
5 Network Virtualization with Dell Infrastructure and VMware NSX | Version 1.2
2 NSX Consumption Models with Dell Networking
Dell and VMware offer two solutions for network virtualization and the SDDC as outlined below in Figure 1.
One model represents a vSphere-only implementation and the other represents a multi-hypervisor
implementation. Both implementations are supported with Dell servers, networking, and storage, however,
this whitepaper will discuss in detail only the VMware NSX-vSphere model.
Figure 1 Two NSX Consumption models with Dell Networking
2.1 Dell Infrastructure with VMware NSX-vSphere (Solution 1)
intended for traditional VMware customers who have only vSphere ESXi hypervisors
only VMware ESXi hypervisor is supported
allows for only software-based NSX L2 Gateway
provides distributed routing and distributed firewall
provides logical load balancer, VPN, and NAT capabilities
provides for static and dynamic routing
2.2 Dell Infrastructure with VMware NSX-MH (Solution 2)
intended for multi-hypervisor environments
supports VMware ESXi, Xen, and KVM hypervisors
supports software and hardware-based NSX L2 Gateway such as the Dell S6000, which
allows for VXLAN header encapsulation/de-encapsulation at the hardware level in the
ASIC at line-rate providing for better performance when bridging between traditional
VLAN and logical VXLAN environments
provides distributed routing
provides for static routing
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