VMware's NSX Advanced Load Balancer portfolio provides a modern, scalable, multi-cloud load balancing and application services platform. It offers comprehensive application services like load balancing, web application firewall, analytics and more through a centralized management across heterogeneous infrastructure. The document discusses challenges with traditional hardware and virtual load balancers and how NSX Advanced Load Balancer addresses these challenges through automation, intelligence, elasticity and a unified control and data plane across on-premises, public cloud and containers. It then provides an overview of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer capabilities and features.

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Modern Load
Balancing and
Application Services
Software Load Balancer
Intelligent Web Application Firewall
Real-time Application Analytics
Name
Solution Architect

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The Foundation of the Virtual Cloud Network
VMware NSX Portfolio
NETWORK AND SECURITY VIRTUALIZATION
Security Integration Extensibility Automation Elasticity
NSX Data Center NSX Cloud AppDefense SD-WAN by VeloCloud HCX
NSX Service Mesh NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Avi Networks, now part of VMware

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Software That Delivers Applications for Global Enterprises

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Compute Storage
Network
Load Balancing is the Blocker for Digital Transformation
Drivers
Increased
IT Demands
ON-PREMISES
Load Balancing is Not
Automated
CLOUD
Challenges
Time to
Market
Modern
Apps
Cost
Efficiency
# Apps
# Changes
# Env/Infra
Load
Balancers
?
Agility
Scalability
Flexibility

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Hardware / Virtual Load Balancer Challenges
DC1 DC2
DEPT1 DEPT2
Standby
0%
Active
15%
Separate control points – operational complexity, hard to automate, painful upgrades
Capacity management – manual VIP placement, costly overprovisioning, no capacity pooling
Not designed for modern new environments
ON-PREMISES CLOUD CONTAINER

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BARE METAL VIRTUALIZED CONTAINERS
ON PREMISES PUBLIC CLOUD
VIRTUALIZED CONTAINERS
INTELLIGENCE
ELASTICITY
AUTOMATION
MULTI-CLOUD
SEPARATE CONTROL
& DATA PLANE
Modern, Scalable, Multi-Cloud Architecture
CONTROLLER
SERVICE ENGINE

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VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Portfolio
VMware NSX
Integration
+
Standalone
Multi-cloud
LB & WAF
NSX Data Center NSX Cloud
NSX Service Mesh
VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC)
VMware Horizon & UAG

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L7 (HTTP) LB
L4 (TCP/UDP) LB
Global Load Balancing
Content Switching
Caching/Compression
Autoscaling
Web App Firewall
SSL Termination
DDoS Protection
L3-4 ACLs
L7 Rules/Policies
Rate Limiting
Application Map
Service Health Score
Network Performance
App Performance
Request Logging
Security Insights
Comprehensive Application Services Platform
With automation across heterogeneous infrastructure
LOAD BALANCING SECURITY ANALYTICS
Central Management
100% REST API / SDK
Self-Service
Multi-Tenancy
Service Discovery
IPAM/DNS
PLATFORM
ON-PREM or OFF
AUTOMATION
OPENSTACK
SDN
CONTAINERS
BARE
METAL

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Demo
A single application
services fabric across
multiple clouds
BARE METAL VIRTUALIZED CONTAINERS
ON-
PREMISES
AZURE
VIRTUALIZED CONTAINERS
CONTROLLER
SERVIC
E
ENGINE
AWS
VIRTUALIZED CONTAINERS