VMware NSX Primary Use Case

RN
VMware NSX T/V Consulting Engineer /Solutions Architect at Onebox Solutions

The Environment was an active-active Tier-0 multi-site deployment (primary/secondary).

It contained compute and management clusters, and a small number of transport ESXi nodes (between five and six) v6.7u2, vCenter 6.7u2, AD.

The primary use case was to implement micro-segmentation and route production workloads through NSX-T via BGP. Our customer needed assurances that BGP routing within NSX-T would be efficient.

We implemented a very simple architecture and setup site with one NSX Manager as the primary source. This was a financial customer, thus security was the main item.

We had to explain to the customer that NSX-T deployment and micro-segmentation were two different projects explicitly.

View full review »
Tarek Nader - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. vRA Consultant at VMware

NSX is used with vCloud Director to provide networking as a service or extend the capabilities of the load balancer, VPN, firewall, etc. There are two types of NSX. VMware's latest version is a product called NSX-T. It's a universal solution used across the VMware lineup and products like Hyper-V or the public cloud. You can use it on-prem or public cloud as well. NSX is used by the operations team, architects, and engineers. There are maybe 20 to 30 people using it.

View full review »
RN
VMware NSX T/V Consulting Engineer /Solutions Architect at Onebox Solutions

Primary use case is to implement network virtualization for L2/L3 traffic in customers environment and at a minimum implement baseline micro segmentation. each customer has a different business requirement depending on how their existing network is setup --what physical L3 devices are in place and how NSX will need to be configured to function properly.  Most customer using NSX V that we have worked with are running UCS servers or HP

with vsphere 6.7 /7  mid level transport node counts respectively etc.

 

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
VMware NSX
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about VMware NSX. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Chris Nixon - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Infrastructure Architect at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

We were using VMware NSX for high availability. 

We recently used it to migrate a way to the public cloud.

View full review »
Vijaykumar Vasoya - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at Systems and Information Technology Ltd

Our primary focus is to create a layer that effectively connects to the remote site. This involves optimizing and accelerating the VXLend component, which is highly popular in our setup. We usually configure VXLend to enhance disaster recovery capabilities, specifically for applications that operate within the same subnet. This approach ensures that in the event of a disaster, such as a WAN failure or when external layers are inaccessible, there's no need to change IP addresses. It allows users to connect seamlessly from any location since the servers maintain the same subnet, and data replication occurs between the data centers. The result is minimal disruption and no requirement to modify configurations during these critical scenarios.

View full review »
SB
Virtualization admin at Bouygues Telecom Mobile

We use the solution to establish a connection between our two sites using the same IPs. This is our primary use case.

View full review »
MM
Cyber Security Division Head at TurnKey

The solution is mainly used for rolling virtual environments and private clouds. I use the product for my company and for other customers.

View full review »
Santi-Lara Garcia - PeerSpot reviewer
Key Account Manager - Catalonia and Baleares Islands at Red Heart

I used to sell the solution as a bundled package. My role was to find the best solutions for customers from various vendors and work with our pre-sales and solution architecture departments to present these options. I provided high-level advice and my colleagues provided technical details. 

Our customers used the solution for segmentation and automation to secure workloads in their lower computing layer. One customer was CaixaBank, an important financial institution in Spain. 

View full review »
Venkateswar Ndt - PeerSpot reviewer
Controler at Emirates

We use VMware NSX for application service deployments.

View full review »
Eslam El-Sayaad - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at BARQ Systems

Our clients are moving from traditional to virtual infrastructure, so we sold them vSphere, vSAM, and NSX to manage all the workloads inside VMware. All the VMs work just like traditional infrastructure inside an appliance.

View full review »
Grazvydas Govaras - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at Danske

We primarily use the solution in order to build a private cloud.

View full review »
ST
System Engineer at asa

This is a product for network security, and network management. 

We don't use it at the production level. I am conducting a PoC.

We are using this in our testing data center and not in our live data center. This infrastructure contains many security devices from other vendors such as Palo Alto.

We are also using vSAN and vCenter.

View full review »
PW
VMware Administrator at Ryanair Holdings

We use it for microsegmentation. We're still in the middle of the project. We have 70 or 80 apps to microsegment and have only done about ten so far. We have a long way to go.

View full review »
AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS

I primarily use the product as network virtualization software.

VMware NSX is a great product for network virtualization. No other vendor can offer this kind of solution up until now, and it's great for enhancing security at the virtual machine level. There is micro-segmentation, and a distributed firewall, and all network and network security components can be virtualized with the help of this NSX-T stack. It is a pioneer software solution for network security in a virtualized environment.

View full review »
Ravishankar KumarPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Analyst Cyber Security at Microland Limited

The solution is used for network virtualization. Normally, in my cases, I was billing it for the government clouds, for NIC, the National Informatics Computer of India. For them, I was making a cloud where a different government, a smaller government entity, wanted to buy a cloud from the government clouds.

View full review »
Mohamad Hammouda - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Oplee

We use the product for disaster recovery purposes. It helps us expand the network and security for workloads running inside the environment. In the cloud, specifically with Azure VMware Solution or AWS, VMware NSX provides protection-related capabilities.

View full review »
LK
Executive Engineer at ONGC

VMware NSX is used for server virtual machines.

View full review »
Nicolas BARTHELEMY - PeerSpot reviewer
Network System & Storage Engineer at CIS VALLEY

NSX is under the platform. NSX is used on a cloud-only platform for clients.

View full review »
Waqar_Ahmad - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at Arwentech Private Limited

We're moving towards hyper-converged solutions with VMware, including NSX and vSAN. This direction has promising prospects in the market.

View full review »
MohammedAlkikli - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at CEntral bank of Libya

I use VMware NSX for virtualizing networks for VMware virtual machines.

View full review »
SB
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Have used this solution to implement PAS (PCF) and have also used it for Native Datacenter networking as part of DC refresh.

View full review »
Suchit Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solutions Architect for Cloud and Data Center Group at Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic

I primarily use NSX for micro-segmentation, security, and load-balancing.

View full review »
Preshit Lanjekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Network SME at capgemini ltd

It is for internal networking. Basically, we will be migrating the workloads to the cloud vCenter, and to manage those workloads, networking is required, which is called NSX in the VMware environment.

View full review »
Abbasi Poonawala - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is a software-defined firewall. You can set the policies and filter the incoming traffic from our site to our network. Any hostile request coming from an external network will get blocked. 

View full review »
Sriram Ranganathachari - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Architect and Datacenter Services at UCLOUD INDIA PVT LTD

We are using VMware NSX primarily to enable address mechanisms in terms of having to provide the workloads publicly.

In India and similar regions, the CSP faces a significant challenge. The primary issue is related to network address cancellation, which requires private to public IT mapping and the use of the CSP's own IP address space. VMware NSX has been effective in addressing this problem, along with the virtual firewall's ability to function as a network firewall. This has helped to minimize the need for customers to take responsibility for their network security. In these regions, customers expect full-service solutions and do not typically embrace DIY approaches. An analogy for this situation is that if a customer buys a toothbrush from you, they might expect you to brush their teeth for them.

View full review »
MU
Executive Officer 1B at Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC

We use the solution for our DMC firewall to micro-segment the networks for the CRUD matrix.

View full review »
JP
Senior VMware NSX Consultant at 27 Virtual

I was part of the NSX troubleshooting team from VMware, where we worked with different customers to troubleshoot their NSX operational issues. Also, I was part of the design and deployment team. We do PSO projects and migration for customers.

View full review »
MR
Technical architect at Metanext

The tool is very useful for cloud providers who need to manage things like Microsoft Enterprise.

View full review »
Ramesh Boopathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Competency Leader - Virtualization at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use VMware NSX for micro-segmentation.

View full review »
AL
Information Security Manager at Anana LTD

The primary use case is the microsegmentation of all our infrastructure, which is a huge bonus. It's performed well.

View full review »
Ali Yazıcı - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Manager at Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

We are using VMware NSX for network security.

View full review »
MadhuV - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Practice Head - Cloud and Platforms at Tech Mahindra Limited

It is helping me get an entire blueprint done of the source and the target. I was able to make it into a catalog and can set up anything on the cloud quickly. 

View full review »
Greffio Faraldo - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Support at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

We use the solution for the software-defined network. 

View full review »
TH
Manager IT Security & Infrastructure at Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd.

We use this solution for network virtualization alongside Nutanix and for the firewall blueprint. I'm an IT manager. 

View full review »
Ali Gursoy - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Cobantur

We use NSX as a security solution. The solution is deployed on-premise. We are using version 6.4 of NSX. 

View full review »
AH
Chief Executive Officer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case is the integration with the platform, so we can use it to orchestrate everything from a single console. That's the magic of having everything in one single dashboard. 

View full review »
Tamoor Ali Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Technical Consultant - Enterprise and Cybersecurity at Westcon ME

The solution is primarily used for micro-segmentation for the security of virtual machines.

View full review »
LC
Head of Business Development and Partners Management at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

This product is a software-defined data center with a cloud-native approach. We mainly use it for application migration of some of the architecture to containerized solutions.

View full review »
RL
Information Security Programme Manager at Dixons Carphone

Our primary use case is moving from physical to VM infrastructure.

View full review »
AL
Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

We use this product for micro-segmentation and network function virtualization.

View full review »
FG
System Engineer at GIP SIB

We use it as a distributed firewall and for security purposes.

View full review »
Claudio Sousa - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use VMware NSX for box integration. If box integration is still a code, we use this technology to understand it.

View full review »
HE
Mechanical Maintenance Manager at a consumer goods company with 10,001+ employees

Our clients consist of enterprise companies. 

View full review »
WJ
Senior Cloud Consultant with 201-500 employees

I work with two different companies with different large cloud environments. 

This product is a software-defined network, and that allows you to create virtual access networks and managing security to allow for different workloads.

View full review »
Shubham Chandra - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at HCL Technologies

VMware NSX can be used for micro-segmentation in the network space.

View full review »
TS
Technology Manager

Our customers had multiple data centers in different locations. Now, with NSX we built one fabric over an IP transport, like WAN internet. When we created the switches, it spread out over the data centers which are the configuration and the management of the underlying network for the VM workloads.

View full review »
FL
President at AKAWAN

We use the solution mainly for micro-segmentation and to permit security on flat networks without a V-LAN.

View full review »
SL
Architect at Computacenter

Our primary use cases of this solution are hybrid, cloud, private cloud, and automation.

View full review »
MD
Technical Account Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

VMware NSX is used for micro-segmentation. If you have a virtual VMware pool, then you can segment them separately. It is similar to a firewall for virtual micro-segmentation.

View full review »
IS
Sr. Technical Specialist at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We use this solution to build our VMware platform.

View full review »
PM
System Advisor IT at CRIF India

Load balancing is achieved using VMware NSX. The load balancing feature provided with VMware vSphere is called NSX.

While using the virtual server with your on-premises trusted internal network, you can set up rules to prevent them from doing specific activities.

View full review »
KO
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Our main use case is the distributed firewall. NSX can segment every application and server based on the ports they need to communicate externally. Ports that aren't required are inactive, so we activate them for some specific applications. We can get the ports from the application guys, activate the ones we need, and then disable the rest of the ports. We've done other things with NSX, but it's just mostly about the distributed firewall.

View full review »
PD
EMEA Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We just introduced NSX in our headquarters. We have it running in some labs, but no real experiences. We've been using it for six months.

Our objective is to know each features component and how it works. Depending on the business requirements, we would adapt the solution as needed. This is the reason why we work a lot from the maps and then anticipate when we need a new feature for our company.

View full review »
Leandro Pereira Rodrigues - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Analyst at RNP - Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa NREN/Brazil

We use NSX in our data center. 

View full review »
AM
Solutions Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

We use this solution for extended on-premise capabilities. We've been using it for five years.

View full review »
SR
Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The primary use case is microsegmentation for other VMs, which should provide us great value. We are quite early in our use case of it. As for now, the performance is looking good.

The main reason for deploying the product was the possibility to isolate machines inside a VLAN from each other. It was also to have a local firewall with firewall profiles attached to the machines.

View full review »
AC
Consultant with 51-200 employees

Usually customers, from the beginning, want state-of-the-art, latest technologies. They would like to rid themselves of their struggle with networking. This drives them to the next step, bringing in VMware services for implementing NSX.

View full review »
VM
COO at Axians ICT Austria GmbH

We use this product for software-defined networking. We are a solution provider and we build a platform for our clients that includes it.

View full review »
MW
Lead at Accenture

We support clients who use on-premise VMware NSX. We provide daily maintenance and support for this solution.

View full review »
SA
Senior Vice President at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We are using VMware NSX for all our network needs.

View full review »
ML
aucun at None

I was an intern at a relatively large company here in Morocco, and NSX is a great solution.

View full review »
MS
VMware Technician Manager at VAS

It's very useful for making network configurations and setting the network configurations in an easy way. The infrastructure team has all of the components under these controls, that is, the infrastructure and the network itself.

View full review »
SA
System Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We use it for microsegmentation, and it has performed well.

View full review »
MR
System Administrator

My company's primary use case for this solution is the microsegmentation. It's futuristic.

View full review »
SM
Cyber Security Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We use the solution to protect our VMware.

View full review »
JT
Architect Enterprise Business at Mindfire Technologies LLC

Many of our customers are moving to these kinds of options in order to reduce the number of physical devices and to increase security. I'm an architect of enterprise business and we are an enterprise partner with VMware.

View full review »
AS
Network Practice Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We are a professional services company and we have been evaluating VMware NSX for our clients.

View full review »
BW
Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

VMware NSX is used as a software-defined network. We used the solution in a data center.

View full review »
MU
System Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Our primary use case is to change from Cisco.

View full review »
ES
Engineer at DataLine - лучшая команда виртуализации VMware 2015

Our customers need load balance and firewalls with advanced NSX. They are really happy to use NSX.

View full review »
it_user1013148 - PeerSpot reviewer
VMware NSX Specialist at Tivit
  • Deployment
  • Planning and designing
  • Troubleshooting sustain.
View full review »
CK
Dept. Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We use this solution in our private clouds networking environment. We have some subsidiaries that we service and are trying to isolate each of them in this network.

View full review »
Buyer's Guide
VMware NSX
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about VMware NSX. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.