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 3.0 release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, micro-segmentation and firewalls, and more.

Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.

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 switching and bridging ·

Explain the tiered routing architecture and configure gateways· Configure advanced services such as VPN and load balancing ·

Describe the NSX-T Data Center security model with micro-segmentation ·

Configure Distributed Firewall and Gateway Firewall to protect east-west and north-south traffic ·

Explain advanced security enforcement with URL analysis, IDS, and partner service insertion ·

Integrate VMware Identity ManagerTM or LDAP with NSX-T Data Center and configure role-based access control

• Describe NSX-T Data Center Federation use-cases and architecture for switching, routing, and

Target Audience

• Experienced system administrators or network administrators

Prerequisites

• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and network security and working experience with firewalls
• Working experience with enterprise switching and routing

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 Delivery Options

• Classroom
• Live Online
• Onsite

Product Alignment

• NSX-T Data Center 3.0