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The distributed services engine tag on WindowsForum.com covers VMware's networking and security architecture within VMware Cloud Foundation. Discussion here centers on how the Distributed Services Engine remains a supported part of Cloud Foundation even as VMware reportedly stopped selling its separate SmartNIC firewall implementation, a change attributed to weak demand and heavy hardware development effort. For administrators running private-cloud workloads, the practical takeaway is the boundary between the two: the reported sales withdrawal concerns the SmartNIC firewall, not the Distributed Services Engine itself. This tag is useful for tracking VMware networking, security offload, and Cloud Foundation support questions as they develop.
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    VMware Reportedly Ends SmartNIC Firewall Sales, DSE Supported

    VMware has stopped selling its distributed firewall implementation for SmartNICs, according to The Register, narrowing its push to move private-cloud networking and security work onto processors built into network cards. For VMware Cloud Foundation administrators, the important boundary is that...
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