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Learning VMware NSX, Second Edition

You're reading from   Learning VMware NSX, Second Edition Next-generation network administration skills revealed

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788398985
Length 254 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ranjit Singh Thakurratan Ranjit Singh Thakurratan
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Preface 1. Introduction to Network Virtualization FREE CHAPTER 2. NSX Core Components 3. NSX Installation and Configuration 4. NSX Functional Services 5. Edge Services Gateway 6. Service Composer 7. Monitoring 8. Managing NSX 9. Conclusion

Logical Edge load balancers

Load balancers allow network traffic to be balanced across multiple servers to increase performance, and they also allow the high availability of services. This distribution of an incoming service among multiple servers is transparent to the end users, which makes deploying load balancers a critical component of any environment.

A good use-case for load balancers for further reading can be found at:
http://cloudmaniac.net/load-balance-vmware-psc-with-nsx/

The Edge services gateway offers logical Edge load balancers that allow you to utilize the load balancing functionality and distribute incoming traffic across multiple virtual machine instances.

An Edge services gateway instance must be deployed in order to enable the load balancer service. There are multiple steps required when configuring a load balancer service, and it begins with enabling the service...

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