This presentation recaps some announcements and demonstrations made at VMworld 2015 regarding new features and new functionality tentatively anticipated for future versions of VMware NSX.
2. Agenda
• Who is this guy?
• Network virtualization with VMware NSX: the story so far
• Where do we go from here?
• Questions and answers
3. Who is this guy?
• Engineering Architect in VMware’s Network & Security Business Unit (NSBU)
• Author (7 books so far)
• Blogger (10 years at http://blog.scottlowe.org)
• Speaker (VMworld, Interop, VMUG events worldwide)
• All-around geek
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5. NSX customer and
business momentum
organizations
have invested $1M+ in NSX
65+
NSX Customers
700+
production deployments
(adding 25-50 per quarter)
100+
7. NSX in open source
environments
organizations contributing
to Open vSwitch
60
of NSX production
deployments use OpenStack
20%
KVM VMs in a single
NSX deployment
100k+
8. Virtual Machines
Physical Network Infrastructure
Internet
Network virtualization with VMware NSX today
Virtual machines
Physical network infrastructure
Internet
Virtual infrastructure
Application demands
• Many different applications
• Different compliance and security needs
• Frequent change
Hardware complexity
• Multiple vendors
• Different architectures
• Multiple locations
NSX network virtualization
• Speed and automation
• Agility
• Security and policy
9. Major NSX use cases
Intra-Datacenter Micro-Segmentation
DMZ Anywhere
Secure User Environments
Security
IT Automating IT
Developer Clouds
Multi-tenant Infrastructure
Agility
Disaster Recovery
Metro Pooling
Hybrid Cloud Networking
Application Continuity
12. Overlay-to-VLAN gateway functionality
• Overlays allow NSX to decouple logical networks from the physical network
• The overlay-to-VLAN gateway allows communication between logical and physical networks
Physical Network,
VLAN-backed segments
VM
NSX Logical Network,
VXLAN/STT/Geneve
tunnels
VXLAN ßà VLAN
gateway
Physical Workload
13. Overlay-to-VLAN gateway form factors
VXLAN/STT/
Geneve
VLAN
x86-based bridge
Physical
Workloads
VXLAN VLAN
Physical
Workloads
Leverages x86
server
Highest density
and throughput
with partner HW
HW VTEP
19. Tech preview: Containers with VMware NSX
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Website
Website
Website
Website
Internet
Internal
network
Physical network infrastructure
InternalApp
InternalApp
Database
Datacenter
HONEY POT
VULNERABILITY
SCANNER
Micro-
segmentation
Alert
Connection
to data center
NSX provides
segmentation,
visibility, and
integration
20. Micro-
segmentation
Alert
Connection
to data center
Benefits of NSX and containers
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Micro-
segmentation
Alert Connection
to data center
• Micro-segmentation to
establish clear boundaries
• Stop compromises at
container or application level
• Central visibility into
connectivity across the data
center
• Per-flow tracking
• Alerts for suspicious
behavior
• Virtual taps at a per-
container level
• Integration with the rest of
your IT infrastructure
• Monitoring, incident
response, forensics
• Access to databases,
backup, system updates
24. Cloud: just new silos?
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
25. NSX
Tech preview: VMware NSX on public clouds
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
Storage
service
Load
balancing
service
Firewall
service
26. NSX tomorrow: virtual networking for all platforms
Physical network
Hyper-‐V
Virtual infrastructure
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Speed
Provision connectivity for
any endpoint across
different domains.
Agility
Automate provisioning
via templates and
rich APIs.
Security
Consistent security posture
and visibility across all
types of endpoints.
On-premise data
center
Third-generation
apps
Public clouds
Virtual desktop
Mobile devices
Hyper-‐V
28. Some additional resources
• Watch Bruce Davie’s VMworld US 2015 session NET4989, “The Future of Network
Virtualization with VMware NSX”
• Watch Guido Appenzeller’s VMworld US 2015 spotlight session, “The Next Horizon for Cloud
Networking” (video recording available on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJ-KoAM-OQ)
• Tons more VMware NSX content available from VMworld—VMUG Advantage members have
access to all this content!
• Learn more about VMware NSX using the VMware Hands-On Labs at http://hol.vmware.com
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