Network counters in NSX

If you are using VMware NSX, you need the vRealize Operations management pack for NSX to get visibility into the virtual network. As you can see from the following set of screenshots, NSX is a whole world in itself.

NSX for network is the equivalent of vSphere for compute:

Network counters in NSX

NSX objects in vRealize Operations

Network monitoring tools need to support NSX monitoring from the ground up. It is not a simple extension that can be developed easily. It is much more than monitoring the VXLAN tunnel or Transport Zone. The preceding screenshots show many components that behave differently in a physical network. Take, for example, NSX Distributed ...

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