VMware Cloud Director NSX Feature Support Matrix

Products

• VMware Cloud Director
• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information for the VMware Cloud Director networking features that are supported in NSX.

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware Cloud Director 10.x

Resolution

The following tables shows the VCD networking features supported with NSX as the network backing as of VCD 10.4. For more information on these features, see the VMware Cloud Director Documentation.

 

VMware Cloud Director Features	Supported with NSX (starting in VCD version)
NSX Logical Switch / Segment	9.5
NSX Distributed Routing	10
Non-Distributed Routing	10.3.2
Network creation	10
Routed Network with NAT	10
Routed Network no NAT	10.1
Isolated Network	10
Direct Network	10.2.2
Imported Network	10.3
Shared Network	10.2 (with Data Center Groups)
IPv6 Network	10
Dual Stack (IPv4 / IPv6 on same vNIC)	10.2
Edge Firewall	10
NAT (NAT44)	10
NAT64	Not supported
DHCP Pool	10
DHCP Relay	10.3.1
DHCP Binding	10.3.1
DHCPv6	10.2
DNS Forwarding	10
Policy based IPsec VPN	10.1
Routed based IPsec VPN	Not supported
BGP IPv4	10.1
BGP IPv6	10.1
Static routes	10.4 (static routes towards org vdc networks)
OSPF	Not supported
VRF Lite	10.2
Load Balancing	10.2 (with NSX ALB)
IPv6 Load Balancing	10.4
Distributed Firewall (L3/L4 and L7)	10.2
Distributed Firewall (L2)	Not supported
SSL VPN	Not supported
L2VPN	10.2
vApp Edge (routing, NAT, firewall)	10.3
vApp Edge Fencing	Not supported
Cross VDC Networking (Same VCD)	10.2 (with Data Center Groups, single egress point)
Cross VDC Networking (Different VCDs)	Not supported
Edge gateway rate limit	10.3.2
Edge placement	10.1
Segment Profile	10.3.2
IPv6 IPSEC > Route/Policy based	10.6
IPv6 L2VPN	10.5.1

Additional Information

08/31/2022 - KB Updated
05/24/2023 - Updated Table Format
06/26/2023 - Updated per instruction of Product Management

10/14/2024 - updated per SR feedback.