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Abdel093
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[NSX L2VPN] vSS or vDS

Hello Experts !

I have a question about deploying a standalone edge on an ESX. Do I have to use a vDS or can I use a vSS ?

Is there an obvious difference between using one or the other?

We are in NSX version 3.2.1

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NicoRenard
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Hello,

Why you want to use a  vSwitch in place of a VDS? Is it a constraint for you?

If we are not taking in account NSX part, you have mutiple avantages on using PG in place of vSwitch in term of security, IO control performance, functionalities etc and the most important the config on all your esxi for future vMotion for example.

If you are adding the fact that the PG is a segment inside NSX you can add the distributed firewall and apply microsegmentation for your vpn and I think it could be very interesting for this kind of VM (it depends of course what is the purpose of your vpn), DHCP etc.

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Abdel093
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Hello NicoRenard,

It's mainly for licensing costs...

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