Eric Sloof

This book is intended for system administrators who are planning a VMware vSphere 6.0 deployment and want to maximize its performance. The book assumes the reader is already familiar with VMware vSphere concepts and terminology

Default firewall settings apply to traffic that does not match any of the user-defined firewall rules. The default Edge firewall policy blocks all incoming traffic. You can change the default action and logging settings.

You can add an NSX Edge firewall rule for traffic flowing from or to an NSX Edge interface or IP address group. You can add multiple NSX Edge interfaces and/or IP address groups as the source and destination for firewall rules.

This free eLearning course on EVO:RAIL provides an overview on EVO:RAIL and explains its features and benefits. The course will also describe the deployment, configuration, and management of EVO:RAIL in a software-defined data center (SDDC). Objectives, at the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the primary purpose of EVO:RAIL.
• Explain the initial deployment of EVO:RAIL.
• Explain the process of managing a virtual machine through the EVO:RAIL management console. 

Jim Yanik, End-User Computing Architect at VMware, presents a technical overview of VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon.

vSphere network I/O control version 3, available in vSphere 6.0, offers granular network resource reservation and allocation across the entire switch.

VMware customers love the simplicity, performance, and integration of VMware Virtual SAN since its launch. Most customers choose to evaluate Virtual SAN before using it for production – always a good idea.


VMware has made a list of issues occasionally encountered as people go through this process. Follow this guide, and you’ll have a great evaluation.