Duration
5 Days
30 CPD hours
This course is intended for
Experienced system administrators and network administrators
Overview
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture
Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and main functions
Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features and benefits
Deploy and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure within private or public clouds using Write and No-Access Cloud Connectors
Explain, deploy, and configure Service Engines
Explain and configure local load balancing constructs such as virtual services, pools, health monitors, and related components
Explain and configure advanced virtual services and related concepts such as Subject Name Indication, Enhanced Virtual Hosting, and authentication of virtual services
Explain and modify application behavior through profiles, policies, and DataScripts
Describe Central licensing management using VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Enterprise with Cloud services (formerly Avi Pulse)
Explain how to configure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Configure advanced services such as global server load balancing
Describe how to use NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API interfaces and related automation capabilities
Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer application and infrastructure monitoring
Gather relevant information and perform basic troubleshooting of applications that use built-in NSX Advanced Load Balancer tooling
Identify the key features of VMware NSX Network Detection and Response
This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) solution. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) features and functionality offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 21.x release. Features include the overall infrastructure, virtual services, application components, global server load balancing, various cloud connectors, application troubleshooting, and solution monitoring. Hands-on labs provide access to a software-defined data center environment to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.
Course Introduction
Introduction and course logistics
Course objectives
Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits
Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and their respective functions
Virtual Services Configuration Concepts
Explain virtual service components
Explain virtual service types
Explain and configure basic virtual service components such as application profiles and network profiles
Virtual Services Configuration Advanced Concepts
Explain the virtual service advanced components such as Wildcard VIP, Server Name Identification (SNI), and Enhanced Virtual Hosting (EVH)
Explain the concept of virtual service VIP Sharing
Explain different authentication mechanisms used for a virtual service such as LDAP, SAML, JSON Web Token, and OAUTH
Profiles and Policies
Explain application profiles and types such as L4, DNS, Syslog, HTTP, and VMware Horizon VDI
Explain and configure advanced application HTTP profile options
Describe network profiles and types
Explain and configure SSL profiles and certificates
Explain and configure HTTP, network, and DNS policies
Pools Configuration Concepts
Explain pools configuration options
Describe the available load balancing algorithms
Explain multiple health monitor types
Explain multiple Persistence profiles
Explain and configure pool groups
Modifying Application Behavior
Design and apply application solutions by using application profiles
Design and apply application solutions by using network, HTTP policies, and DataScripts
Explain DataScript fundamentals
Explain and use NSX Advanced Load Balancer analytics to understand application behavior
Describe and configure client SSL certificate validation
Describe and configure virtual service DDoS, Rate limiting, and Throttling capabilities
Modify network profile properties such as TCP connection properties
Design and apply application solutions by using Persistence profiles
NSX Advanced Load Balancer Infrastructure Architecture
Explain management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions
Describe control plane clustering and high availability
Describe controller sizing and process sharing
Describe Service Engine CPU and NIC architecture
Explain tenants
Configure properties of Service Engine groups
Explain Service Engine group high availability modes
Describe and configure active-standby high availability mode
Explain Service Engine placement in multiple availability zones for public clouds
Describe and configure elastic HA high availability mode (Active-Active, N+M)
Explain Service Engine failure detection and self-healing
Describe Service Engine as a router
Explain virtual service scale-out options such as Layer 2 (Native), Layer 3 (BGP), and DNS-based
Describe how to upgrade NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Introduction to Cloud Connector
Explain cloud connectors
Review cloud connector integration modes
List cloud connector types
Review the different Service Engine image types in different ecosystems
Installing, Configuring, and Managing NSX Advanced Load Balancer in No-Orchestrator Cloud
Explain No-Access cloud concepts
Configure No-Access cloud integration on bare metal
Explain and configure Linux Server Cloud
Explain and configure VMware No Orchestrator
Describe the advanced configuration options available in bare metal (Linux Server Cloud)
Installing, Configuring, and Managing NSX Advanced Load Balancer in VMware Environment: Cloud Configuration
Introduce VMware integration options
Explain and configure VMware Write Access Cloud Connector
Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration options in a VMware NSX environment
Explain and configure NSX Cloud Connector for Overlay and VLAN-backed segments
AWS Cloud Configuration
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud integrations
Explain different AWS components
Explain and demonstrate AWS public cloud integration
Deploy VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in AWS Cloud
Review Multi-AZ Support for virtual services in AWS cloud
GCP Cloud Configuration
Explain different GCP components
Explain and demonstrate GCP public cloud integration
Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in GCP cloud
Azure Cloud Configuration
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud integrations
Explain different Microsoft Azure components
Explain and demonstrate Azure public cloud integration
Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer Controller, SEs, and virtual services in Azure Cloud
NSX Advanced Load Balancer Enterprise with Cloud Services (Avi Pulse)
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer public cloud services
Explain different features of NSX Advanced Load Balancer Cloud Services
Register the controller with Cloud Services
DNS Foundations
Review, discuss, and explain DNS fundamentals
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer DNS and IPAM providers
Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
Introduce Global Server load balancing concepts and benefits
Explain and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure
Explain and configure the DNS Virtual Service components
Explain and configure GSLB Service Engine Group
Describe and configure GSLB sites
Explain and configure basic GSLB services to include pools and health monitors
Describe GSLB Server Load Balancing algorithms
Explain and configure health monitors based on data plane and control plane
Describe GSLB Health Monitor Proxy
Explain GSLB Site-Cookie Persistence
Explain the different GSLB replication methods
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Introduce local authentication in NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Introduce remote authentication in NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Review the different types of remote authentication
Explain granular RBAC using labels
NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Troubleshooting
Introduce infrastructure and application troubleshooting concepts
Describe troubleshooting based on control plane and data plane
Explain application analytics and logs
Describe client logs analysis
Explain headers troubleshooting and packet capture mechanism
Describe how to use CLI for detailed data plane troubleshooting
Explain Service Engine logs
Explain health monitors troubleshooting
Explain BGP session troubleshooting
Describe control plane troubleshooting, clustering, and cloud connector issues
Events and Alerts
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer events
Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer alerts
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer monitoring capabilities with SNMP, Syslog, and Email
Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer Rest API
Introduce the NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API interface
Describe REST API Object Schema
Explain and interact with REST API interface with