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

The NSX-T Data Center provides a premium level, and dedicated course on the Data Center modules. Learn all the basics, nooks, tricks, and techniques to manage and organize the Data Center.

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Course Overview

The NSX-T Data Center provides a premium level, and dedicated course on the Data Center modules.

Learn all the basics, nooks, tricks, and techniques to manage and organize the Data Center.

This VMware Data Center module consists of data center lectures, showcasing the live data centers, and making them accessible remotely.

This course trains you to manage, install and configure the VMware NSX-T Data Center environment with ease.

The entire training is focused on making you familiar with all the functions and features that a data center would possess.

The course imparts the teachings on overall infrastructure, logical segments, logical routers, networking and security services, micro-segmentation, and firewalls.

You are given live access to the data center systems to perform hands-on experiments.

Mode of Training

🏫 Classroom 💻 Live Online 🧪 Blended 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Private Group

What you will learn

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� Edge� nodes
Prepare VMware ESXi� 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

Who Should Attend This Course?

Experienced security administrators or network administrators

Prerequisites

Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
Knowledge and working experience in computer networking, including switching and routing technologies (L2-L3) and L2-L7 firewall
Knowledge and working experience with VMware vSphere® environments
Knowledge and working experience with Kubernetes or vSphere with VMware Tanzu™ environments
Solid understanding of concepts presented in the following courses: VMware Virtual Cloud Network: Core Technical Skills, VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills, Kubernetes Fundamentals

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

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.