VMware NSX For vSphere 6.3.1 Build Number 5124716

VMware NSX has two distinct variants – NSX for vSphere (NSX-v) and NSX Multi-Hypervisor (NSX-MH). The most feature rich version is NSX-v (as you would expect) and the most flexible and vendor agnostic is NSX-MH (albeit with less features). Currently these are separate binaries that you download and deploy, however there is talk that in the future it will be a single binary set with a V/MH software setting during deployment.

NSX for vSphere (NSX-v)

NSX-v has the following components:

vSphere ESXi – server hypervisor.
vSphere Distributed Switch – the advanced Layer 2 virtual Switch that VMware provides with the Enterprise Plus licence (you cannot use the vSphere Standard Switch with NSX).
NSX Manager – management interface of NSX, presented via the vSphere Web Client and has a northbound NSX API.
NSX Controller – the control plane of NSX which also has the northbound NSX API.
Logical Switch – VXLAN tunnels that run across disparate networks.
Edge Services Gateway (ESG) – provides L3-L7 network services to the outside world.
Distributed Logical Router (DLR) – provides L3-L7 network services to the physical and virtual infrastructure via a hypervisor service for the data plane and a virtual appliance for the control plane.
Distributed Firewall – this is a service that runs on ESXi and provides micro-segmentation of virtual infrastructure
Third Party integrations – advanced L3-L7 services provided by Third Parties via the NSX API. eg. Palo Alto Networks, McAfee, Trend Micro, F5, Citrix, Silver Peak, etc.
Physical Network – traditional core, aggregate, distribution, access or Clos-type Leaf & Spine architectures
Virtual overlay to Physical network gateways – the NSX virtual overlay integrates with the physical world via a gateway. eg. Routing, L2 Extension, VXLAN, etc.

NSX for vSphere 6.3.1
[hide]File size: 2.14 GB
File type: ova
Name: VMware-NSX-Manager-6.3.1-5124716.ova
Release Date: 2017-02-28
Build Number: 5124716
This is the NSX Manager Appliance in Open Virtualization Appliance Format (OVA). The NSX Manager appliance packages various NSX components such as NSX Management application, Edge, Controller and Endpoint appliances and firewall, VXLan, VDR modules. Download the NSX Manager on a computer and use vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client to deploy.
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