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Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers

By : Valentin Hamburger
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Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers

By: Valentin Hamburger

Overview of this book

VMware offers the industry-leading software-defined data center (SDDC) architecture that combines compute, storage, networking, and management offerings into a single unified platform. This book uses the most up-to-date, cutting-edge VMware products to help you deliver a complete unified hybrid cloud experience within your infrastructure. It will help you build a unified hybrid cloud based on SDDC architecture and practices to deliver a fully virtualized infrastructure with cost-effective IT outcomes. In the process, you will use some of the most advanced VMware products such as VSphere, VCloud, and NSX. You will learn how to use vSphere virtualization in a software-defined approach, which will help you to achieve a fully-virtualized infrastructure and to extend this infrastructure for compute, network, and storage-related data center services. You will also learn how to use EVO:RAIL. Next, you will see how to provision applications and IT services on private clouds or IaaS with seamless accessibility and mobility across the hybrid environment. This book will ensure you develop an SDDC approach for your datacenter that fulfills your organization's needs and tremendously boosts your agility and flexibility. It will also teach you how to draft, design, and deploy toolsets and software to automate your datacenter and speed up IT delivery to meet your lines of businesses demands. At the end, you will build unified hybrid clouds that dramatically boost your IT outcomes.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Building VMware Software-Defined Data Centers
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
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Preface

NSX setup and preparation


To connect NSX to vRA and work with it in the SDDC, it needs to be set up and installed first. This part gives an overview about basic considerations and tasks to successfully install NSX in a vSphere environment. It is strongly recommended to check the required settings for HYBRID (Multicast needs to be enabled on the switches, an igmp querier needs to be set up, and so on) with the networking department. If these settings are incorrect, NSX might not work correctly. If these settings are unclear or impossible to configure, UNICAST mode needs to be used.

Tip

VMware demands that certified consultants from either a partner or VMware's PSO must install NSX in a production environment. The installation method provided in this chapter will work, but may not be best practice for every environment. Also, before installing NSX, a design needs to be created with assumptions, risks, and constraints to make sure that it fits the purpose.

ESXi prerequisites for VXLAN / NSX

Before...