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This comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX™. This course covers NSX as a part of the software-defined data center platform, implementation use cases along with features of NSX, and functionality operating at Layer 2 through Layer 7 of the OSI model.

Data center network architectures are examined to demonstrate how NSX intersects with and virtualizes functions of a Cisco-based infrastructure in spine-leaf and traditional core-aggregate-access architectures. Lecture and hands-on lab activities support the student’s understanding of NSX features, functionality, and on-going management and control.

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Tavoitteet

• Describe the software-defined data center
• Describe how NSX is the next step in the evolution of the software-defined data center
• Describe features and benefits of NSX network virtualization
• Identify prerequisites for NSX
• Configure and deploy NSX management, control, and data plane components
• Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
• Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks in a UCS environment
• Describe the Cisco Nexus and UCS products and features that are relevant to NSX
• Configure and deploy NSX distributed router to optimize East-West data center traffic flows
• Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge™ services gateway appliances
• Configure and use NSX virtual private networks
• Configure and use logical load balancing
• Configure NSX Edge Firewall and Distributed Firewall policy rules
• Configure Service Composer security groups and policies
• Use role-based access to control user account privileges
• Use activity monitoring to validate and create security policies
• Describe how VMware vRealize™ Automation and NSX enable automated provisioning of IT services and
networks
• Design a NSX solution with Cisco Nexus and Cisco UCS

Sisältö

1. Course Introduction
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives
2. Software-Defined Data Center
   • Describe the software-defined data center concepts
   • Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
   • Discuss VMware vSphere® virtualization
   • Describe network virtualization
3. vSphere Networking Fundamentals
   • Describe vSphere virtual networking
   • Describe vSphere distributed switches
4. Management and Control Planes
   • Describe the role of VMware NSX Manager™ and VMware NSX Controller™
   • Identify NSX Controller clustering best practices
   • Deploy the NSX Manager instance and the NSX Controller cluster
5. Logical Switch Networks
   • Describe VXLAN protocol
   • Identify VTEP functions
   • Describe how NSX logical switches process Broadcast, Unknown  unicast, and Multicast  traffic
   • Describe ARP suppression
   • Compare unicast, multicast, and hybrid controller replication modes
6. Nexus and UCS Architecture
   • Describe a Cisco Nexus switching architecture
   • Identify a Cisco UCS connectivity architecture
   • Describe Cisco UCS profiles
7. Distributed Logical Router
   • Describe the role of the NSX logical router and NSX Edge gateway
   • Diagram East-West and North-South traffic flows
   • Describe the distributed logical router
   • Describe the distributed logical router control virtual machine
8. NSX Edge Routing and High Availability
   • Describe the features of the NSX Edge services gateway
   • Configure static and dynamic routing on NSX Edge
   • Describe NSX Edge network address translation operation
   • Describe NSX Edge one-arm and inline load balancing
   • Compare NSX Edge high availability modes
   • Scale and place NSX Edge appliances
9. Virtual Private Networks
   • Identify NSX VPN use cases
   • Configure site-to-site IPsec VPNs
   • Configure SSL VPNs for remote access
   • Configure Layer 2 VPN
10. Layer 2 Bridging
    • Describe Layer 2 bridging between VXLAN and VLAN
    • Describe the traffic flow between VXLAN and VLAN
11. NSX Security
    • Describe microsegmentation
    • Compare NSX Edge and NSX Distributed Firewalls to traditional firewalls
    • Configure NSX firewall policies
    • Extend the functionality of NSX with Service Composer
    • Configure security groups and security policies with Service Composer
12. Operations
    • Implement NSX role-based access control
    • Analyze NSX flow monitoring data
    • Create or modify firewall rules from NSX flow monitoring data
13. Automation
    • Describe VMware vRealize™ Orchestrator™
    • Describe the vRealize Automation capabilities
    • Describe how vRealize Automation and NSX interact
14. Extensibility and Design
    • Describe VMware NSX API™
    • Identify the NSX and Cisco design options

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Experienced system administrators that specialize in networking

Esivaatimukset

•  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.
•  A solid background in a Cisco-based infrastructure or NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.1].