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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Authors -- About the Technical Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Abstracting Network and Security -- Networks: 1990s -- Colocation -- Workload-to-Server Ratio -- Inefficient Resource Allocation -- The Long Road to Provisioning -- Data Centers Come of Age -- Data Center Workloads -- Workloads Won't Stay Put -- VMware -- Virtualization -- What Is Happening in There? -- Portability -- Virtualize Away -- Extending Virtualization to Storage -- Virtual Networking and Security -- NSX to the Rescue

The Bottom Line -- Chapter 2 NSX Architecture and Requirements -- NSX Network Virtualization -- Planes of Operation -- NSX Manager Role and Function -- ESXi Hosts -- vCenter Server -- vSphere Distributed Switch -- NSX VIBs -- Competitive Advantage: IOChain -- IOChain Security Features -- NSX Controllers -- NSX Controller Clustering -- NSX Controller Roles -- NSX Edge -- ESG Sizing -- NSX Role-Based Access Control -- Overlay and Underlay Networks -- Replication Modes for Traffic Going to Multiple Destinations -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 3 Preparing NSX -- NSX Manager Prerequisites

Open Ports and Name Resolution -- Minimum Resource Requirements for NSX Data Center Appliances -- vSphere HA and DRS -- IP Addressing and Port Groups -- Installing the Client Integration Plug-in -- Installing NSX Manager -- Associating NSX Manager to vCenter -- Adding AD/LDAP to NSX -- Linking Multiple NSX Managers Together (Cross-vCenter NSX) -- Multi-site Consistency with Universal Components -- Primary and Secondary NSX Managers -- Preparing ESXi Clusters for NSX -- Creating a Universal Transport Zone on the Primary NSX Manager -- vSphere Distributed Switches Membership

Adding Secondary NSX Managers -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 4 Distributed Logical Switch -- vSphere Standard Switch (vSS) -- Traffic Shaping -- Understanding Port Groups -- NIC Teaming -- Ensuring Security -- Virtual Distributed Switch (vDS) -- Virtual eXtensible LANs (VXLANs) -- Employing Logical Switches -- Three Tables That Store VNI Information -- Collecting VNI Information -- Centralized MAC Table -- VTEP Table -- We Might as Well Talk about ARP Now -- Filling In the L2 and L3 Headers -- Switch Security Module -- Understanding Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, and Multicast -- Layer 2 Flooding

Replication Modes -- Deploying Logical Switches -- Creating a Logical Switch -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 5 Marrying VLANs and VXLANs -- Shotgun Wedding: Layer 2 Bridge -- Architecture -- Challenges -- Deployment -- Under the Hood -- Layer 2 VPN -- NSX Native L2 Bridging -- Hardware Switches to the Rescue -- Hardware VTEPs -- Deployment -- Under the Hood -- The Bottom Line -- Chapter 6 Distributed Logical Router -- Distributed Logical Router (DLR) -- Control Plane Smarts -- Logical Router Control Virtual Machine -- Understanding DLR Efficiency -- Another Concept to Consider

Let's Get Smart about Routing

Includes bibliographical references.

A clear, comprehensive guide to VMware's latest virtualization solution Mastering VMware NSX for vSphere is the ultimate guide to VMware's network security virtualization platform. Written by a rock star in the VMware community, this book offers invaluable guidance and crucial reference for every facet of NSX, with clear explanations that go far beyond the public documentation. Coverage includes NSX architecture, controllers, and edges; preparation and deployment; logical switches; VLANS and VXLANS; logical routers; virtualization; edge network services; firewall security; and much more to help you take full advantage of the platform's many features. More and more organizations are recognizing both the need for stronger network security and the powerful solution that is NSX; usage has doubled in the past year alone, and that trend is projected to grow'and these organizations need qualified professionals who know how to work effectively with the NSX platform. This book covers everything you need to know to exploit the platform's full functionality so you can: -Step up security at the application level -Automate security and networking services -Streamline infrastructure for better continuity -Improve compliance by isolating systems that handle sensitive data VMware's NSX provides advanced security tools at a lower cost than traditional networking. As server virtualization has already become a de facto standard in many circles, network virtualization will follow quickly'and NSX positions VMware in the lead the way vSphere won the servers. NSX allows you to boost security at a granular level, streamline compliance, and build a more robust defense against the sort of problems that make headlines. Mastering VMware NSX for vSphere helps you get up to speed quickly and put this powerful platform to work for your organization.