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6. Edge and Edge Clusters

Iwan Hoogendoorn1  
(1)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 

This chapter is dedicated to the NSX-T edge transport nodes and NSX-T edge clusters.

Edge Node

The NSX-T edge (also referred to as edge transport node) is an essential component of the NSX-T transport zone.

Edge transport nodes are appliances that provide pools of capacity that can host distributed routing and non-distributed services. An edge transport node is responsible for hosting the Tier-1 and Tier-0 gateways. Edge nodes are also used to host network and security services ...

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