Description
About This Course
This comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX™. NSX is a software networking and security virtualization platform that delivers the operational model of a virtual machine for the network. Virtual networks reproduce the layer 2–layer 7 network model in software, enabling complex multitier network topologies to be created and provisioned programmatically in seconds. NSX also provides a new model for network security where security profiles are distributed to and enforced by virtual ports and move with virtual machines.
Objectives
- Describe the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
- Describe how NSX is the next step in the evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
- Describe data center prerequisites for NSX deployment
- Configure and deploy NSX components for management and control
- Describe basic NSX layer 2 networking
- Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
- Configure and deploy NSX distributed router appliances to establish East-West connectivity
- Configure and deploy VMware® NSX Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish North-South connectivity
- Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway
- Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
- Configure NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
- Use role-based access to control user account privileges
- Use activity monitoring to determine whether a security policy is effective
- Configure service composer policiesPrerequisites:
- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certification
Prerequisites
- System administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certification
Course Outline
1 Course Introduction
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Introductions and course logistics
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Course objectives
2 VMware NSX Components for Management and Control
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Evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
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Introduction to NSX
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VMware® NSX Manager™
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NSX Controller cluster
3 Logical Switch Networks
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Ethernet fundamentals and basic NSX layer 2 networking
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VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™ overview
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Switch link aggregation
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Logical switch networks
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VMware® NSX Controller® replication
4 Routing with VMware NSX Edge Appliances
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Routing protocols primer
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NSX logical router
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NSX Edge services gateway
5 Features of the VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway
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Network address translation
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Load balancing
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High availability
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Virtual private networking
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Layer 2 VPN
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IPsec VPN
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SSL VPN-Plus
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VLAN-to-VXLAN bridging
6 VMware NSX Security
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NSX Edge firewall
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NSX distributed firewall
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Role-based access control
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NSX data endpoint
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Flow Monitoring
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Service Composer
Who Should Attend
Experienced system administrators that specialize in networking
