• vRealize Automation / Orchestrator• Site Recovery Manager (SRM)

• Mature platform with a large ecosystem of 3rd party security partners• NSX for vSphere is the platform for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware Cloud on AWS (VMConAWS)• Strong commitment and roadmap for NSX-V features well into 2021

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NSX-T• The new Multi-Hypervisor and Multi-Cloud solution• Important new NSX-T features• Geneve Encapsulation• Distributed Network Encryption (DNE)• Independent GUI• Multi vCenter Support• Scale-out Control Plane

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NSX-T• Main focus of NSX-T is “New Applications Architectures”• Pivotal Container Services (PKS)• Kubernetes• Cloud Native Apps• VMware Cloud Services

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New Applications Architectures

Cloud-NativeAppplatform

• 3-tier model

• Traditional App Platform

• Microservices Model

• Cloud-Native App Platforms:Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Mesos

Current Application Architecture New Application Architecture

• Deployed in VMs • Deployed in Containers

OSAPP

OSAPP

OSAPP

OSAPP

OSAPP

Web App DB

NotificationseStore CustomersPayments

NSX-Cloud• Part of the VMware Cloud Services• Offered as SaaS• Leverages NSX-T• NSX Cloud is focused on workloads running natively in Public Clouds• Support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) at GA

• Support for Azure & GCP on Roadmap

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NSX-Cloud

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CustomerAWSAccount

CONTROLPLANE

DATAPLANE

MANAGEMENTPLANE

CLOUDGATEWAY

LinuxVM WindowsVM

NSXCloudGateway

NSXCLOUDDASHBOARD

Publiccloudinfrastructurewithhypervisor(ex:AWS)

VMwareAWSAccount

NSXControllerCluster

NSXManager CloudServiceManager

Customer

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New Application Architectures

Branch Office / Edge Computing & IOT

End UsersOn-Premises

BAREMETAL

Public Clouds

NSX Vision

Summary• VMware NSX-V stays for vSphere only• VMware NSX-T the best fit for new application architectures• VMware NSX Cloud is the SaaS offering for Public Clouds

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How to choose?

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NSX-V

NSX-T

DeveloperCloudorPrivateIaaS

OpenStackorCustom

No

Yes

vRA,vCDornoCMP

NoCloudorotherusecase

WhichCMPwillbeused?

WhatkindofCloud?

DoesNSX-Taddressthe

requirements?Start

NSXCloud

NativePublicCloud

FAQ• Can you run both an NSX for vSphere and NSX-T cluster on a single vCenter?

• Yes! But managed through separate management consoles

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FAQ• What is the migration path from NSX-V to NSX-T?

• These two platforms address very different requirements and environments, it is not expected to see many migrations from NSX-V to NSX-T or vice versa

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FAQ• Which NSX Platform is used by VMware Cloud on AWS and IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions (aka Bluemix)?

• NSX-V is part of the VMware Cloud on AWS and IBM Cloud for VMware offerings

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FAQ• What are the types of licenses available for NSX-V and NSX-T?

• NSX is available in three editions for both versions: • Standard• Advanced• Enterprise

• All three are available per-socket licenses• The Advanced edition is also available per-user, to align with virtual desktop deployments• The Enterprise edition is also available on a per-VM term basis

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FAQ• Will NSX-V and NSX-T support the same features?

• No, some features are specific to NSX-V or NSX-T

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FAQ• Are there plans to merge NSX for vSphere and NSX-T?

• No, there are no plans to merge the two platforms for now

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FAQ• Where can I get my hands on NSX-V, NSX-T and NSX Cloud?• VMware HOL (http://hol.vmware.com)

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