VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.13

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Direct Connect Support in
VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Direct Connect is a mechanism to provide data transfer connection between an on-premise location and public cloud services.
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 supports the Direct Connect feature for
VMware Cloud (VMC)
.
Direct Connect support enables you to:
  • Identify flows that pass over Direct Connect between on-premise data center and
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
     SDDC.
  • Run the flow analytics to understand the flow bandwidth and the packet rate.
  • View the detailed path topology between virtual machines that communicate over Direct Connect.
  • View details about Direct Connect and associated alerts.

Direct Connect data fetch mechanism

VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 fetches Direct Connect information by using the
VMware Cloud (VMC)
 NSX APIs. Therefore, to get the Direct Connect information, you must add the
VMware Cloud (VMC)
 related data sources (
VMware vCenter
 and NSX Manager).
You do not have to add an AWS account for Direct Connect support. However, you must add the following Data Sources:
  • VMware Cloud (VMC)
     vCenter
  • VMware Cloud (VMC)
     NSX Manager
  • On-premise
    VMware vCenter
  • On-premise NSX or On-premise
    NSX
     Manager
  • On-premise DC Perimeter Physical Router (Supported routers include Cisco N9k and Cisco ASR 9k)
  • DX Colo Physical Router (Supported routers include Cisco N9k and Cisco ASR 9k)
These data sources are required by
VMware Aria Operations for Networks
 to construct VM-VM path topology and to enrich the IPFIX flows with Direct Connect information.

What data is collected with Direct Connect support

  • Direct Connect related configuration details in the
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
     SDDC.
  • Advertised and learnt subnets for Direct Connect at the SDDC level.
  • Configuration information of Direct Connect Interfaces (VIFs) associated with the SDDC.
  • Flows reported by Distributed Firewall (DFW) in
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
    .
    • The NetFlow enablement is not required on the colocation routers.
    • Route based VPN is not supported for Direct Connect. So, even if you have enabled the Use VPN as backup to Direct Connect option, VPN backup fails.
    • The metrics, and the advertised or learnt subnets information is not available at the individual VIF level.

Direct Connect Entities

  • VMware Cloud (VMC)
     Direct Connect:
     This is the parent entity for all Direct Connect entities in
    VMware Aria Operations for Networks
    , which models the configuration information of Direct Connect within the
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
     SDDC.
  • Direct Connect Interface
    : This models the AWS Direct Connect VIF information provided by
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
    . This entity enables the exchange of advertised and learnt routes between
    VMware Cloud (VMC)
     and on-premise data center.

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