VMware NSX-T Data Center Installation, Configuration, Administration

VMware Virtual Cloud Network and NSX-T Data Center

• Introduction to the VMware Virtual Cloud Network Vision
• NSX-T data center solutions: use cases and benefits
• NSX-T data center architecture and components
• VMware NSX product portfolio and features
• Management, control, data and consumption layers and features

Preparing the NSX-T data center infrastructure for deployment

• NSX management cluster
• VMware NSX Manager nodes on VMware ESXi and KVM hypervisors
• NSX Manager User Interface
• N-VDS, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles, etc.
• Set-up of the data centre infrastructure
• Transport node connectivity

Logical routing in NSX-T data center

• Routing function and use cases
• Two-tier routing architecture, topologies and components
• Tier 0 and Tier 1 gateway functions
• Router components: service routers and distributed routers
• Architecture and function of VMware NSX Edge nodes
• Deployment options for NSX Edge nodes
• NSX Edge Nodes and Creating NSX Edge Clusters
• Tier 0 and Tier 1 gateways
• Single and multi-layer packet flow
• Static routing and dynamic routing
• Enabling ECMP on Tier 0 gateway
• NSX Edge HA, error detection, and failback modes

Logical switching in NSX-T data center

• Logical switching terminology
• Function and types of L2 segments
• Tunneling and the GENEVE encapsulation
• Logical segments and connecting hosts using the NSX Manager user interface
• Segment profiles
• MAC, ARP and TEP tables for use with packet forwarding
• L2 unicast packet flow
• ARP suppression and handling BUM traffic

NSX-T data center bridging

• Logical bridging
• Use cases of logical bridging
• Routing and bridging solutions
• Components of logical bridging
• Bridge cluster and bridge profile creation

NSX-T data center security

• Security approach and the NSX-T data center security model
• Microsegmentation
• Distributed firewall architecture, components and features
• Configuration of distributed firewall sections and rules
• Gateway firewall architecture, components and features
• Configuration of distributed gateway firewall sections and rules
• URL analysis and distributed intrusion systems
• East-West and North-South security services
• Partner security solutions with NSX-T Data Center Services

NSX-T Data Center Services

• NSX-T Data Center Services
• Network Address Translation (NAT) and NAT 64
• DNS and DHCP Services
• Load balancing, topologies, components and use cases
• L4-L7 Load Balancing
• IPSec VPN and L2 VPN

NSX-T data center monitoring

• VMware NSX Intelligence
• NSX Topology User Interface
• Alarms and events

User and role management in the NSX-T data center

• VMware Identity Manager in the NSX T datacenter
• LDAP in the NSX-T data center
• User types, authentication policies and permissions
• Role-based access control to restrict user access
• Integrated roles in VMware Identity Manager and role assignment to users

NSX-T data center federation

• NSX-T Data Center Federation
• NSX-T Data Center Federation onboarding process
• NSX-T Data Center Federation switching and routing capabilities
• Security concepts and routing functions of the NSX-T Data Center Federation

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