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VMware NSX Cookbook: Over 70 recipes to master the network virtualization skills to implement, validate, operate, upgrade, and automate VMware NSX for vSphere
Author(s): Bayu Wibowo (Author), Tony Sangha (Author)
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date: March 29, 2018
- Language: English
- Print length: 584 pages
- ISBN-10: 1782174257
- ISBN-13: 9781782174257
Book Description
Over 50 recipes to champion the skills of network virtualization and security operations using the incredible VMware NSX.
Key Features
- Decouple the network from underlying hardware and apply virtualization principles to network infrastructure using the latest VMware NSX
- Automate policy-based security provisioning and minimize data center vulnerabilities thereby reducing attacks
- A practical and recipe-based approach book to create a flexible pool of network capacity that can be allocated, utilized and repurposed on demand
Book Description
This book begins with a brief introduction to VMware's NSX-V Network Virtualization solution that allows you to deploy and manage your own software-defined networking stack. You will learn how to configure NSX Manager and controller and work with them effectively. The focus then shifts to Logical Switch Networks and Logical Routing wherein we will focus on standard & distributed switches, and standard and distributed routers. Furthermore, the book will show how to deploy and configure different services that an ESG has to offer. You will not only get familiar with NSX Firewall tasks but also work with a comprehensive tool set for data security. Towards the end, you will explore different deployment models available for cross-vCenter VMware NSX.
What you will learn
- Get familiar with VMware NSX Controller high availability and load distribution process
- Explore VMware NSX Replication Modes and understand the Frame Walk
- Work with the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Understand how software and hardware layer 2 bridging works between VXLANs and VLANs
- Get to know how the NSX Edge services gateway works
- Understand how data security identifies and protects sensitive data
Who This Book Is For
If you are a security and network administrator and looking to gain an intermediate level of network and security virtualization, then this book is for you. The reader should have basic knowledge with VMware NSX.
