Course Details
In this course, you will learn about 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.
Course 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 Agenda
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Routing with VMware NSX Edge Appliances
- Routing protocols primer
- NSX logical router
- NSX Edge services gateway
3. VMware NSX Components for Management and Control
- Evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
- Introduction to NSX
- VMware NSX Manager™
- NSX Controller cluster
4. Features of the VMware NSX Edge Services Gateway
- Network address translation
- Load balancing
- High availability
- Virtual private networking
- Layer 2 VPN
- IPsec VPN
- SSL VPN-Plus
- VLAN-to-VXLAN bridging
5. Logical Switch Networks
- Ethernet fundamentals and basic NSX Layer 2 networking
- VMware vSphere© Distributed Switch™ overview
- Switch link aggregation
- Logical switch networks
- VMware NSX Controller© replication
6. VMware NSX Security
- NSX Edge firewall
- NSX distributed firewall
- Role-based access control
- NSX data endpoint