VMware Cloud on AWS is making a switch to the underlying networking and security platform for the service. This move is being done in order to provide access to services such as distributed firewall, security groups, route-based VPN connections, and more. In order to accomplish this move, SDDCs will be transitioned from NSX-V to NSX-T.

More information about this update is available in the following blog post: VMware Cloud on AWS: Advanced Networking and Security with NSX-T SDDC

However, the big question which continued to come up during VMworld was: What NSX platform is my SDDC currently using?

Let’s take a look at how we can easily determine this using the VMware Cloud on AWS API!

NSXT Property

There’s a specific property we are looking for, and that’s named ‘nsxt’. This property can be found when retrieving information about an SDDC and is located in the ‘resource_config’ sub-section. The property is of a Boolean type, so it will either contain a value of true or false. A response of true indicates that the SDDC is using NSX-T. A response of false indicates that the SDDC is using NSX-V.

Now, let’s take a look at some of the methods we can use to retrieve this property’s status using the API Explorer.

Developer Center – API Explorer

I’m normally logged into the VMware Cloud on AWS Cloud Console, so let’s start by reviewing how to obtain which version of NSX our SDDC is using with the API Explorer that’s built into the Developer Center.

The call we’ll want to use is: GET /orgs/{org}/sddcs/{sddc}

After selecting the desired SDDC, we can hit the ‘Execute’ button. We’ll want to expand the SDDC response, followed by expanding the resource_config section. Scrolling down to the properties starting with ‘N’, we’ll be greeted by the ‘nsxt’ property. Here we can see a value of ‘true’ which means we are indeed looking at an SDDC using NSX-T.

The output should look a bit like the following: REST - Retrieving the NSXT Property

Summary

VMware Cloud on AWS is a service which is continuously evolving and updating in order to provide those consumers with the latest and greatest features. One of the latest examples of which is the transition from NSX-V to NSX-T. This move is being done in order to provide access to services such as distributed firewall, security groups, route-based VPN connections, and more. This blog post covered how we can use the numerous methods available to poll the VMware Cloud on AWS API in order to obtain whether an SDDC is using NSX-V or NSX-T.

More information about this transition is available in the following blog post: VMware Cloud on AWS: Advanced Networking and Security with NSX-T SDDC