Course Description
This hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX-T Data Center environment. In this course, you are introduced to workflows of various networkin
COURSE OBJECTIVES:By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Establish and apply a structured troubleshooting approach and methodology
Explain the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure components and the communications between them
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center management, control, and data planes
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center installation and upgrade
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center logical switching, logical routing, and load balancer services
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the NSX-T Data Center Distributed firewall and Gateway firewall.
Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center Datapath and troubleshoot various problems that could occur in the Datapath
List the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to NSX-T Data Center environment.
Agenda
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Overview of modules and course objectives
Troubleshooting Methodology
- Recap of NSX-T Data Center architecture and components
- Develop a structured troubleshooting approach
- Differentiate between symptoms and root causes
- Identify and isolate problems residing in various areas
- Apply an appropriate methodology and procedure to troubleshooting
NSX Management Cluster
- Describe NSX Management Cluster
- Identify the workflows involved in NSX Management Cluster formation
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot the workflows and problems involved in NSX Manger and Control Cluster group formations
- Review the log events for NSX Management Cluster
- Validate and troubleshoot the NSX Management Cluster formation
- Identify the agents running on the NSX-T Data Center and validate the connection status
Installation and Upgrade
- Validate Manager Nodes Deployment Workflow and Troubleshooting
- Review Compute Manager (VMware vCenter�) Registration workflow and Troubleshooting
- Explain Host Preparation workflows for VMware ESXi and KVM (VIB/Package installation)
- Explain Transport Node Preparation workflows for ESXi and KVM
- Understand Upgrade Coordinator Architecture
- List upgrade Checklist and Workflows
- Review the upgrade process for NSX-T Data Center Environment
- Review the troubleshooting methodology involved
Logical Switching
- Understand the deep-dive architecture for Logical Switching
- List the modules and processes involved
- Explain the importance of N-VDS in Transport Nodes
- Review and troubleshoot the working of GENEVE encapsulation
- Review the advanced architecture and workflows involved with OVS
- Explain the advanced workflows and troubleshooting methodologies involved in Logical Switching
Logical Routing and Services
- Review the deep-dive architecture for Logical Routing and Edge nodes
- Explain the advanced workflows involved with Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways.
- Explain the HA modes and logical router placements.
- Review and validate various logging methods and logging locations for Logical Routing
- Identify common issues and troubleshooting methodologies involved for Logical Routing
- Identify, validate, and review common issues and troubleshooting techniques involved for NSX-T Load Balancers
Security
- Review the deep-dive architecture for Distributed Firewall
- Explain the advanced workflows involved with Distributed Firewall
- Review the deep-dive architecture for Gateway Firewall
- Explain the advanced workflows involved with Gateway Firewall
- Identify common issues and troubleshooting methodologies involved for Distributed and Gateway Firewalls
Operations and Tools
- Review and perform the backup and restore of the NSX-T Data Center environment
- Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools (dashboards, traceflow, port connection tool, port mirroring) involved for troubleshooting the NSX-T Data Center environment
- Configure the syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for NSX-T Data Center Environment
- Explain and validate the certificate management options
- Validate and review several APIs available for most common configurations involved in NSX-T Data Center
Datapath Troubleshooting
- Describe the components involved in the NSX-T Data Center Datapath
- Verify and validate the path of the packet on the NSX-T Datapath
- Identify and perform packet captures at various points in Datapath
- Use nsxcli to retrieve several configurations involved in NSX-T Datapath
Break-Fix Scenarios
- Identify and isolate NSX-T Data Center related problems available in the SDDC based hands-on lab environment
- Use CLI commands to verify the component configuration and status of several Datapath components in NSX-T Data Center
- Apply an appropriate methodology and procedure to troubleshooting and fix the problems in the lab
- environment
Audience
Experienced system administrators or network administratorsNetwork and Security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks