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Introducing VMware NSX-T into Dell EMC VxBlock 1000
The shifting IT landscape VMware NSX-T on VxBlock 1000 overview The management, control, and data plane construct
The management, control, and data plane construct
Management plane
Control planes
Transport nodes
NSX-T Edge Cluster on VxBlock 1000
Initial design for NSX-T on VxBlock 1000 VxBlock 1000 persistent architecture and NSX-T value Meeting requirements Conclusion

The management, control, and data plane construct

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The management, control, and data plane construct

  • The three key elements that comprise NSX-T – Management Plane, Control Plane, and Data Plane -- are deployed on the VxBlock 1000 platform and enable how it interacts with the VxBlock 1000 persistent architecture described in the previous section.

    A brief description of each component:

    • Management Plane — provides a single API entry point to the system, persists user configuration, handles user queries, and performs operational tasks on all management, control, and data plane nodes in the system.
    • Control Plane — computes all ephemeral runtime states based on configuration from the management plane, disseminates topology information reported by the data plane elements, and pushes stateless configuration to forwarding engines.
    • Data Plane — performs stateless forwarding/transformation of packets based on tables populated by the control plane. The data plane also reports topology information to the control plane and maintains packet level statistics.

    Deploying NSX-T on a VxBlock Management, Control, and Data Plane cluster consists of configuring the NSX Manager Appliance in a cluster of three virtual machines. This configuration offers availability, redundancy, and performance at scale. Clustering allows the platform to process large-scale concurrent API requests using REST API calls. A web-based UI entry point is also available for all user configurations.