VMware NSX overview

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VMware NSX overviewJuniper 5 daagse

Geordy Korte

10 Feb 2014

Keep calm and don’t blink!

The Software Defined Datacenter

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

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

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

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

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

Component requirements

Building an SDDC

A data center network…

Internet

Existing Physical Network

Compute infrastructure….

Internet

Existing Physical Network

Hypervisors and vSwitches…

Internet

Existing Physical Network

NSX | The “Network Hypervisor”

Internet

Network Hypervisor

Existing Physical Network

Virtual Networks – Like Virtual Machines for the Network

Internet

Network Hypervisor

Virtual Networks

Existing Physical Network

A Virtual Network?

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

Existing Physical Network

Virtual Network

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

VM

User Space

VMVM

A Virtual Network?

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

Existing Physical Network

Virtual Network

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

VM

User Space

VMVM

Non-Disruptive Deployment

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

VM

VM

Existing Physical Network

Virtual Network

NSX vSwitchHypervisor

VM

User Space

VMVM

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

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

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

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

Central Policies, Distributed Enforcement, Move with VMs

Internet

Hypervisor

Physical Host

VM VMVM

vSwitchHypervisor

Physical Host

vSwitch

VM VM

VM

Security PolicySecurity Policy

The power of distribution

The Power of Distribution

The Power of Distribution

Scale

Scale-out Controller Cluster

100,000 Virtual Machines

30,000 Virtual Networks

Controller

Controller

Controller

Ecosystem

VMware NSX Ecosystem – Technology Partners

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Backup

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)