This 3-day course prepares you to lead VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) Global Server Load Balancing design and deployment projects by providing an understanding of general design processes, frameworks and configurations. You look at the design and deployment considerations for Global Server Load Balancing as part of an overall software-defined data center design. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) Global Server Load Balancing features and functionalities offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2 release. Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and main functions
Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Global Server Load Balancing architecture
Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features and benefits
Understand and apply a Global Server Load Balancing design framework
Deploy and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Global Server Load Balancing infrastructure
Explain and Configure Global Server Load Balancing Application components such as Global Server Load Balancing Service, Global Server Load Balancing Pools and Health Monitors with related components
Gather relevant information and perform basic troubleshooting of Global Server Load Balancing applications leveraging built-in NSX Advanced Load Balancer tooling
Describe and Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer application and infrastructure monitoring

1
  • Course Introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
    Course objectives

2
  • Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer

  • Introduce NSX Advanced Load Balancer
    Discuss NSX Advanced Load Balancer use cases and benefits
    Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
    Explain the management, control, data, and consumption planes and functions

3
  • Virtual Services Configuration Concepts

  • Explain Virtual Service components
    Explain Virtual Service types
    Explain and configure basic virtual services components such as Application Profiles, Network Profiles, Pools and Health Monitors

4
  • DNS Foundations

  • Review, discuss and explain DNS fundamentals
    Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer DNS and IPAM providers

5
  • Global Server Load Balancing

  • Introduce Global Server Load Balancing concepts and benefits
    Explain and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure
    Explain and configure DNS Virtual Service components
    Explain and configure GSLB Service Engine Group
    Describe and configure GSLB Sites
    Explain and configure basic GSLB Services, to include pools and health monitors
    Describe GSLB Service Load Balancing algorithms
    Explain and configure Data and Control Plane-based Health Monitors
    Describe GSLB Health Monitor Proxy

6
  • Global Server Load Balancing Advanced Topics

  • Explain and configure advanced GSLB service properties such as different type of pool members, Host Header and TLS SNI extensions handling within GSLB Health Monitors
    Describe EDNS Client Subnet
    Describe Geo-aware Global Server Load Balancing
    Design and configure Geo-aware Global Server Load Balancing
    Describe and leverage DNS Policies to customize client experience
    Explain and configure Topology-aware Global Server Load Balancing
    Explain and configure GSLB 3rd party sites
    Describe GSLB Health Monitor sharding
    Describe GSLB Service Engine sizing implications

7
  • Troubleshooting NSX Advanced Load Balancer GSLB Solution

  • Introduce Infrastructure and Application troubleshooting Concepts
    Describe Control Plane and Data Plane-based troubleshooting
    Describe GSLB Infrastructure troubleshooting
    Describe GSLB Services troubleshooting
    Explain Health Monitors troubleshooting
    Describe Geo-aware and Topology-based GSLB Services troubleshooting
    Explain Application Analytics and Logs
    Describe Client Logs analysis
    Leverage CLI for advanced data plane troubleshooting

8
  • Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer Solution

  • Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer Events
    Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer Alerts
    Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer monitoring capabilities leveraging SNMP, Syslog and Email

Audience

Experienced system administrators or network administrators, Network professionals who have experience working with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer and are responsible for designing or deploying Application Delivery Controllers solutionswill benefit from this course.

Language

English

Prerequisites

While there are no prerequisites for this course, please ensure you have the right level of experience to be successful in this training.

$2,775

Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)

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