Reading Time: 5 minutesWorking with IDFW on NSX-T is an article that shows what are the IDFW rules and how to create your IDFW rules on the NSX-T environment. IDFW is an acronym for Identity Distributed Firewall. Basically, with this feature, we can create DFW (Distributed Firewall) rules based on users and groups of users from Microsoft Active…
Reading Time: 3 minutesDHCP Server on NSX-T is an article that provides all the steps to set up a DHCP Server on an NSX-T Segment. With this configuration, NSX-T will be your DHCP Server for the specific NSX-T Segment. First and Foremost, What is DHCP? Basically, DHCP is an acronym for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Through this network…
Reading Time: 5 minutesConfiguring DNS Service on NSX-T is an article that provides the necessary steps to configure the DNS Forwarder service on the NSX-T environment. DNS is the acronym for Domain Name Server. This network protocol translates DNS names/FQDN to IP addresses (and vice versa). In the picture below, we have an example of how the DNS…
Reading Time: 21 minutesUseful RVC Commands for Troubleshooting vSAN is an article that provides some RVC commands to help the vSAN troubleshooting process. Firstly, What is RVC? RVC is an acronym for Ruby vSphere Console. It is an interactive command-line console accessible by the vCenter Server. The RVC is based on the popular RbVmomi Ruby Interface. When the…
Reading Time: 6 minutesNetwork Address Translation (NAT) on NSX-T is an article that explains some ways to use the NAT on NSX-T. We will provide some examples of SNAT (Source NAT) and DNAT (Destination NAT). First and Foremost, What is NAT? When we are talking about NAT, we are talking about some techniques when it is possible to…
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat is NSX-T DFW is an article that explains a little bit about the NSX-T Distributed Firewall and how rules are applied on Hosts Transport Nodes. Security is a subject that needs careful attention for all administrators at all levels of business (from small to bigger companies). Cybercrime is more sophisticated and new malware is…