VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Networking with NSX-T Data Center [V10.2]

Service providers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

•  Understand NSX-T Data Center and the VMware Cloud Director fundamentals

•  List the various NSX-T Data Center components

•  List the use cases and topologies of VMware Cloud Director networks

•  Discuss the VMware Cloud Director provider networking configuration

•  Discuss the VMware Cloud Director tenant networking configuration

•  Discuss the Data Center Group network

•  Discuss VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ and its components

•  Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer configuration and the integration with VMware Cloud Director

•  Enable a layer 2 stretched network that spans across multiple VMware Cloud organization VDCs

•  Showcase the importance of the VMware Cloud Director Migration Tool and its functionality

•  Manage resources from the VMWare Cloud Director console and use VMware vRealize Operations

   Manager™ and vRealize Tenant App

Completion of the following courses and equivalent knowledge is required:

•  VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage

•  VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage

•  Strong knowledge on NSX Data Center for vSphere

•  Strong understanding in NSX Advanced Load Balancer

The following experience is helpful:

•  Working at the Linux command line

•  Substantial knowledge of general networking concepts

1  Course Introduction

•  Introductions and course logistics

•  Course objectives

2  VMware Cloud Director and NSX-T Data Center Fundamentals

•  Explain NSX-T Data Center and its architecture

•  Discuss various NSX-T Data Center components

•  Discuss cluster design for NSX-T Data Center

•  Deployment methods for NSX-T Data Center Edge nodes

•  Discuss VRF Lite feature

•  Describe NSX-T Data Center objects and their creation methods

•  Comparing the NSX-T Data Center and NSX Data Center for vSphere functionality

•  List the various requirement and maximum configuration details

•  Explain Cloud Director and its architecture

•  Discuss Cloud Director pre-requisites and deployment

•  Discuss the use cases and features of VMware Cloud Director

•  Discuss the VMware Validated Designs for Cloud Providers

3  Provider Configuration

•  Discuss the integration of vCenter Server with VMware Cloud Director

•  Discuss the integration of NSX-T Data Center with VMware Cloud Director

•  Explain the Geneve network pool

•  Describe the types of provider network and their use cases

•  Discuss the edge gateway and its services

•  Discuss the external network with the Tier-0 gateway

•  Understand the external network with VRF

•  Compare the Tier-0 gateway and the VRF supported external gateway

•  Discuss the dedicated external network

•  Explain distributed routing

•  Discuss the BGP configuration in NSX-T Data Center

•  Discuss the shared and dedicated external network topologies

4  Tenant Configuration

•  Discuss the various types of organization VDC networks and their use cases

•  Explain vApp networks and their use cases

•  Discuss the different organization VDC networks topology

•  Understand the configuration requirements for each organization VDC network

•  Differentiate between the imported and direct organization VDC networks

•  Explain the imported organization VDC network topology

•  Explain the edges services available for each type of organization VDC network

•  Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT

•  Discuss IP Allocation Pools

•  Discuss Security Groups

•  Identify the Security Group objects in NSX-T Data Center

5  Cross VDC Networking Using NSX-T Data Center

•  Explain Data Center Groups and their use cases

•  Define compute provider scope and network provider scope

•  Configure cross-VDC networking and L2 stretched networks

•  Manage participating VDCs in a data center group

•  Add a data center group edge gateway to a data center group

•  Configure the distributed firewall for a data center group

6  NSX Advanced Load Balancer

•  Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and its main functions

•  Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features, benefits, and its use cases

•  Discuss NSX-T Cloud and its configuration requirements

•  Integrate NSX Advanced Load Balancer with NSX-T Data Center

•  Explain Service Engine Groups and types

•  Discuss Virtual Service and its configuration

•  Integrate NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Cloud Director

•  Understand and apply a load balancing design framework

•  Monitor NSX Advanced Load Balancer

7  VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director

•  Understand the use cases and purpose of the NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director

•  Discuss the supported topology and compatibility matrix

•  Understand the supported features

•  Understand the environmental prerequisites

•  Discuss how to prepare the edge cluster for bridging and use for migration

•  Build the userInput.yml file by providing the environment details

•  Perform a Precheck

•  Discuss error handling after Precheck

•  Perform the actual migration

•  Discuss troubleshooting tips and solutions

8  Monitoring and Billing VMware Cloud Director Networking

•  Discuss the methods to manage and monitor networking objects from the VMware Cloud Director portal

•  Understand vRealize Operations Manager and the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App overview

•  Discuss how to monitor VMware Cloud Director networking objects using vRealize Operations Manager

   and vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App

•  Create a policy and generate customer bills

•  Enable the tenant application plug-in for VMware Cloud Director

•  Describe the usage of Usage Meter with VMware Cloud Director