NSX-v 6.3 and NSX-T 1.1 Announcements

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.3 and NSX Transformers 1.1 have been announced. Feature parity between NSX-v and NSX-T is still a long way off.

NSX-v 6.3 in a nutshell (more detail below):

• NSX Pre-assessment Tool – based upon vRNI
• Micro-segmentation planning and application visibility
• Operations – use reconfigurable timers, Tag scale & Endpoint monitoring
• Security Certifications – ICSA, FIPS (in progress), Common Criteria (in progress), STIG
• Coalfire – Micro-segmentation benchmark and PCI validation
• Linux Guest VM introspection
• Increase performance for service chaining
• VDI – scaling more than 50K desktops, IDFW-AD integration at scale
• Routing enhancements
• Centralized dashboard for services and ops
• Reduce upgrade windows with reboot-free upgrades
• vRA7.2 integration enhancements for NSX LB and NAT
• vCD 8.20 integration enhancement for advanced NSX consumption (Routing, DFW, VPN)
• vIC support
• Automation frameworks – PowerNSX, PyNSXv, vRO plugin 1.1
• Multi-DC deployments with Cross vCenter Server NSX enhancements for security tags
• Operational enhancements for improved availability
• L2VPN enhancements for cross DC/Cloud connectivity
• NSX Remote/Branch Office Edition

NSX-T 1.1 in a nutshell (more detail below):

• Multi-hypervisor support – KVM and ESXi
• Single and Multi-tenant support
• Available 2 February, 2017

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