Reading Time: 3 minutes I wrote my first blog on 21st November 2018 and here I am, less than a couple of years later – one of my blogs (Home Lab Setup – Nested ESXi Host’s networking for NSX-T) being the first to cross 10K views and few more in the pipeline to reach the same milestone. NSX-T Installation Series is the big contributor (so far) which has been profoundly recognized and appreciated. Earlier this year, I witnessed almost half a million hits on shuttleTITAN.com…
Tag: NSX
VMware vExpert / vExpert Subprogram – What is it? Eligibility, Acceptance Criteria, Benefits and how to apply?
Reading Time: 3 minutes I am honoured to be part of the vExpert and vExpert NSX subprogram for two consecutive years (2019 and 2020) now, it has not only provided me the platform to share my knowledge/blogs with the further wider vCommunity but has also introduced me to many skilled and talented individuals to learn from. Therefore, I thought it would be a good opportunity to write a blog on expanding the vExpert Program for many of the aspirants out there…
Journey to NSX-T, “VCP-NV” and beyond… (NSX-T Installation Series)
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a “quick jump” blog for the NSX-T aspirants to keep as a bookmark/reference point. You do not need to refer any documentation anywhere, other than the steps summarized below and links embedded within to help your “VCP-NV” journey and beyond…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 20: Configure Route Distribution on T0 (Tier-0) Gateway
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and the “Step 20” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will follow the step-by-step instructions to configure Route Distribution on T0 (Tier-0) Gateway, validate advertised routes and external connectivity via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 19 – Connect T1 (Tier-1) Gateway to T0 (Tier-0) Gateway
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is part of the “Second Phase” i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 19” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will follow the step-by-step instructions to connect a T1 (Tier-1) Gateway to a T0 (Tier-0) Gateway and validate the learnt routes via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 18 – T0 (Tier-0) Gateway: Map BGP neighbor to specific Uplink Interface
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 18” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss “Why” we need to map BGP Neighbor to specific Uplink (External) Interfaces, step-by-step instructions on how to map and validate via command line…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 17 – Create T0 (Tier-0) Gateway [active-active] and Configure BGP
Reading Time: 5 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 17” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss T0 (Tier-0) Gateway, its considerations, SR (Service Router), DR (Distributed Router), followed by step-by-step instructions on how to create an active-active T0 Gateway…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 16 – Create VLAN Segments
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog is part of the “Second Phase” i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 16” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss VLAN Segments and step-by-step instructions on how to configure one…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 15 (Option 2) – Bulk VM Migration from vDS to N-VDS
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 15 (Option 2)” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss step-by-step instructions on how to do a bluk VM Migration from vDS to N-VDS…
NSX-T Installation Series: Step 15 (Option 1) – Migrate VM(s) from vDS to N-VDS
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog is part of the Second Phase i.e. building the logical network topology and “Step 15 (Option 1)” of the NSX-T Installation series, in which we will discuss step-by-step instructions on how to migrate VM(s) from vDS to N-VDS…