Yleiskatsaus

Tavoitteet

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
•  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
•  Describe advanced networking products and features that are relevant to NSX
•  Configure and deploy the NSX distributed router to optimize east-west data center traffic flows
•  Configure and deploy VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway appliances
•  Explore advanced routing designs that optimize north-south traffic flows
•  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
•  Design an NSX solution that considers rack design and advanced networking capabilities

Certifications
This course prepares you for the following certification:
•  VCP6-NV

Sisältö

1. Course Introduction
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives
2. Evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
   • Evolution of the software-defined data center
   • Introduction to vSphere
   • Introduction to network virtualization
   • vSphere networking
3. Management and Control Components
   • VMware NSX® Manager™
   • VMware NSX® Controller™ clusters
4. Integrating vSphere and Physical Networking
   • Virtual and physical network integration
   • NSX preparation
5. NSX Logical Networking and VXLAN
   • VXLAN overview and NSX switching
   • NSX replication modes and frame walk
6. NSX Logical Routing
   • IP routing fundamentals
   • Overview of routing protocols
   • Distributed logical router
   • Edge gateway routing
7. NSX Layer 2 Bridging
   • NSX software bridging
   • Distributed logical router and bridging
   • Bridging packet flow
   • Bridging use case and examples
   • Hardware bridging
8. Additional Edge Gateway Services
   • Network address translation
   • Network load balancing
   • Virtual private networking
   • Edge services gateway high availability
9. NSX Firewall and Security Services
   • NSX security overview
   • NSX Edge firewall
   • NSX distributed firewall
   • NSX identity-based firewall
   • Service Composer
   • Data security and activity monitoring
   • NSX data security
10. NSX Operations and Monitoring Tools
    • Backup and availability
    • Role-based access control
    • Monitoring tools
    • Flow monitoring
11. Multi-vCenter NSX
    • Introduction to multi-vCenter NSX
    • Multi-vCenter NSX deployment models
12. VMware NSX and Design
    • NSX designs: infrastructure
    • NSX designs: advanced network protocols

Kohdeyleisö

Experienced system administrators who specialize in networking

Esivaatimukset

• System administration experience with 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 physical networking infrastructure