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I. HoogendoornGetting Started with NSX-T: Logical Routing and Switching https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6708-0_1

1. NSX-T and the VMware SDDC Ecosystem

Iwan Hoogendoorn1  
(1)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 

This first chapter is a primer on how virtualization is used to create a software-defined data center (an SDDC) . One of the central pillars of the software-defined data center is the use of software defined networking (SDN). To better understand NSX-T (VMware’s SDN solution), it is best to first understand the components involved.

Software-Defined Data Center

SDDC is a collective term often used in IT when working with virtualization technology. With SDDCs, ...

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