NSX-T Edge Nodes come in two form factors – VM and Baremetal both leveraging DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) acceleration for faster packet processing. Deciding which form factor to use depends upon on our use case requirements and it is good to understand the workload traffic behavior and centralized services requirement before finalizing the Edge…… Continue reading Resizing NSX-T Edge node VMs

This is the third and final part of the blog series on NSX-T Tier 1 Gateway SR Construct placement and it’s influence on North-South routing and ECMP. In case you missed the previous parts, you can find them here: Part 1 -> https://vxplanet.com/2019/10/26/nsx-t-tier1-sr-placement-and-the-effect-on-northbound-ecmp-part-1/ Part 2 -> https://vxplanet.com/2019/10/28/nsx-t-tier1-sr-placement-and-the-effect-on-northbound-ecmp-part-2/ Before we proceed, I would like to thank…… Continue reading NSX-T Tier1 SR Placement and the effect on Northbound ECMP – Part 3

This is the second part of the blog series on NSX-T Tier 1 Gateway SR Construct placement and it’s influence on North-South routing and ECMP. In case you missed Part 1, you can read it here: https://vxplanet.com/2019/10/26/nsx-t-tier1-sr-placement-and-the-effect-on-northbound-ecmp-part-1/ In this article we will focus on Scenario 2 – Tier 1 Gateway with an SR Construct on…… Continue reading NSX-T Tier1 SR Placement and the effect on Northbound ECMP – Part 2

A Tier 1 Gateway requires an SR Construct whenever a Stateful or non-Distributed services are deployed on it. The SR construct is always instantiated on the Edge nodes in an Active-Passive mode for the Tier 1 Gateway. The presence of an SR Construct can influence the East-West routing, North-South routing and ECMP depending on the…… Continue reading NSX-T Tier1 SR Placement and the effect on Northbound ECMP – Part 1