VMware NSX overview
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VMware NSX overviewJuniper 5 daagse
Geordy Korte
10 Feb 2014
Keep calm and don’t blink!
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The Software Defined Datacenter
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There are two approaches
Hardware DefinedData Center (HDDC)
Any Application
HDDC Platform
Integrated x86
Integrated Storage
Vendor Specific Network
Ver
tical
Int
egra
tion
Software DefinedData Center (SDDC)
Any Application
SDDC Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
OR
SoftwareController
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The anatomy of the modern data center
Hardware DefinedData Center (HDDC)
Any Application
HDDC Platform
Integrated x86
Integrated Storage
Vendor Specific Network
Ver
tical
Int
egra
tion
Software DefinedData Center (SDDC)
Any Application
SDDC Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
Custom Application
Google / Facebook /Amazon Data Centers
Custom Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Software / Hardware Abstraction
Software / Hardware Abstraction
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The power of SDDC – Intra Data CenterSoftware Defined
Data Center (SDDC)
Any Application
SDDC Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
Any Application
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Intra Data Center
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The Power of SDDC – Inter Data CenterSoftware Defined
Data Center (SDDC)
Any Application
SDDC Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
Intra Data Center
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Inter Data Center
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The Power of SDDC – Hybrid Data CenterVMware vCloud Hybrid
Service Providers
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
Software DefinedData Center (SDDC)
Any Application
SDDC Platform
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
Data Center Virtualization
Intra Data Center Hybrid Data CenterInter Data Center
Software DefinedData Center (SDDC)
Any x86
Any Storage
Any IP network
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Component requirements
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Building an SDDC
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A data center network…
Internet
Existing Physical Network
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Compute infrastructure….
Internet
Existing Physical Network
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Hypervisors and vSwitches…
Internet
Existing Physical Network
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NSX | The “Network Hypervisor”
Internet
Network Hypervisor
Existing Physical Network
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Virtual Networks – Like Virtual Machines for the Network
Internet
Network Hypervisor
Virtual Networks
Existing Physical Network
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A Virtual Network?
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
Existing Physical Network
Virtual Network
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM
User Space
VMVM
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A Virtual Network?
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
Existing Physical Network
Virtual Network
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM
User Space
VMVM
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Non-Disruptive Deployment
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM
VM
Existing Physical Network
Virtual Network
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM
User Space
VMVM
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Programmatically Provisioned
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM VMVM
Existing Physical Network
Virtual Network
Cloud Mgt Platform
NSX vSwitchHypervisor
VM
User Space
VMVM
Cluster Controller
DistributedNetwork Services
DistributedNetwork Services
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Services Distributed to the Virtual Switch
Physical Host
NSX vSwitch
VM VMVM
NSX vSwitch
VM
User Space
VMVM
Hypervisor
User Space
Hypervisor
Existing Physical Network
Virtual Network
Cluster Controller
Cloud Mgt Platform
Simplified IP Backplane No VLANs, No ACLs, No Firewall Rules
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Physical Workloads and Legacy VLANs
VLAN
Physical Host
NSX vSwitch
VM VMVM
NSX vSwitch
VM
User Space
VMVM
Hypervisor
User Space
Hypervisor
Virtual Network
Physical Workload
Top-of-Rack L2 Gateway(OVS/DB – VTEP)or x86 Appliance
Cluster Controller
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Virtual Networks are isolated from each other(Overlapping IP Addresses)
Virtual Networks are isolated from underlyingphysical network (IPv6 over IPv4)
Security – Complete Isolation
Hypervisor
Physical Host
NSX vSwitch
VM VMVM
Hypervisor
Physical Host
NSX vSwitch
VM VMVM
Virtual Network
Virtual Network192.168.2.20
192.168.2.20
192.168.2.10
192.168.2.102607:f0d0:1002:51::4
2607:f0d0:1002:51::7
IPv6
IPv4
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Central Policies, Distributed Enforcement, Move with VMs
Internet
Hypervisor
Physical Host
VM VMVM
vSwitchHypervisor
Physical Host
vSwitch
VM VM
VM
Security PolicySecurity Policy
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The power of distribution
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The Power of Distribution
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The Power of Distribution
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Scale
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Scale-out Controller Cluster
100,000 Virtual Machines
30,000 Virtual Networks
Controller
Controller
Controller
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Ecosystem
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VMware NSX Ecosystem – Technology Partners
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Great so we get to be the first?
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Backup
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IPTransport Network
NSX Controller Cluster
Northbound REST API
11.1.1.10
Gateway Service Appliance/VM
Virtual NetworkVM1
VM2
VM1
VM2
NSX – How it Works
10.2.2.10
Data Plane
Control Plane
VM1VM1
VM2
Cloud Management
Platform
1 2
10.1.1.10
VM3
192.168.1.0/24
Corpnet
20.1.1.2
VM3
Corpnet20.1.1.2
10.97.110.10
VM2
VLAN 9
SRV4 SRV5
VLAN 9
SRV4 SRV5
1 2
Existing DCNetwork(s)