NSX Study Lab – Configuration

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This post is on the expected configurations out of the each and every item on the study Lab I published in the earlier blog post.

Please refer to my earlier post for the diagram, since I have used the same notations for the ESGs.

  • Logical Switch Configuration

0-1_logical_switches

  • NSX Edge Configuration

0-2_nsx_edges

  • PerimeterEdge OSPF Configuration and Route Distribution

0-3_peremeteresg_ospf

0-4-5_peremeteresg_route_distribution

  • DLR OSPF Configuration 

0-4_dlr_ospf

  • InternalESG OSPF/BGP/ISIS Configuration and Route Distribution

0-5_internalesg_ospf

0-6_internalesg_bgp

0-7_internalesg_isis

0-8_internalesg_route_distribution

  • ISISESG ISIS Configuration and Route Distribution

0-9_isisesg_isis

1-1_isisesg_route_distribution

  • ISISAccess ISIS Configuration and Route Distribution

1-2_isisaccess_isis

1-3_isisaccess_route_distribution

  • BGPESG BGP Configuration and Route Distribution

1-4_bgpesg_bgp

1-5_bgpesg_route_distribution

  • Learned Routes in Each ESG

1_bgpesg_route

2_dlr_route

3_internalesg_route

5_isisesg_route

7_peremeteresg_route

  • PerimeterESG HA Configuration 

6_peremeteresg_ha

  • InternalESG SSLVPN-Plus Configuration

8_internalesg_ipvpnplus

9_ipvpnplus_browserlogin

  • BGPESG Load Balancer Configuration

10_bgpesg_lb_vip

11_bgpesg_lb_pool

12_bgpesg_lb_appprofile

  • ISISAccess IPSEC VPN Configuration

13_isisaccess_ipsec

14_isisaccess_ipsec_stat

  • BGPESG IPSECVPN Configuration

15_bgpesg_ipsec

  • ISISESG L2VPN Server Configuration

16_isisesg_l2vpn_server

  • PerimeterESG L2VPN Client Configuration

17_peremteresg_l2vpn_client

  • PerimeterESG DHCP Configuration

19_peremteresg_dhcp_config

18_peremteresg_dhcp_bindings

  • PerimeterESG NAT Configuration

20_peremteresg_nat

  • DLR L2Bridging Configuration

21_dlr_bridging

  • DLR DHCP Relay Configuration

22_dlr_dhcp_relay

  • DFW Configuration

23_dfw_config

  • Service Composer Security Groups Configuration

25_service_composer_groups

  • Service Composer Service Policies Configuration

24_service_composer_policies

 

This pretty much all the configuration related to the lab, in summary. If you have any questions with regards to the configurations posted above, ping me and I will try to answer as best as I can.

Cheers!

~NadithaW~

 

NSX Study LAB

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Since I started my ICT career from a Networking background, I was very interested on VMWare NSX from its GA.

I started studying for the VCAP6-NV (3V0-643) by referring to some excellent blogs written by various authors. Being a hands-on Engineer, from the beginning I was itching to implement the blueprint items in my own lab, rather than testing them on HOL, which to me felt very restricted.

Therefore, I built a home-lab on a custom-made Desktop PC (Which I will explain on a separate post).

Since the blueprint content is very heavy, I wanted to build a logical lab which include all the items for me to test them at one go.

Below diagram is the logical lab, which I created to test the blueprint items. I will post expected configurations on each ESG separately.

NSX_LAB_NadithaW.png

This lab covers all the items, apart from Cross VC and ECMP. I excluded them due to the resource unavailability in my home lab. I tested them on a separate lab, which I will post on another post.

Please use the lab as a reference, and customize for your specific environment. You can refer below excellent blog by Clinton Prentice and the Video blog by Iwan Hoogendoorn, to learn each feature of NSX in-depth.

Cheers!

~ NadithaW ~