- NSX-T Introduction
Introductions and course logistics
Review course objectives
- Overview, Architecture, and Components of NSX-T Data Center
Describe NSX-T Data Center™ platform features and advantages
List the capabilities of NSX-T Data Center platform
Explain the value proposition of NSX-T Data Center
Describe NSX-T Data Center Architecture planes
Describe NSX-T Data Center and Kubernetes integration features
Describe NSX-T Data Center and Pivotal Cloud Foundry integration features
Describe NSX-T Data Center and OpenShift integration features
Describe NSX Cloud™ use cases
Explain NSX Cloud features and capabilities
Describe the NSX Cloud components and their roles and responsibilities
- Deploying NSX-T Data Center
Define the NSX-T Data Center deployment preparation
Identify the system requirements to deploy NSX-T Data Center
Identify ports and protocols
Identify and describe the NSX-T Data Center installation checklist
Describe the OVF deployment of NSX-T Data Manager
Explain how to power on the NSX-T Manager using a Compute Manager (VMware vCenter Server®) Describe the process to check the NSX-T Manager status
Explain the methods to reboot the NSX-T Manager
- User and Role Management
Describe role-based Access Control and VMware Identity Manager™
Explain the integration of NSX-T with VMware Identity Manager
Explain authentication policies • Identify the four types of permissions
Describe the workflows of logical switching (MP, CCP, DP)
Describe the VMware Identity Manager built-in roles
Explain VMware Identity Manager Domains and User Attributes
- Logical Switching Networking Services
Explain the need for NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching feature
Describe various logical switching terminology
List the various types of logical switches available
Explain N-VDS implementation in ESXi and KVM
Explain the encapsulation protocol GENEVE implementation
Explain the Switch Security feature of NSX-T Logical Switching
- Logical Bridging Networking Services
Explain the function and purpose of logical bridging
Describe the scenarios for logical bridging
- Logical Routing Networking Services
Explain the function of NSX-T Logical Routing
Describe NSX-T multitier routing architectures
Explain north-south and east-west routing
Differentiate between dynamic and static routing
Describe the architecture of NSX-T two-tier routing
Explain the benefits of NSX-T two-tier routing for single- and multi-tenancy
Describe the form factors of NSX-T Edge nodes
Explain the purpose of Equal Cost Multipath routing
- Operational Services
Describe NSX-T Data Center services
Describe Source and Destination NAT
Describe NSX-T DNS and DHCP services
List the HA Modes available in NSX-T
Describe the load-balancing service of NSX-T
Explain Metadata Proxies
- Security Services
Describe NSX-T microsegmentation
Explain microsegmentation use cases
Explain microsegmentation design objectives
Describe the architecture of NSX-T firewalls
Explain the purpose and creation of firewall sections