Chapter 2NSX Architecture and Requirements
In this chapter, we will review the architecture of NSX to understand better how network virtualization is accomplished and compare this to how it has been handled traditionally. It is important to understand the architectural components, their functions, and how they interoperate with each other before diving into features and options we will cover later throughout the book.
NSX depends on VMware vCenter and vSphere Distributed Switches to work across multiple ESXi hosts. These provide the foundation necessary for NSX to build upon. By integrating with vCenter, NSX doesn't have to be managed separately. We will see that management is further simplified using predefined administration roles with ...
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