Duration

3 Days

Course Overview

The Virtual Cloud Network: Core Technical Skills course targets candidates who are new to the industry or entry-level employees looking for opportunities to advance their knowledge, skills, and understanding of VMware NSX®, which is the VMware network virtualization platform. Through a series of targeted, self-paced modules, the student will learn how to perform standard and typically repeated tasks that are delegated by an administrator to an operator or junior administrator.

Course Objectives

• Explain the basic concepts and features of the software-defined data center and VMware vSphere®
• Define network virtualization and software-defined networking
• Describe the features, components, and basic architecture of VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
• Describe the networking and security capabilities of NSX-T Data Center, including switching, routing, and firewalling
• Explain the implementation of networking services such as DHCP, DNS, NAT, load balancing, and VPNs in NSX-T Data Center
• Monitor the NSX components and objects from the NSX user interface
• Explain the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision

Course Modules

• Software-Defined Data Center
• VMware SDDC Solutions
• VMware vSphere Components and Features
• Network Virtualization
• Virtual Switches Overview
• vSphere Standard Switches
• vSphere Distributed Switches
• Management, Control and Data Plane
• Software Defined Networking
• Introduction to NSX-T Data Center
• NSX-T Data Center Components
• NSX-T Data Center Architecture
• Benefits of NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching
• NSX Logical Switching Components
• NSX Logical Switching
• Benefits of NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing
• NSX Routing Components
• NSX Logical Routing
• Micro-segmentation
• Zero-Trust Security
• NSX Data Center Firewalls
• NSX DHCP
• NSX DNS
• NSX NAT
• NSX Load Balancing
• NSX VPNs
• Virtual Cloud Network