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This advanced course prepares participants to install, configure, and administer VMware NSX 4.0 for network virtualisation and security. They gain practical skills in managing NSX infrastructure, configuring networking services, and implementing micro-segmentation to protect workloads across data centres.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Deploy and manage the NSX Manager and its components

  • Configure logical switching, routing, and edge services

  • Implement distributed firewalls and advanced security policies

  • Monitor and troubleshoot the NSX environment

  • Integrate NSX with vSphere and other VMware products

Key Topics:

  • NSX architecture and deployment options

  • Logical networking and gateway configuration

  • Distributed firewall and security policies

  • NSX operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting

  • Integration with vCenter and vRealize tools

Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Overview of modules and course objectives

 

VMware Virtual Cloud Network and VMware NSX

• Introduce the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision

• Describe the NSX product portfolio

• Discuss NSX features, use cases, and benefits

• Explain NSX architecture and components

• Explain management, control, data, and consumption planes and their functions

 

Preparing the NSX Infrastructure

• Deploy VMware NSX® ManagerTM nodes on ESXi hypervisors

• Navigate through the NSX UI

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

• Perform transport node preparation and configure the data plane infrastructure

• Verify transport node status and connectivity

• Explain DPU-based acceleration in NSX

• Install NSX using DPUs

 

NSX 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 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 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 single-tier and multitier packet flows

• Configure static routing and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF

• Enable ECMP on a Tier-0 gateway

• Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection, and failback modes

• Configure VRF Lite

 

NSX 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

• Configure Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways

 

NSX Firewalls

• Describe NSX segmentation

• Identify the steps to enforce zerorust 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 Advanced Threat Prevention

• Explain NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases

• Configure NSX IDS/IPS

• Deploy 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 VMware NSX® Intelligence™

• Identify the components and architecture of VMware NSX® Network Detection and Response™

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

 

NSX Services

• Explain and configure Network Address Translation (NAT)

• Explain and configure DNS and DHCP services

• Describe VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ architecture, components, topologies, and use cases

• Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer

• Discuss IPSec VPN and L2 VPN function and use cases

• Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX UI

 

NSX User and Role Management

• Describe the function and benefits of VMware Identity Manager™ in NSX

• Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX

• Integrate LDAP with NSX

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

• Use role-based access control to restrict user access

• Explain object-based access control in NSX

 

NSX Federation

• Introduce NSX Federation key concepts, terminology, and use cases

• Explain the onboarding process of NSX Federation

• Describe NSX Federation switching and routing functions

• Describe NSX Federation security concepts

• Use Role-Based Access Control to restrict user access

• Explain the built-in roles in VMware Identity Manager and role assignment to users

*Important Note : Fees are subject to Singapore's prevailing Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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