This is part 3 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the deployment of the Logical Switches and Distributed Logical Router (DLR).
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This is part 2 of the NSX Distributed Logical Router (DLR) and Edge Services Gateway (ESG) with OSPF configuration guide, describing the deployment of the NSX Controller virtual appliance.
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This is a series of posts describing the setup of VMware NSX with the Distributed Logical Router (DLR) connected to an Edge Services Gateway (ESG) configured with OSPF. The DLR has two VMs connected and the ESG has a connection to the Internet. You can build this in the HOL or your home lab.
Continue reading NSX DLR and ESG with OSPF – Part 1 – IP Pools, Host and Logical Network Prep
As part of my Cisco Champion membership, I am encouraged to provide content for blogs.cisco.com. Here is my post, titled “Evolution of the Super Administrator”.
When VMware acquired Nicira and developed the first version of NSX (4.x), they were very cagey about which customers would be allowed to evaluate it in a “Proof of Concept” (with very specific success criteria). I fully understand the strategy, they wanted to manage expectations and minimise bad press by controlling it very carefully.
The Problem: From the vSphere Web Client Console (with OS X Safari) to the NSX Manager, NSX Controller, NSX Edge Services Gateway, NSX Logical Distributed Router Virtual Appliance or any Linux Guest OS, if I use the “ping <IP Address>” command, the “Control-C” key sequence is not received by the VM Console to escape the ping sequence.
This post is about mitigating the “unplanned reset” operational risk of the “Control-Alt-Delete” button in the vSphere Web Client/C# Client console for all Linux VMs, including NSX Manager, NSX Controller, vCNS Manager and vCD.
All Linux Administrators will be aware that pressing Control-Alt-Delete on the Console will reset the Linux OS immediately unless disabled in the Linux Operating system. However, Windows Administrators are not aware of this, because they press the same key sequence to access the login screen. Unfortunately, this behaviour is also true for some “hardened” virtual appliances such as NSX and vCNS.
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