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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

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

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