R12 Publication-2025July16

Discover VMware NSX-T Networks

With NetBrain, you can quickly visualize and understand a VMware NSX-T Network from the following aspects:

  • Automatically discover the information of NSX-T components such as T0/T1 Gateways, Segments, N-VDS Transport Nodes, Edge Nodes, and so on. This enriched data is helpful to better understand the network's configuration, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks.
  • Map feature can visualize the NSX-T infrastructure, such as the topology of Logic Components like T0/T1 Gateways, Segments and Virtual Machines. This feature provides a comprehensive view of the network topology, enabling users to quickly identify and troubleshoot potential issues in their NSX-T environment.
  • Path feature can calculate the AB path between the two endpoints inside or outside the NSX-T networks. The path calculation can also support checking DFW Policy, Gateway Policy, NAT and Load Balancer, which can help analyze the security, traffic flow, or load balancing quickly and visually.  
  • More data information by applying data views driven by API parser.

Example: A Visualized L2 Topology Map of Logical Components under one NSX-T instance.

 

Example: A Visualized L2/L3 Topology Map of 3-Tier NSX-T Network.

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                           L3 Topology                                                        L2 Topology

 

Example: A Visualized L2 Topology Map of NSX-T Underlay Network by N-VDS

Example: A Visualized L3 Topology Map of NSX-T Underlay Network by N-VDS

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Example: A Visualized L3 Path for NSX-T Components

Information Note: DFW Policy is checked in APP1 Virtual Machine showed in marked path detail logic.

Example: A Visualized Load balance Path showing the path go through the Server behind the Virtual Service IP.

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Example: A Path showing the packet is dropped by DFW policy in the Source Virtual Machine Server.

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Example: A Path showing the packet is permitted by Gateway policy checking in the T-1 Gateway.

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