VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage plus Troubleshooting & Operations Fast Track (NSXICMTOFT)

Detailed Course Outline

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Identify additional resources

Software-Defined Data Center

• Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
• Describe VMware vSphere
• Describe VMware NSX

Management and Control Plane Components

• Understand the management, control, and data planes
• Describe VMware NSX® Manager™
• Describe the VMware NSX® Controller™ cluster

Logical Switch Networks

• Describe Ethernet fundamentals
• Describe VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
• Describe switch link aggregation
• Describe VLAN
• Describe VXLAN logical switch networks
• Describe VMware NSX Controller replication

VMware NSX Logical Routing

• Discuss routing protocols
• Describe the VMware NSX logical router
• Describe the NSX Edge services gateway

NSX Edge Gateway Services

• Describe network address translation
• Describe load balancing
• Describe high availability
• Describe virtual private networking
• Configure L2 VPN
• Configure SSL VPN Plus

VMware NSX Firewall and Security Services

• Describe the NSX Edge firewall
• Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
• Describe VMware NSX data security
• Describe the Service Composer
• Describe the identity-aware firewall

Cross vCenter VMware NSX

• Understand and identify the benefits of the cross- vCenter VMware NSX feature
• Configure the cross-vCenter VMware NSX
• Discuss the deployment models for cross-vCenter
• VMware NSX

Troubleshooting Methodology

• Develop a structured troubleshooting approach
• Differentiate between symptoms and root causes
• Identify and isolate problems residing in various areas
• Apply an appropriate methodology and procedure to troubleshooting

Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Infrastructure

• Describe the NSX infrastructure and component communications
• Discuss common VMware NSX® Controller™ deployment problems
• Troubleshoot host preparation problems
• Troubleshoot management and control plane sync
• Introduce the NSX central CLI

Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Switches

• Describe the VXLAN architecture
• Create logical switches
• Troubleshoot the logical switch control plane and the data plane
• Use the central CLI to troubleshoot logical switch problems

Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Routers

• Describe the NSX logical routing architecture
• Understand logical routing prerequisites
• Gather logical routing information for operations and troubleshooting
• Explain the logical routing subsystem requirements
• Use the CLI to troubleshoot problems related to the controller and the control VM
• Troubleshoot routing subsystem component failures
• Use tools such as logs and packet capture to identify and solve routing problems

Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Security Services

• Discuss the NSX distributed firewall components and communication channels
• Validate and troubleshoot distributed firewall configurations

Additional NSX Operational Tools

• Discuss NSX operational requirements and tools overview
• Introduce vRealize Network Insight
• Introduce vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for VMware NSX