Course Overview

This five-day hands-on training course provides you with 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.

In addition, you are presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Product Alignment

  • NSX-T Data Center 3.0

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Use the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to 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 the following problems related to the NSX-T Data Center: Management, control, data planes, infrastructure preparation
  • Logical switching and logical routing
  • 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 load balancer services
  • Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center datapath and troubleshoot various problems that could occur in the datapath

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Key Features

  • Our training modules have 50% -60% hands-on lab sessions to encourage Thinking-Based Learning (TBL).
  • Interactive-rich virtual and face-to-face classroom teaching to inculcate Problem-Based Learning (PBL).
  • VMware certified instructor-led training and mentoring sessions to develop Competency-Based Learning (CBL).
  • Well-structured use-cases to simulate challenges encountered in a Real-World environment.
  • Integrated teaching assistance and support through experts designed Learning Management System (LMS) and ExamReady platform.
  • Being a VMware Authorized Training Reseller, we offer authored curriculum that are at par with industry standards.

Who Should Attend

  • Experienced system administrators and network administrators.
  • Network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0] course.

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

  • Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols.

    Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including:


  • Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3)
  • Network and application delivery services (L4-L7)
  • Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments and KVM-based environments

    • The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (2020) certification is recommended.

    Course Outline Download Course Outline

    • Introductions and course logistics
    • Course objectives

    • Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools (dashboards, traceflow, 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 APIs methods available to configure the NSX-T Data Center environment

    • 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

    • 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 issues

    • Understand 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
    • Review the architecture and workflows involved in configuring
    • Identify and troubleshoot common logical switching issues

    • 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 HA modes and logical router placements
    • Identify and troubleshoot common logical routing issues

    • 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

    • Review load balancer architecture and components
    • Identify and troubleshoot common load balancing issues
    • Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and components
    • Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2 VPN issues

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

    Certification

      • By earning this certification, you gain knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX-T™ Data Center environment.
      • You Learn workflows of various networking and security constructs with tools that help to manage and troubleshoot NSX-T Data Center.
      • This course enables you on key NSX-T Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX-T Data Center 3.0 release.
      • On successful completion of this training aspirants receive a Course Completion Certificate from us.
      • By successfully clearing the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.0] exam, aspirants earn VMware Certification.

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