
VMware NSX
This 15-day (Weekdays – 3hrs.) or 10 Sunday (4hrs) instructor led VMWare NSX course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX. This course presents VMware NSX as a part of the software-defined data center. You will learn how to use logical switching in VMware NSX to virtualize your switching environment. The course also details logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between different virtual environments.

VMware NSX
This 15-day (Weekdays – 3hrs.) or 10 Sunday (4hrs) instructor led VMWare NSX course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware NSX. This course presents VMware NSX as a part of the software-defined data center. You will learn how to use logical switching in VMware NSX to virtualize your switching environment. The course also details logical routing to enable you to dynamically route between different virtual environments.
Course Introduction
This course provides the skills needed to manage either an NSX V6.2 or V6.3 environment.
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 Highlights
The key to a high success rate is based on the program’s objectives as follows:
- Course contents are based on VMWare guide lines and cover’s all topics required to pass the VCP certification
- Dedicated Monitoring to evaluate and report candidates progress
- Extensive hands-on lab exercises
- Regular evaluation.
- Industry acclaimed, experienced and certified instructors
- Assigned project manager will manage this program.
- This person will drive the program from its registration stage to monitoring and tracking of the candidates’ performance.
- Curriculum is based on VMWare course outlines.
- The Instructor-led certified courses is designed for the NSX candidates with an aim to build theoretical knowledge supplemented by ample hands-on lab exercises
- 10 week or 15 days, of intensive training + labs design
- Courseware includes course kits and other reference material to enable students to prepare for NSX certification exams
- Optimal balance of theory classes and practical labs every week to ensure maximum absorption of technology by participants
- Customized tests at the end of course to be attempted by every participant
- Stringent passing standards with progress report of each participant
Course Objectives
- By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
- Configure and deploy VMware NSX components for management and control
- Describe basic VMware NSX layer 2 networking
- Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
- Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity
- Configure and deploy VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity
- Configure VMware 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 VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
- Configure Service Composer policies
- Configure an identity-aware firewall
- Describe VMware NSX data security
Course Topics
1. Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2. Software-Defined Data Center
- Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
- Describe VMware vSphere®
- Describe VMware NSX
3. Management and Control Plane Components
- Understand the management, control, and data planes
- Describe VMware NSX® Manager™
- Describe the VMware NSX® Controller™ cluster
4. Logical Switch Networks
- Describe Ethernet fundamentals
- Describe VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
- Describe switch link aggregation
- Describe VLAN
- Describe VXLAN logical switch networks
- Describe VMware NSX Controller replication
5. VMware NSX Logical Routing
- Discuss routing protocols
- Describe the VMware NSX logical router
- Describe the NSX Edge services gateway
6. VMware NSX L2 Bridging
- Understand L2 bridging and use cases
- Describe L2 software bridging
- Describe L2 hardware bridging
7. NSX Edge Gateway Services
- Describe network address translation
- Describe load balancing
- Describe high availability
- Describe virtual private networking
- Configure L2 VPN
- Configure IPsec VPN
- Configure SSL VPN-Plus
8. VMware NSX Firewall and Security Services
- Describe the NSX Edge firewall
- Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
- Describe VMware NSX data security
- Describe the Service Composer
- Describe the identity-aware firewall
9. Cross-vCenter VMware NSX
- Understand the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
Identify the benefits of the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature - Configure the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
- Discuss the deployment models for cross-vCenter VMware NSX
Lab Topics
Not Available
Virtual Classroom
- Instructor led online training is an ideal vehicle for delivering training to individuals anywhere in the world at any time.
- This innovative approach presents live content with instructor delivering the training online.
- Candidates will be performing labs remotely on our labs on cloud in presence of an online instructor.
- Rstforum uses microsoft lync engine to deliver instructor led online training.
- Advances in computer network technology, improvements in bandwidth, interactions, chat and conferencing, and realtime audio and video offers unparalleled training opportunities.
- Instructor led online training can helps today’s busy professionals to perform their jobs and upgrade knowledge by integrating self-paced instructor led online training in their daily routines.
Miscellaneous
- Minimum batch size required for batch is 10 participants in the this course.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to cancel/postpone the class.
- Course schedule will be provided before commencement of the course.
- Certificate of participation will be awarded to participants with a minimum 90% attendance.
- All attendees are to observe the Copyright Law on intellectual properties such as software and courseware from respective vendors.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to include external participants in the program either for the entire course or individual courses.
- The RST Forum reserves the right to change/alter the sequence of courses. RST FORUM published Book would be given at 50% discounted rate to the forum students.