Course Overview
This five-day course provides comprehensive training on how to administer a VMware NSX-T™ environment. This course covers key VMware NSX® features and functionality offered in the NSX-T 2.2 release operating across layer 2 through layer 7 of the OSI model.
Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.
Product Alignment
- NSX-T 2.2
Who should attend
Experienced system or network administrators
Prerequisites
- Understanding of enterprise switching and routing
- Knowledge of TCP/IP services
- Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets
- Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course
- Understanding of the concepts presented in the VMware Introduction to Network Virtualization with NSX course
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Understand NSX-T key features and functionality
- Understand NSX-T architecture and component subsystems
- Identify the differences between NSX-T and the NSX-V and VMware NSX® Multi-Hypervisor™ platforms
- Deploy and configure overlay layer 2 networks
- Understand logical routing implementation and architecture enhancements
- Understand distributed firewall implementation and policy rules
- Gather relevant information from the NSX platform during troubleshooting scenarios
Course Content
- NSX-T Introduction
- Overview, Architecture, and Components of NSX-T Data Center
- Deploying NSX-T Data Center
- User and Role Management
- Logical Switching Networking Services
- Logical Bridging Networking Services
- Logical Routing Networking Services
- Operational Services
- Security Services
- NSX-T Data Center Operations