vCNS vs NSX High Level Functionality Compared

vCNS vs NSX High Level Functionality Compared 

vCNS	NSX
Management Appliance – 1:1 with vCenterEasy UI	Management Appliance – 1:1 with vCenter, plus full Api
VXLAN Supported using a hypervisor kernal.Requires Multicast	VXLAN Supported using a hypervisor kernal.Does not require multicast to be enabled
Edge Service Gateway providingVPN – (site to site / SSL ), NAT, NLB, etcStatic Routing	Edge Service Gateway providingVPN – (site to site / SSL ), NAT, NLB, etcStatic and Dynamic routing
Virtual aware firewall (ie resource pool object)	Virtual aware Firewall (N/S) and kernal based granular to low level (ie domain users, VM tags – dynamic groups).
Routing via virtual guest machine device	hypervisor based router
	Layer 2 bridging supported to physical
Data security file scanning for keyword formats (ie health numbers, and card numbers)	Data security file scanning for keyword formats (ie health numbers, and card numbers)
vSphere  5.5 dvs features supported	vSphere  5.5 dvs features supported