This is the VMware NSX for vSphere Design Deep Dive. I have aggregated all of the design considerations I could find that need to be assessed in a VMware NSX-v architecture design. Brevity and bullet-points are used to keep the information concise and readable. If you want more information on a concept use the Additional Resources section at the end.
This post will be updated with additional information as part of the NSX Link-O-Rama. If you have content to contribute, post a comment below.
Today I took the VCIX-NV exam (VCXN610) and failed with a score of 277/500 (pass mark is 300). Really enjoyed the exam, NSX-v is such a cool piece of technology, it is fun to build stuff with the “swiss-army knife” of data center networking. I will retake the exam in two weeks. Update: 3 June 2015, passed today with 324/500. Lab latency was particularly bad this time.
This is the VMware NSX for vSphere Troubleshooting Deep Dive. I have aggregated all of the troubleshooting commands, diagrams and explanations that I could find into this post. Brevity and bullet-points are used to keep the information concise and readable. If you want more information on a concept use the Additional Resources section at the end.
You do not have access to an NSX-v lab environment and you want to practice these commands? Use HOL-SDC-1425 – VMware NSX Advanced.
This post will be updated with additional information as part of the NSX Link-O-Rama. If you have content to contribute, post a comment below.
It has been a busy year for me, working with the “Dream Team” to design a complete Private Cloud solution with most of the VMware Eco-system. Hence, we have a lot to talk about at VMworld this year.Continue reading VMworld US 2015 Voting for the “iPhone of Private Cloud”
As Enterprise Architects we instinctively understand the purpose of the Conceptual Model (Requirements, Constraints and Assumptions) and the Physical Design (Vendor XYZ, Product A with setting B). Unfortunately, the Logical Design is something most architects struggle with, because it is abstract and theoretical. This is very common with Enterprise Architects who have been working with one vendor for a long time, because they are so used to building designs where Vendor XYZ has been preselected, that they overlook the need to provide a future possibility for other vendors.
Note: The VCDX program accepts the referencing of VMware technology in the Logical Design section, as long as the Physical Design section covers the VMware technology software version selection and justification.
This post provides a Tech101 breakdown of the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform. If you have heard the buzz-words “Nutanix”, “Web-Scale” and “Hyper-Convergence” and want to learn more about it, this post is for you.
The Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform (VCP) is a Hyper-Converged Infrastructure solution. Termed the “iPhone” of infrastructure, what is the big deal?
Short answer: Ease of use, fast deployment, linear scaling of performance with capacity and richness of product features.
Continue reading Tech101 – Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
As a VCDX mentor and customer I review a lot of infrastructure architecture designs. Bad design can be hard to quantify, but this is the consolidated list of frequent comments I have from reading said documents:
List of articles in my VCDX Deep-Dive series (more than 70 posts)
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