Description

Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

Experienced security administrators or network administrators

Overview

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the architecture and main components of NSX-T Data Center
Explain the features and benefits of NSX-T Data Center
Deploy the NSX Management cluster and VMware NSX Edgeâ¢ nodes
Prepare VMware ESXiâ¢ and KVM hosts to participate in NSX-T Data Center networking
Create and configure segments for layer 2 forwarding
Create and configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways for logical routing
Use distributed and gateway firewall policies to filter east-west and north-south traffic in NSX-T Data Center
Configure Advanced Threat Prevention features
Configure network services on NSX Edge nodes
Use VMware Identity Manager and LDAP to manage users and access
Explain the use cases, importance, and architecture of Federation

This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX-T? Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 3.2 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls and advanced threat prevention, and more.

Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics

Course objectives

VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center

Introduce the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision

Discuss NSX-T Data Center solutions, use cases, and benefits

Explain NSX-T Data Center architecture and components

Describe the VMware NSXTM product portfolio and features

Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and function

Preparing the NSX-T Data Center Infrastructure

Describe NSX Management Cluster

Deploy VMware NSXTM ManagerTM nodes on VMware ESXi and KVM hypervisors

Navigate through the NSX Manager UI

Explain data-plane components such as N-VDS/VDS, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles, and more

Perform transport node preparation and establish the data center infrastructure

Verify transport node status and connectivity

NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching

Introduce key components and terminology in logical switching

Describe the function and types of L2 segments

Explain tunneling and the GENEVE encapsulation

Configure logical segments and attach hosts using NSX Manager UI

Describe the function and types of segment profiles

Create segment profiles and apply them to segments and ports

Explain the function of MAC, ARP, and TEP tables used in packet forwarding

Demonstrate L2 unicast packet flow

Explain ARP suppression and BUM traffic handling

NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing

Describe the logical routing function and use cases

Introduce the two-tier routing architecture, topologies, and components

Explain the Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateway functions

Describe the logical router components: Service Router and Distributed Router

Discuss the architecture and function of NSX Edge nodes

Discuss deployment options of NSX Edge nodes

Configure NSX Edge nodes and create NSX Edge clusters

Configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways

Examine the single-tier and multitier packet flow

Configure static routing and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF

Enable ECMP on Tier-0 Gateway

Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection, and failback modes

Configure VRF Lite

NSX-T Data Center Bridging

Describe the function of logical bridging

Discuss the logical bridging use cases

Compare routing and bridging solutions

Explain the components of logical bridging

Create bridge clusters and bridge profiles

NSX-T Data Center Firewalls

Describe NSX segmentation

Identify the steps to enforce Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation

Describe the Distributed Firewall architecture, components, and function

Configure Distributed Firewall sections and rules

Configure the Distributed Firewall on VDS

Describe the Gateway Firewall architecture, components, and function

Configure Gateway Firewall sections and rules

NSX-T Data Center Advanced Threat Prevention

Explain NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases

Configure NSX IDS/IPS

Deploy the NSX Application Platform

Identify the components and architecture of NSX Malware Prevention

Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic

Describe the use cases and architecture of NSX Intelligence

Use NSX Network Detection and Response to analyze network traffic events.

NSX-T Data Center Services

Describe NSX-T Data Center services

Explain and configure Network Address Translation (NAT)

Explain and configure DNS and DHCP services

Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer

Discuss the IPSec VPN and L2 VPN function and use cases

Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX Manager UI

NSX-T Data Center User and Role Management

Describe the function and benefits of VMware Identity Manager? in NSX-T Data Center

Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX-T Data Center

Integrate LDAP with NSX-T Data Center

Identify the various types of users, authentication policies, and permissions

Use role-based access control to restrict user access

NSX-T Data Center Federation

Introduce the NSX-T Data Center Federation key concepts, terminology, and use-cases.

Explain the onboarding process of NSX-T Data Center Federation

Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation switching and routing functions.

Describe the NSX-T Data Center Federation security concepts.

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VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2]

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