2026
VCF Automation 9.1 All Apps: End-to-End Networking, IPAM, and cloud-init
Attach the WebShop VM to a governed subnet, prove IP allocation and release, then use cloud-init to expose an observable /healthz endpoint.
VCF 9.1 — Networking & scale: EVPN, VPC L4 and observability
EVPN-VXLAN with the physical fabric, L4 Load Balancer and IPSec VPN on VPC, SDDC Manager sync, bare-metal edge import, multi-NIC VKS and network observability.
Networking in VCF 9: from vDS to pod, the packet path explained
How a packet travels from the virtual switch to a VKS pod — vDS, NSX segments, T0/T1, NSX ALB and their trade-offs. The architect's networking guide.