This week I got some good questions from a customer about NSX, especially on NSX IPv6 support.
And I knew which features are not supported:
But I couldn’t immediately answer the question which components of NSX supported what connectivity like IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack. To make things worse the NSX 6.2 Documentation Center does not contain a lot of information about the IPv6 support… Luckily for me (and the customer) some insiders provided me the necessary information and I would like to share this with you.
Detailed NSX IPv6 Support
| Component | Feature | Support1 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM Addressing | |||
| Guest VM Addressing | IPv4, IPv6, DS | VXLAN encap packets are capable of carrying IPv6 payload. VMs can have only IPv6 static addresses. SLAAC (RA) and DHCPv6 (relay and server) are not supported | |
| VXLAN Transport | IPv4 | ||
| NSX Manager | |||
| NSX Manager IP | IPv4, IPv6, DS | ||
| NSX Controller | |||
| Management IP | IPv4 | ||
| NSX Edge | |||
| Management IP | IPv4, IPv6 | No DHCPv6 support | |
| Syslog | IPv4, IPv6 | Export to IPv4 and IPv6 Syslog servers | |
| Interface IP | IPv4, IPv6, DS | No DHCPv6 support | |
| DNS | IPv4 | ||
| DHCP | IPv4 | ||
| Static Routing | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| Dynamic Routing | IPv4 | No OSPFv3 or MP-BGP support | |
| Firewall | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| Load Balancer | IPv4, IPv6 |
Transparent Mode IPv4 VIP w/ IPv4 Pool (L4 & L7) IPv6 VIP w/ IPv6 Pool (L4 & L7) SNAT Mode |
|
| NAT | IPv4 | NAT64, NAT 46 and NAT66 are not supported | |
| IPSEC | IPv4, IPv6 | No IPv4 Peers with IPv6 internal subnet support | |
| SSL VPN | IPv4, IPv6 | IPv4 and IPv6 can be used for outer packet (tunnel level) but IPv4 only for inner packet | |
| L2VPN | IPv4, IPv6 | IPv4 and IPv6 can be used for outer packet (tunnel level) but IPv4 only for inner packet | |
| NSX DLR | |||
| Management IP | IPv4 | ||
| Interface IP | IPv4 | ||
| Distributed Routing | IPv4 | ||
| NSX DFW | |||
| Distributed Firewall | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| Virtual Distributed Switch | |||
| SNMP | IPv4, IPv6, DS | ||
| LRO | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| RSS | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| DV Filters | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| TSO | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| SPAN | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| RSPAN | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| CDP & LLDP | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| Statistics | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| LACP | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| IPFIX | IPv4, IPv6 | ||
| Traffic Filters | IPv4, IPv6 | No IPv6 Netflow collector can be configured | |
1 DS = Dual Stack
Any changes in 6.3?
Hello,
do you have current information for NSX 6.4?
Regards