- 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 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
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
Module 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
Module 3: Networking Fundamentals
- Describe Ethernet switching fundamentals
- Describe the vSphere virtual networking
- Describe the vSphere distributed switches
- Identify the data center network topologies that are optimized for network virtualization
Module 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
Module 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
Module 6: Distributed Logical Router
- Identify supported dynamic routing protocols
- 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
Module 7: 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
Module 8: Virtual Private Networks
- Identify NSX VPN use cases
- Configure site-to-site IPsec VPNs
- Configure SSL VPNs for remote access
- Configure Layer 2 VPN
Module 9: Layer 2 Bridging
- Describe Layer 2 bridging between VXLAN and VLAN
- Describe the traffic flow between VXLAN and VLAN
Module 10: 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
Module 11: Operations
- Implement NSX role-based access control
- Analyze NSX flow monitoring data
- Create or modify firewall rules from NSX flow monitoring data
Module 12: Automation
- Describe VMware vRealize™ Orchestrator™
- Describe the vRealize Automation capabilities
- Describe how vRealize Automation and NSX interact
Experienced system administrators that specialize in networking.
- 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