NSX-V Lab: Host Preparation

Intro Welcome to Part 7 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered how to exclude VM’s from the Distributed Firewall.  In this post we’ll cover the installation of NSX onto our hosts.The previous step was important especially if you are preparing the host where the vCenter runs since installing NSX deploys VIB’s for […]

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NSX-V Lab: Exclude VM’s From Distributed Firewall

Intro Welcome to Part 6 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered how to deploy the NSX-V controllers. In this post we’ll cover exclusions to the NSX Distributed Firewall. Now I don’t technically need to do this since the management cluster isn’t going to be prepared for NSX but I’ll cover it in case […]

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NSX-V Lab: Controller Deployment

Welcome to Part 5 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered how to license the NSX-V Manager appliance. In this post we’ll cover the deployment of the NSX controllers and how to adjust them for a lab environment.A quick disclaimer do not adjust the controller resources for a production installation, doing so is […]

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NSX-V Lab: License Configuration

Intro Welcome to Part 4 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered the NSX-V Manager appliance initial configuration. In this post we’ll cover how to license NSX so we can actually use it. In order to use NSX for anything other than for deploying and managing the vShield Endpoint for anti-virus offload capability […]

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NSX-V Lab: Manager Initial Configuration

Intro Welcome to Part 3 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered the NSX-V Manager appliance deployment. In this post we’ll cover the initial configuration of that appliance. With the NSX-V manager powered on we need to connect to it’s web interface so open a browser and connect https://NSX-Manager.FQDN in my […]

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NSX-V Lab: 6.4.5 Install, OVA Deployment of NSX-V Manager

Intro Welcome to Part 2 of the NSX-V Lab Series. In the previous post, we covered my lab setup. In this post we’ll cover the deployment process for the NSX-V Manager appliance.So lets get on with the Manager deployment. Firstly you must ensure that you have added the NSX-V manager to your DNS server with […]

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