Tenant-like boundary in NSX, keeping each group's network and security objects apart within a single deployment; VPCs sit inside one.
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Terms in this definition
- NSX
Software that handles networking and security across VCF, covering firewalling, load balancing, NAT, VPCs, overlay segments and Tier-0/1 gateways.
- Model deployment
Inside a resource, each deployment is a named copy of a Foundry model with its own TPM quota and deployment type. Requests identify the model by this deployment name.
Related terms
- Default VPC
NSX VPC generated automatically once regional networking is completed for a VCF Automation organization, alongside an NSX project, a transit gateway, a default VPC connectivity profile and an SNAT rule.
- NSX VPC
Isolated network space users run self-service under an NSX project, with dedicated subnets, security rules and built-in IPAM; a further tenancy tier.
- project
In VCF Automation, a unit inside an organisation that decides which people may consume which resources; blueprints and vSphere Namespaces live inside it. It is distinct from an NSX Project.
- VPC
Isolated network space in NSX, made up of subnets that its own VPC gateway routes between. Each one belongs to an NSX project and gets external connectivity from a transit gateway.