VMware is developing automated functions in its Virtual Cloud Network portfolio, through the updating of NSX-T and vRNI.
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VMware will soon have an additional anchor point at the edge of the network.
The American firm is working with Microsoft to open its SD-WAN solutions to the new Azure Edge Zones offer.
After formalizing this agreement at the end of March, it is re-sending the message alongside an update to its suite of Virtual Cloud Network network infrastructure software.
Two of its components are updated. On the one hand, the NSX-T virtualization engine, which goes to version 3.0. On the other, the vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) monitoring console, v5.2 of which is scheduled to arrive by the end of April.
At the forefront of the innovations brought to NSX-T is the NSX Federation function.
For instances deployed at each location on the network, it replaces a centralized console (Global Manager) which controls the rest of the infrastructure by UI or API.
Any configuration is synchronized with a secondary instance of the console, deployed in another location to facilitate disaster recovery.
Security: a more specific approach
The firewall is also evolving, including the integration of an intrusion detection and prevention engine (IDS / IPS).
Deployed in the hypervisor, it assigns specific signatures to applications. This reduces the network load and, in theory, false positives.
We will also note, still on the NSX component:
- expanding supported public cloud platforms, with AWS GovCloud and Azure Government;
- on NSX Edge, the ability to isolate the data plan by tenant and the addition of a URL reputation analysis tool;
- an assistant that facilitates the implementation of the VLAN microsegmentation.
NSX-T 3.0 users will access around 30 additional events and alerts in the vRealize Network Insight console.
Among the new features of this v5.2 is a dose of automation. In this case, to categorize VMs by application and by third party. The cloud version of vRNI is first served.
Also worth noting:
- AWS Direct Connect link management
- Inclusion of VMware gateways in diagnostics
- Integration with the vRealize Operations tool
- Support for NAT Checkpoint (in addition to Fortinet)
- The possibility to migrate a vRNI configuration on-prem to vRNI cloud
- An additional user role, read-only
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