This 5-day comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on installing,configuring, and managing VMware NSX. This course addresses NSX as a part of the software-defined data center, implementation use cases and features of NSX,and functionality operating at layer 2 through layer 7 of the OSI model. Datacenter network architectures are examined to demonstrate how NSX intersect swith and virtualizes functions of a Cisco-based infrastructure in spine-leaf and traditional core-aggregate-access architectures. Lecture and hands-on lab activities support your understanding of NSX features, functionality, and ongoing management and control.

Experienced system administrators who specialize in networking

• Describe the software-defined data center
• Describe how NSX is the next step in the evolution of the software-defined datacenter
• Describe features and benefits of NSX network virtualization
• Identify prerequisites for NSX
• Configure and deploy NSX management, control, and data plane components
• Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
• Describe advanced networking products and features that are relevant to NSX
• Configure and deploy the NSX distributed router to optimize east-west datacenter traffic flows
• Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge™ services gateway appliances
• Explore advanced routing designs that optimize north-south traffic flows
• Configure and use NSX virtual private networks
• Configure and use logical load balancing
• Configure NSX Edge firewall and distributed firewall policy rules
• Configure Service Composer security groups and policies
• Use role-based access to control user account privileges
• Use activity monitoring to validate and create security policies
• Design an NSX solution that considers rack design and advanced networking capabilities

• System administration experience with Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems
• Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course for VCA-DCV certification
• A solid background in a Cisco-based infrastructure or physical networking infrastructure

1  Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics

• Course objectives

2  Evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center

            • Evolution of the software-defined data center

• Introduction to vSphere

• Introduction to network virtualization

• vSphere networking

3  Management and Control Components

• VMware NSX Manager™

• VMware NSX Controller™ clusters

4  Integrating vSphere and Physical Networking

• Virtual and physical network integration

• NSX preparation

5  NSX Logical Networking and VXLAN

• VXLAN overview and NSX switching

• NSX replication modes and frame walk

6  NSX Logical Routing

• IP routing fundamentals

• Overview of routing protocols

• Distributed logical router

• Edge gateway routing

7  NSX Layer 2 Bridging

• NSX software bridging

• Distributed logical router and bridging

• Bridging packet flow

• Bridging use case and examples

• Hardware bridging

8  Additional Edge Gateway Services

• Network address translation

• Network load balancing

• Virtual private networking

• Edge services gateway high availability

9  NSX Firewall and Security Services

• NSX security overview

• NSX Edge firewall

• NSX distributed firewall

• NSX identity-based firewall

• Service Composer

• Data security and activity monitoring

• NSX data security

10  NSX Operations and Monitoring Tools

• Backup and availability

• Role-based access control

• Monitoring tools

• Flow monitoring

11  Multi-vCenter NSX

• Introduction to multi-vCenter NSX

• Multi-vCenter NSX deployment models

12  VMware NSX and Design

• NSX designs: infrastructure

• NSX designs: advanced network protocols