NSX-T on VDS

Since NSX-T 3.0, NSX-T can run directly on a vSphere Distributed Switch 7.0. Key facts and links (KB 79872).

With NSX–T 3.0, it is now possible to run NSX–T directly on a VDS (the VDS version must be at least 7.0). Some usefull information are here:

Example scenarios illustrating the representation of an NSX-T segment in vCenter.

NSX-T with N-VDS

NSX-T with N-VDS

NSX-T on VDS 7.0

NSX-T on VDS

NSX-T on Multiple VDS 7.0

NSX-T on Multiple VDS

NSX-T on VDS 7.0 and N-VDS at the same time

NSX-T on VDS and N-VDS at the same time

Author: Daniel Micanek

Senior Service Architect, SAP/TDL Platform Services Team at Vivicta | vExpert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Broadcom Knight: vSphere Kubernetes Service, VCF Networking (NSX), VCF Automation | Broadcom Software Knight: vSphere | Cisco Champion. Notes from running about 1,000 ESXi hosts on Cisco UCS, VCF 9 and SAP HANA on vSphere.