#NSX #Concept
Is defined as a System or host that is part of the Data plane of NSX and "transports" NSX traffic through a TEP. There are different types of Systems which can be prepared as a Transport Node:
- ESXi Host
- Is prepared for NSX by installing the NSX vibs
- KVM Host
- A linux KVM host which is prepped by the solution installation
- Bare Metal
- Can be either linux or Windows based bare metal host which has the NSX Agent installed.
- NSX Edge ([[NSX - Edge Node.md]])
- NSX's own virtual appliance
- Cloud based Transport nodes (AWS EC2, Azure etc.)
- is installed directly inside a specific cloud environment through their different services like Amazons EC2
## Components
### NSX-Proxy
runs on a transport node, receives information and configuration from the [[NSX - Manager.md]]