Tag: Network Extension

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HCX Retain MAC, Network Extension and DHCP: Keeping IP Addresses and Licences Intact at Cutover

Retain MAC keeps a migrated VM's MAC address and Network Extension keeps its IP and gateway, but DHCP reservations and licences survive only when both are planned per VM. This guide covers migration type behaviour, DHCP across extended networks, ARP, unextend and a cutover runbook.

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Sizing an HCX Migration: IX and NE Scale-Out, Concurrent Migrations and Throughput

How to size a VMware HCX 9.1 deployment and plan migration waves: HCX Manager form factors, IX and NE scale-out, configmax limits, bandwidth minimums and a worked wave-duration formula checked with perftest.

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HCX Network Extension Explained: MON, Trunk Interfaces, MTU and Cutting Over Extended Networks

A practitioner's guide to VMware HCX Network Extension in VCF Operations HCX 9.1: how the NE appliances bridge networks, what MON fixes, how to size MTU, and how to cut over the gateway and unextend safely.

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How to Migrate HCX Service Meshes from PhotonOS to the Enhanced NSX Edge Appliances in HCX 9.1

HCX 9.1 deprecates the PhotonOS IX and NE appliances, with removal targeted for VCF 10.0.0. This runbook covers how to move live service meshes and network extensions onto the enhanced NSX Edge based appliances without surprising your application owners.