VMware vShield Manager 4.1 and vShield Family 1.0 ( vShield Edge, App and Endpoint )

Along with cloud infrastructure stepping into new era, the launching of vCloud Director. VMware also announced new range of security products focusing on enhancing security capabilities within cloud environment.

vShield Products Family : vShield App, vShield Edge and vShield Endpoint

Related documents:
vShield 4.1 Quickstart
vShield 4.1 Administrator Guide


After reading thru vShield 4.1 Quickstart, these are the basic concepts which I've derived.


vShield Manager - Central manager for vShield Products. OVA based image to be imported via vCenter and can be hosted on any ESX host. Need to be able to communicate will all vShield products in the environment.

vShield Edge - Focusing on virtual datacenter and public network and internal network isolation. Based on Portgroups. Installation at standard switch portgroups, vDS portgroups or Cisco Nexus 1000v.

vShield App - Focusing on creating different network segments within a datacenter, possibly trying to replace VLAN function. Allowing users to isolate networks into DMZ, Test, Production etc. Based on apps. Virtual Appliance Installation at every ESX host.

vShield Endpoint - Antivirus at ESX host level. Virtual Appliance installation at every ESX host. Supports windows servers, windows drivers needs to be installed on each VMs based on 32/64bit and OS versions.

Need to go thru administration guide to find out more details.