NSX Manager deployment consideration

Due to the critical role NSX plays in a vSphere environment, it is extremely important to know and implement NSX management, control plane and data plane features. NSX management is NSX Manager, which provides a single point for configuring all NSX features and in addition we can leverage REST-API calls for deployment, configuration, and other tasks. So let's talk about communication channels from the management plane to other components.

The communication path

The following list shows the communication path between NSX Manager and various components:

  • NSX Manager to VCenter Server: Communication between manager and VC is via vSphere API
  • NSX Manager to Controllers: Communication between manager and controllers is ...

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