VMware NSX for vSphere was announced at VMworld 2013. The surprising thing is there is not a lot of information available on how to install and configure it. So I set off on this venture and I thought I would share the information. NSX for vSphere is a combination of technologies from the traditional vCloud Network & Security (vCNS) as well as technologies from the Nicera acquisition. The underlying overlay protocol that NSX for vSphere uses is VXLAN, but it takes VXLAN to the next level by allowing unicast VXLAN and eliminates the requirement for multicast routing.
I will have a four post series on the steps from A to Z on how to install and configure NSX for vSphere. This first post will focus on how to install the NSX Manager. The NSX Manager is the API interface to the NSX Control Cluster. The NSX Manager comes in the form of an OVA template.