Using VMware NSX with vSAN

vSAN and VMware NSX can be deployed and coexist in the same vSphere infrastructure.

NSX does not support the configuration of the vSAN data network over an NSX-managed VXLAN or Geneve overlay.

vSAN and NSX are compatible. vSAN and NSX are not dependent on each other to deliver their functionalities, resources, and services.

However, you cannot place the vSAN network traffic on an NSX-managed VxLAN/Geneve overlay. NSX does not support the configuration of the vSAN data network traffic over an NSX-managed VxLAN/Geneve overlay.

One reason VMkernel traffic is not supported over the NSX-managed VxLAN overlay is to avoid any circular dependency between the VMkernel networks and the VxLAN overlay that they support. The logical networks delivered with the NSX-managed VxLAN overlay are used by virtual machines, which require network mobility and flexibility.

When you implement LACP/LAG in NSX, a Cisco Nexus environment defines the LAGs as virtual port channels (vPCs).