VMware NSX: Defining the Problem

Every good data center presentation starts with redefining The Problem and my VMware NSX Architecture webinar was no exception – the first section describes Infrastructure-as-a-Service Networking Requirements.

I sprinted through this section during the live session, the video with longer (and more detailed) explanation comes from the Overlay Virtual Networking webinar.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous 26 October 2013 23:47
    Great overview of what overlay networking is all about. I expect to see a lot of FUD come out of the Cisco camp once the Insieme products start to be announced and roll out.

    I will say I am more of a fan of Juniper's Contrail and ALU's Nuage offerings than NSX for a pure OpenStack deployment, but obviously those don't exist for VMWare as of yet. Contrail especially since it just uses standard L3VPNs and MPLSoGRE, I already have it working with a pair of MX960s and ASR9Ks, even a SRX650 firewall in the same overlay network. The use of XMPP to distribute member router, etc. to vrouters is highly scalable as well.
  2. Anonymous 28 October 2013 13:16
    I would argue that the "defining the problem" is not a technical discussion. Rather, the need for software defined network overlays (NSX) is driven by the overhead of current network implementation and orchestration. Compute and virtualization teams are now demanding a network that keeps pace with compute virtualization.

    As physical compute and storage have been commoditized, datacenter networking will be soon.
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