Flow Network Security (formerly Flow Microsegmentation) is an application-centric microsegmentation solution that provides protection of east-west traffic to your Nutanix environments based on stateful, distributed firewall policies.
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What's New
The release notes indicate that no new features have been added in this release.
Software Compatibility
Flow Network Security Next-Gen 5.0.0 has the following compatibility and deployment requirements:
- Pre-requisites: Requires AOS 6.8 or later and pc.2024.1 or later versions.
- Deployment Environments:
- On-Prem: FNS Next-Gen is loaded when you deploy FNS 5.0.0 in a greenfield and enable FNS.
- NC2 on AWS: FNS Next-Gen with Network Controller-managed VLAN environments is not supported.
- NC2 on Azure: FNS Next-Gen is supported in VPC environments.
Deployment Details
- Single-Stack Release: FNS 5.0.0 is the first Next-Gen release with a single-stack build, which offers better resource utilization and higher performance by having a limited surface area for vulnerabilities.
- Installation Methods:
- Connected Site: Installation using the LCM 1-Click method is not available on Prism Central and Prism Element.
- Dark Site: Installation via Life Cycle Manager (LCM) using the Web Server Method or Direct Upload Method.
Product Generation
- Current Generation: Flow Network Security (formerly Flow Microsegmentation)
- Next Generation: Enhanced policy model, advanced policy operations, and enterprise readiness features with Network Controller-enabled VLANs and VPC as pre-requisites.
Mixed Environments
- VLAN and VPC Infrastructure: FNS does not support creating or managing overlapping/extended policies across VPC and VLAN environments within the same Prism Central.
For more detailed information and specific configurations, the full document and associated guides are recommended.