Note: In
NSX 3.2.X version and earlier, the term used is ENS (Enhanced Network Stack). In
NSX 4.0.X version and later, the term used is Enhanced Datapath.
Supported Features
Name |
Notes |
Segments (Logical Switches) – VLAN based |
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Segments (Logical Switches) – Overlay based |
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Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) trust/re-marking |
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Ingress and Egress rate limiting |
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Distributed Firewall – L2 |
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Distributed Firewall – L3 / L4 |
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IDFW |
Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance. |
IDS/IPS |
Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance. |
East/West Service Chaining |
Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance. |
Distributed Load Balancing (DLB) |
DLB on Enhanced Datapath works at full performance. |
IP Discovery (DHCP/DHCPv6 Snooping, ARP snooping, ND snooping, etc.) |
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Spoofguard (IP, MAC, etc.) |
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Segment Security Filter (Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU), DHCP and so on.) |
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DHCP Relay & DHCP Local and Gateway Server |
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L2 Bridging through Edge |
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L2 Bridging through L2VPN |
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Distributed Routing (Overlay) |
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EVPN in route server mode |
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EVPN through Edge |
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L2 Multicast |
Traffic will be flowing. However, the performance will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance. |
IPFIX |
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Port Mirroring |
Support for ERSPAN with Enhanced Datapath performance, other port mirroring methods will be equal to regular non-Enhanced Datapath performance. |
Unsupported Features
Name |
Notes |
Network I/O Control (NIOC) |
Disable NIOC on VDS switches used while configuring NSX. |