This five-day, hands-on training course provides the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX-T Data Center environment. In this course, you are introduced to workflows of various networking and security constructs along with several operational and troubleshooting tools that help you manage and troubleshoot your NSX-T Data Center environment. In addition, you are presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Use the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to the NSX-T Data Center environment
Use VMware vRealize Log Insight and VMware vRealize Network Insight to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to the NSX-T Data Center environment
Explain the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure components and the communications between them
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the management, control, and data planes in NSX-T Data Center
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to infrastructure preparation in NSX-T Data Center
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to logical switching and logical routing in NSX-T Data Center
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the NSX-T Data Center Distributed and Gateway firewalls
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to VPN and the VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center datapath and troubleshoot related problems

1

  • Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
    Course objectives
2

  • NSX-T Data Center Operations and Tools

  • Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools (dashboards, Traceflow, live traffic analysis, port mirroring) for the NSX-T Data Center environment
    Configure syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the NSX-T Data Center environment
    Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize Log Insight and vRealize Network Insight
    Validate and review the API methods available to configure the NSX-T Data Center environment
3

  • Troubleshooting the NSX Management Cluster

  • Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture, components, and communication channels
    Identify the workflows involved in configuring the NSX Management cluster
    Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management cluster formation
4

  • Troubleshooting Infrastructure Preparation

  • Describe the data plane architecture, components, and communication channels
    Explain and troubleshoot VMware ESXi™ transport node preparation issues
    Explain and troubleshoot KVM transport node preparation issues
    Explain and troubleshoot VMware NSX® Edge™ transport node preparation issue
5

  • Troubleshooting Logical Switching

  • Describe the architecture of logical switching
    List the modules and processes involved in configuring logical switching
    Explain the importance of N-VDS and VDS in transport nodes
    Describe the procedure to migrate from N-VDS to VDS
    Review the architecture and workflows involved in attaching workloads to segments
    Identify and troubleshoot common logical switching issues
6

  • Troubleshooting Logical Routing

  • Review the architecture of logical routing and NSX Edge nodes
    Explain the workflows involved in the configuration of Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways
    Explain the high availability modes and validate logical router placements
    Identify and troubleshoot common logical routing issues using both BGP and OSPF
7

  • Troubleshooting Security

  • Review the architecture of the Distributed Firewall
    Explain the workflows involved in configuring the Distributed Firewall
    Review the architecture of the Gateway Firewall
    Explain the workflows involved in configuring the Gateway Firewall
    Identify and troubleshoot common distributed firewall and Gateway Firewall issues
8

  • Troubleshooting the NSX Advanced Load Balancer and VPN Services

  • Review the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
    Identify and troubleshoot common NSX Advanced Load Balancer issues
    Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and components
    Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2 VPN issues
9

  • Datapath Walkthrough

  • Verify and validate the path of the packet on the NSX datapath (East-West and South-North)
    Identify and perform packet captures at various points in the datapath
    Use NSX CLI and native hypervisor commands to retrieve configurations involved in the NSX datapath

Audience

This course is best for experienced system administrators and network administrators, Network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks.

Language

English

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you must complete the following course: VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2] You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies: Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols Knowledge and working experience of computer networking and security, including: Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3) Network and application delivery services (L4-L7) Firewalling (L4-L7) VMware vSphere® environments The VMware Certified Professional: Network Virtualization certification is recommended.

$4,625

Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)

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