Tag : DFW

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 29, 2017 .

In this post, we’ll look at the final step of deploying the VMware NSX infrastructure, excluding VMs from the firewall protection. The default rule if DENY ALL which is due to security by design reasons but can cause all sorts of problems! VMware recommends that the following machines are excluded: vCenter Server (including Platform Services Controllers) Partner service virtual machines. Virtual machines that require promiscuous mode. The SQL server that your Windows-based vCenter uses.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV DFW HOWTO