NSX-V Edge Services Gateways: The Part That Trips Up First-Timers

If the Distributed Firewall is NSX-V’s most-used feature, the Edge Services Gateway (ESG) is its most confusing. ESGs are software-defined appliances that provide routing, NAT, load balancing, VPN, and perimeter firewall functions. They’re powerful, but the design decisions around ESG sizing and topology have long-term consequences that aren’t obvious when you’re setting one up for … Read more