VMware NSX-T
Starting version 4.3 IP Fabric supports NSX-T API. NSX-T devices are discovered only through API.
To add NSX-T to discovery global settings, go to Settings → Advanced → Vendors API and press the +Add button. Afterward, choose NSX-T API from the list and fill in
- Username and password used to log in to NSX Manager
- Base URL of NSX Manager server (
https://nsx-manager-ip-address
)
General Support Information
- IP Fabric is supporting NSX-T from version 3.0 and higher, development was done on version 3.1.2, the latest version is 3.2. We are not supporting the 2.x version, there are a lot of differences, VMware’s end of general support was in September 2021. Product Lifecycle Matrix
- NSX-T running as on-premise (there are also cloud versions for AWS and Azure, where can NSX-T cloud be deployed on top of AWS/Azure infrastructure ), but we don’t support it now
- We don’t collect any data from vCenter, as NSX-T is multiplatform and supports KVM and bare metal servers as well, if those are connected to the NSX-T cloud, we will collect information about those also.
We Are Supporting These Types Of Devices
- Tier-0 router
- Tier-1 router
- also supporting VRFs
Not Supported Features
- Load balancing
- All security features (IPS/IDS, Distributed FW, Gateway FW, Network introspection) - planned to add security features in upcoming releases
- Forwarding policies - planned to add in upcoming releases
- VPN services
- NAT
- EVPN Vxlans
External Connectivity
We are supporting both external connectivity protocols, which are implemented in NSX-T, and of course static routes. External connectivity can be done only on Tier-0 routers.
- OSPF
- BGP