VCP-VMC 2024 Question 98
Single answerAn organization has deployed VMware Cloud on AWS and wants to leverage VMware NSX for network virtualization. Which component of the NSX architecture in VMware Cloud is responsible for managing the distributed firewall configuration across the SDDC?
- A
NSX Manager
- B
NSX Edge
- C
NSX Distributed Firewall
- D
NSX Data Plane
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
In VMware Cloud, the NSX Manager plays a crucial role in managing distributed firewall configurations across the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). It provides a centralized management plane for defining and deploying network and security policies, including firewall rules, which are then enforced by the NSX Distributed Firewall within the data plane.
- A. Correct.
NSX Manager is responsible for centralized management and configuration of the NSX features, including distributed firewall policies.
- B. Incorrect.
NSX Edge is primarily responsible for providing north-south traffic routing and services such as NAT, VPN, and load balancing, but not managing distributed firewall configurations.
- C. Incorrect.
NSX Distributed Firewall enforces firewall rules at the host level, but it is not responsible for managing the configuration. It acts on the rules defined by the NSX Manager.
- D. Incorrect.
NSX Data Plane is responsible for the actual packet forwarding and enforcement but does not handle management or configuration of firewall policies.