AppendixThe Bottom Line

Chapter 1: Abstracting Network and Security

  • SDDC Virtualization Software Defined Data Centers are possible due to decoupling physical hardware from software. VMware changed the game by first virtualizing compute resources. VMware virtual machines are operating systems that have been separated from the physical server by a hypervisor abstraction layer, called ESXi.
    • Master It VMware extended the same concepts to the other major infrastructure services including storage, networking, and security. What is the name of the hypervisor abstraction layer that VMware developed for networking and security?
    • Solution NSX
  • NSX Prerequisites NSX re-creates traditional physical network components such as routers, switches, ports, ...

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