NSX-T VIBs (vSphere Installation Bundle)
In this post, I will discuss NSX vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). When installing NSX, one must perform the action of "preparing" the ESXi host. To prepare the host, it means install the requisite NSX VIBs on the ESXi host. If you're coming from a purely networking background, you might be wondering, "What is a VIB"? VIBs are basically drivers, or bundles of software, that give ESXi enhanced or distinct software abilities. Even in cases where NSX is not installed, ESXi hosts will have VIBs installed to perform its day-to-day server virtualization functions. Non-NSX VIBs List VIBs Command: esxcli software vib list To give the ESXi host NSX capabilities such as Network Function Virtualization, NSX specific VIBs must be installed on the host. During host preparation, the VIBs are pushed from the NSX-T Manager to the host. Lets take a look at those vibs and I'll give a description of what each of them do. You'll notice in the image below that the NSX V...