Description
Duration: 5 Days
During this five-day boot camp, students will learn how to use logical switching in NSX to virtualize your switching environment. This boot camp will also detail logical routing to enable the student to route between different virtual environments. How to use gateway services, firewall configurations, and security services to secure and optimize an NSX environment.
Upon completion of this Boot Camp, Students will be able to:
- Configure and deploy NSX components for management and control
- Describe basic NSX layer 2 networking
- Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
- Configure and deploy NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity
- Configure and deploy VMware NSX Edge services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity
- Configure NSX L2 bridging
- Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway
- Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
- Configure NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
- Configure service Composer Policies
- Configure an identity-aware firewall
- Describe NSX data security
- Use the cross-vCenter NSX feature
This course is intended for:
- Experienced System Administrators
- Experienced system Network Administrators
*****To gain the VMware NSX certification, students must take and pass VMware Certified Professional 6- Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV) *****
Prerequisites
Previous experience or knowledge of the following is recommended before taking this boot camp:
- Understanding of enterprise switching and routing
- Knowledge of TCP/IP services
- Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets
- Understanding of concepts of VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals
- Understanding of the concepts presented in the VMware Introduction to Network Virtualization with NSX
What’s included?
- Authorized Courseware
- Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
- Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
- Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
- Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
- Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation
With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Code Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Code Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.
Methods
- Instructor-Led (the best training format we offer)
- Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor-Led
- Self-Paced Video
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1/27/2025 | 1/31/2025 | ||||
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6/23/2025 | 6/27/2025 | ||||
7/14/2025 | 7/18/2025 | ||||
8/4/2025 | 8/8/2025 | ||||
8/25/2025 | 8/29/2025 | ||||
9/15/2025 | 9/19/2025 | ||||
10/6/2025 | 10/10/2025 | ||||
10/27/2025 | 10/31/2025 | ||||
11/17/2025 | 11/21/2025 | ||||
12/8/2025 | 12/12/2025 | ||||
12/29/2025 | 1/2/2026 |
Curriculum
Module 1: Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Describe VMware vSphere networking components
- Describe vSphere standard switches
- Describe vSphere distributed switches
Module 2: Introduction to NSX
- Describe the benefits of NSX
- Identify NSX key use cases
Module 3: NSX Architecture
- Describe the NSX architecture
- Describe the cloud management, management, control, and data planes of NSX
- Identify the component interactions
- Describe the VMware NSX Controller cluster and its functions
- Explain the NSX Controller workload distribution
Module 4: NSX Infrastructure Preparation
- Explain the steps required for an NSX installation
- Describe what is involved in planning an NSX deployment
- Describe NSX Controller cluster and deployment
- Describe NSX Controller cluster high availability and load distribution
- Explain how to deploy and configure the NSX Controller cluster
- Explain the workflow involved in host preparation
Module 5: NSX Logical Switch Networks
- Explain transport zones, VXLANs, and VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs)
- Describe the procedure for preparing the infrastructure for virtual networking
- Describe the configuration of vSphere distributed switches for VXLAN
- Identify the components involved in NSX logical switching
- Define VLANs for VXLAN
Module 6: NSX Logical Routing
- Explain the east-west and north-south routing concepts
- Define the NSX distributed logical router
- Explain the logical router, interfaces, and interface addresses
- Describe the management and control of plane interaction
- Describe logical router deployment models and two-tier routing for east-west traffic
- Explain the common topologies of an NSX Edge services gateway
Module 7: Advanced NSX Logical Routing
- Describe how routers connect remote networks
- Explain route redistribution methods
- Describe less-than-or-equal (LE) and greater-than-or-equal (GE) configurations
- Describe high availability for NSX Edge Service gateways
Module 8: NSX L2 Bridging
- Explain L2 bridging use cases
- Describe software and hardware L2 bridging between VXLANs
- Discuss L2 bridging packet flows
Module 9: NSX Edge Services
- Describe the NSX Edge Services
- Explain how Network Address Translation (NAT) works
- Explain NAT64
- Explain the function of load balancing
- Explain one-armed and inline load-balancing architectures
- Explain the DHCP and DNS services for NSX Edge
Module 10: NSX Edge VPN Services
- Describe the NSX Edge VPN services
- Describe the VPN use cases
- Configure an L2 VPN on an NSX edge instance
- Configure an NSX Edge instance for IPsec VPN services
- Explain NSX Edge SSL VPN-Plus services
- Configure NWX Edge SSL VPN-Plus server settings
Module 11: NSX Security Services
- Describe the policy enforcement of the distributed firewall
- Describe virtualization context-awareness
- Explain custom network and security containers
- Describe the architecture of an NSX Edge firewall
- Explain DHCP snooping
- Explain ARP snooping
Module 12: NSX Advanced Security Services
- Describe NSX SpoofGuard
- Identify how tags enable dynamic security services chains
- Explain Service Composer groups, policies, and tags
- Describe the Identity Firewall architecture
- Explain Application Rule Manager
- Explain how to create a monitoring session
Module 13: NSX Introspection Services
- Describe the types of introspection services
- Describe the installation and configuration of Guest and Network Introspection
- Summarize Guest and Network Introspection alarms, events, and audit messages
Module 14: Cross-vCenter NSX
- Describe cross-vCenter features and use cases
- Identify VMware NSX Manager roles and NSX Controller cluster placement
- Deploy universal logical networks
- Explain the design considerations for cross-vCenter NSX