#NSX-T

July 11, 2024 | 19:15

Scaling with NSX-T and ALB beyond vNIC limits

When using NSX-T for networking in combination with NSX ALB for load balancing in the vSphere IaaS Control Plane, the ALB Service Engines attach to each Tier-1 Router (vSphere Namespace) with one vNIC. Naturally, there’s a limit of 10 vNICs per Service Engine, meaning we can connect up to 8 Tier-1 routers to one Service Engine, as one vNIC is needed for management and another for frontend traffic. We were curious to see how NSX ALB would handle more than 8 vSphere Namespaces in this setup. Read more

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