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Introduction When integrating Nuage with OpenStack there are two types of models - OpenStack-Managed and VSD-Managed. In this article, we will look into both integration models, the benefits to each and the steps required to configure. VSD-Managed vs OpenStack-Managed Operation OpenStack-Managed is also referred to as the Basic Integration Model.

... Here we are, at the final part of our series on how to install a virtual NSX lab. With our vSphere infra, NSX Manager, and NSX Control Cluster installed, we can now move to the NSX dataplane. NSX Dataplane The process for data plane installation is based upon the NSX

Previously we installed the vSphere infra, and the NSX Manager. Now we will install the NSX control plane. Let's continue... NSX Control Plane We will now deploy the NSX Control Cluster. The control cluster will be 3 x VMs deployed by the NSX manager onto the Edge cluster.

Within the previous part to our series, we installed the vSphere infra. We will now deploy the NSX manager and associate it to our vCenter. NSX Manager Deploy Within vCenter deploy the NSX Manager OVF, during the install using the following settings. DNS Server list 172.29.236.139 Domain

What is Micro-Segmentation? When it comes to SDN micro-segmentation is one of the biggest use cases/features that it has to offer. But what is micro-segmentation? In its purest form, Micro-Segmentation is a security technique that further isolates workloads/segments, allowing for finer-grained security controls to be applied. Traditionally, network

Within this post, we will show you how to build a virtualized NSX SDN lab. Our lab will be loosely based around the VMware NFV 2.0.1 Reference Architecture. For those of you who haven't worked with the VMware NFV reference architecture, it consists of a set

Introduction In our previous posts , we installed the management plane aka VSD, and also the controller aka VSC. We will now install the VRS. VRS is the virtual switch that replaces OVS within each of the compute nodes. This is achieved via an RPM install on each of the nodes.

Introduction Within this 3 part series on how to build a virtual Nuage SDN lab, we previously looked at the topology, the OpenStack installation and VSD deployment. Next, we will now look at the steps involved in installing the VSC (Virtualized Services Controller). Once installed our controller will talk XMPP