VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage

Delivery Methods Course Overview

Classroom
Live Online This comprehensive, fast-paced training course focuses on
Onsite installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX. This course
Course Duration presents VMware NSX as a part of the software-defined data
Five (5) days of instructor-led center. You will learn how to use logical switching in VMware NSX
classroom training to virtualize your switching environment. The course also details
50% lecture, 50% hands-on lab
logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between
Target Audience different virtual environments. And you will learn how to take use
Experienced system or network gateway services, firewall configurations, and security services to
administrators
help secure and optimize your VMware NSX environment.
Course Suitability
Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided
Administrator Expert
Engineer Advanced through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts
Architect Professional presented in the course.
Fundamentals
For advanced course options, go to www.vmware.com/education.
Prerequisites
Understanding of enterprise switching
and routing
Course Objectives
Knowledge of TCP/IP services
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following
Experience with firewalls and firewall
rule sets objectives:
Understanding of concepts presented
in the VMware Data Center Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
Virtualization Fundamentals course or Configure and deploy VMware NSX components for
VCA-DCV certification
management and control
Certifications Describe basic VMware NSX layer 2 networking
VMware Certified Professional Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router
For more information, go to VMware
appliances to establish east-west connectivity
Certification.
Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge services gateway
Pricing appliances to establish north-south connectivity
Contact your VMware representative Configure VMware NSX L2 bridging
or a VMware Authorized Training
Center for pricing information. Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services
gateway
More Information
Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict
Courses are conveniently scheduled
around the world. Go to VMware
Education to find the class that is right network traffic
for you. Configure Service Composer policies
Configure an identity-aware firewall
Describe VMware NSX data security
Use the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature

Education Services Datasheet

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Course Modules
1 Course Introduction 7 NSX Edge Gateway Services
Introductions and course logistics Describe network address translation
Course objectives Describe load balancing
Describe high availability
Describe virtual private networking
Configure L2 VPN
Configure IPsec VPN
Configure SSL VPN-Plus

2 Software-Defined Data Center 8 VMware NSX Firewall and Security Services

Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center Describe the NSX Edge firewall
Describe VMware vSphere Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
Describe VMware NSX Describe VMware NSX data security
Describe the Service Composer
Describe the identity-aware firewall

3 Management and Control Plane Components 9 Cross-vCenter VMware NSX

Understand the management, control, and data planes Understand the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
Describe VMware NSX Manager Identify the benefits of the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
Describe the VMware NSX Controller cluster Configure the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
Discuss the deployment models for cross-vCenter VMware
NSX

4 Logical Switch Networks

Describe Ethernet fundamentals
Describe VMware vSphere Distributed Switch
Describe switch link aggregation
Describe VLAN
Describe VXLAN logical switch networks
Describe VMware NSX Controller replication

5 VMware NSX Logical Routing

Discuss routing protocols
Describe the VMware NSX logical router
Describe the NSX Edge services gateway

6 VMware NSX L2 Bridging

Understand L2 bridging and use cases
Describe L2 software bridging
Describe L2 hardware bridging

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VMware SKU: EDU-NSXICM62-OE Rev. 11/2015