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Abiquo SDN integrations work with NSX-V and NSX-T network managers to provide blueprints for software defined networking that include features such as firewalls, load balancers, and NAT in private cloud datacenters.

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Within Abiquo, cloud administrators use logical devices to define the network virtualization systems for datacenters and enterprises. 


Features 

CharacteristicsVMware NSX (gateway)VMware NSX (NAT)VMware NSX (ECMP)
Firewall policies(tick) Firewalls will apply to VMs
only, not load balancers
(tick) Firewalls will apply to VMs
only, not load balancers
(tick)
Load balancers(tick)

 

(tick)

 

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Private networks(tick)(tick)(tick)
Static routes(tick)(tick)(tick)
External networks(tick)(tick)(tick)
Public networks - IPs(tick)(tick)(tick)


Limitations

By default, Abiquo only supports the use of ONE network virtualization system per enterprise and datacenter. Abiquo will always use the most specific device for networking virtualization.


Context properties

Abiquo uses context properties to enable the administrator to enter configuration values when creating a resource. For example, for the NSX ECMP plugin, to enable the administrator to create more than one VDC per enterprise, you can use context properties to set the range of uplink IPs for each virtual datacenter. Uplink IPs were previously set using enterprise properties, but the administrator had to change the enterprise properties after creating each VDC in an enterprise. See Create multiple VDCs with NSX ECMP.

In NSX-T you can use context properties to create more than one Tier-0 configuration per tenant. See Configure the Abiquo NSX-T integration#Tintegration-ConfigurationtousemorethanoneTier-0configurationpertenant.


DHCP

Abiquo supports IPv4 for DHCP and access to the Abiquo console/GUIUI. Abiquo supports IPv6 for DHCPv6.

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If you do not use a separate DHCP solution, install the Abiquo Monolithic Server or separate Abiquo Remote Services server on a hypervisor with VLAN support. See Network configuration for virtualizing Abiquo

It is also possible to assign VM network addresses using cloud-init.