Course Overview
This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX-T™ Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 2.4 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical segments, logical routers, networking and security services, micro-segmentation and firewalls, and so on.
Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.
Product Alignment
- NSX-T Data Center 2.4
Who should attend
Experienced system administrators or network administrators
Prerequisites
- Good understanding of TCP/IP services
- Working experience of enterprise switching and routing
- Good understanding of network security and working experience with firewalls
- Solid understanding of concepts presented in the following courses:
- VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals
- VMware Introduction to Network Virtualization with NSX
- VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe VMware Virtual Cloud Network and the NSX-T Data Center architecture
- Describe the NSX-T Data Center components and main functions
- Explain the NSX-T Data Center key features and benefits
- Deploy and configure NSX-T Data Center infrastructure
- Configure layer 2 logical segmenting and bridging
- Explain the tiered routing architecture and configure logical routers
- Configure advanced services such as VPN and load balancing
- Explain the NSX-T Data Center security model with micro-segmentation
- Configure distributed and edge firewall to protect east-west and north-south traffic
- Explain advanced security enforcement with partner service insertion
- Gather relevant information and perform basic troubleshooting
Course Content
- NSX-T Data Center Introduction
- VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center Overview
- NSX-T Data Center Infrastructure Deployment
- NSX-T Data Center Logical Segment
- NSX-T Data Center Logical Bridging
- NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing
- NSX-T Data Center Advanced Services
- NSX-T Data Center Security
- User and Role Management
- NSX-T Data Center Basic Troubleshooting