NSX template that sets out VDS, transport zones, uplink profile and TEP addressing for turning every host of a vCenter cluster into a host transport node.
Also called TNP.
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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.
- Template
A golden image for deploying VMs that cannot itself be started or edited; to change one, turn it back into a VM, update it and convert again, or clone it.
- VDS
Virtual switch defined once in vCenter and pushed out to each member host. NSX runs on top of it on VCF host transport nodes.
- uplink profile
NSX settings applied to Edge and host transport nodes covering MTU, transport VLAN, teaming policy and which uplinks are active or standby.
- TEP
Short for tunnel endpoint: the interface on an NSX Edge node or ESX host where Geneve overlay tunnels begin and end. Addresses can be static, from DHCP or from an IP pool.
- vCenter
Management software for VMs, clusters and ESX hosts. Each domain in VCF gets a dedicated one.