Quite a while ago NSX for vSphere brought the ability to use ECMP for Edges. This allowed multiple paths within the network for increase availability and bandwidth for applications. ECMP is nothing new to networking and is quite the done…
The Distributed Firewall in NSX for vSphere is comprised of a number of memory allocations. These memory allocations are also known as heaps. These are allocated based on the amount of physical memory that a server has. The memory heaps…
Sometimes I need a lab quickly to test a feature. Whilst I have access to a substantial lab I do not always have access to internet. I work on a Macbook Pro and may not have access to a Windows…
So today marked the release of vSphere 6.0 U2. This is pretty cool because it adds the vSphere Host Web Client. A much-needed upgrade if you speak to administrators of a vSphere environment. I have a small lab of around…
VMware NSX 6.2 for vSphere Essentials available for pre-order I noticed that our VMware NSX 6.2 for vSphere Essentials book is available for pre-order on the Amazon store. If you’re interesting in this book, want to learn more about NSX…
Creating a Neutron port and attaching to an Instance This post will demonstrate the flexibility of creating a new port on a Neutron network and attaching it to an existing Instance. The Instance this port is attaching to is a…
Today VMware launches ALL the things. We have new versions of most of our major products. Get them here – get them in the lab and get them running! ESXi 6.0 vCenter Server 6.0 vSphere Data Protection 6.0 vSphere Replication…
Over on the community portal there has been a 2.0 revision of the NSX design guide. This is covers many aspects of technical implementation and design of a virtual network with NSX. It includes recommendations about settings, timers, failover methods,…