Integrated architecture design for virtual machines and applications

This section provides an overview of the consumption components and services that are enabled in VMware NSX to allow converged blueprints to consume virtual machine and application-specific networking and security services. These diagrams can be used during the design workshop to define specific consumption requirements at the virtual machine level:

vRealize automation converged blueprint consumption model

Consumption model of network services components

The following figure explains provisioning blueprints in cloud:

Consumption model with integrated provider network services components

Components and processes for logical switching

Logical switching is the most common network service supported out-of-the-box with NSX for vSphere. This network service enables the extension of an L2 segment/IP subnet anywhere in the fabric, independently of the physical network design. The usage of VXLAN as an overlay to the physical network enables...