NSX places this tunnelling endpoint on a host. Rules normally forbid several vmknics in a single subnet, and this is a named exception, though VVF does not include NSX.
Also called virtual tunnel endpoint.
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Each book explains VTEP in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
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.
- Subnet
A segment of a VNet's address space from which resources receive private IPs. Azure holds back five addresses per subnet (the first four and the last), leaving 251 usable in a /24 and three in a /29, the smallest IPv4 subnet.
- VVF
Broadcom's offering for running enterprise VMs and containers, bundling vSphere and vSAN with simplified deployment and operations management. VCF builds on it, adding the integrated automation and cloud management that VVF does not include.
Related terms
- Network Gateway
A VM deployed by Nutanix that gives Flow Virtual Networking its BGP, VTEP and VPN connections.
- VTEP
An endpoint for a VXLAN tunnel. Flow Virtual Networking's VTEP gateways extend Layer 2 from one point to many, unencrypted.
- VXLAN
Wraps Layer 2 traffic in an overlay at a cost of 50 extra bytes per packet. Subnets in Flow Virtual Networking are stretched over VTEP with it.