1 Course Introduction
• Introductions and course logistics
• Course
objectives
2 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 the management, control, data, and consumption
planes and their functions.
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 NSX 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
8 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.
9 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 the IPSec VPN
and L2 VPN function and use cases
• Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using
the NSX UI
10 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 the various types of users,
authentication policies, and permissions
• Use role-based access control to
restrict user access
• Explain object-based access control in NSX
11 NSX Federation
• Introduce the NSX Federation key concepts,
terminology, and use cases.
• Explain the onboarding process of NSX
Federation
• Describe the NSX Federation switching and routing
functions.
• Describe the NSX Federation security
concepts.
