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VMware NSX 4.x — Zero to Hero Datacenter Networking Expert Program

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The VMware NSX 4.x Zero to Hero Datacenter Networking Expert Program is a mentor-led, production-focused journey designed to transform L1/L2 administrators into confident L3/L4 networking and security professionals.This program goes beyond certification-oriented learning, focusing on how real enterprise NSX environments are designed, secured, operated, and troubleshot using production-style, hands-on labs. By the end of the program, learners are prepared to design, operate, and troubleshoot NSX-based datacenter networks, crack L3/L4 interviews, and step into senior networking, security, or cloud infrastructure roles with confidence.

80 hrs Learning Hours	16 Days Course Duration	Sat-Sun Days
10:00am-03:00pm Timing	Online Training Format	Guaranteed Interview Pass

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

80+ Hours of Intensive Hands-On Learning
68 Modules and 83 Lessons
Quizzes and Assessments
80+ Hands On Labs
Mock Interviews

15+ Yrs of Industry Experience and Certified Professionals
1:1 personal career assistance with Industry Experts
Placement and Certification Assistance
Job Ready Resume and Portfolio building
Alumni Support

This NSX Zero to Hero Networking Expert Program provides in-depth training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX Data Center environment. This course covers key NSX Data Center features and functionality offered in the NSX Data Center 4.x release, including the overall infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, micro-segmentation and firewalls, and more.
Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through VMware hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
• Describe VMware Virtual Cloud Network and the NSX-T Data Center architecture
• Describe the NSX-T Data Center components and main functions
• Explain the NSX-T Data Center key features and benefits
• Deploy and configure NSX-T Data Center infrastructure
• Configure layer 2 logical switching and bridging
• Explain the tiered routing architecture and configure gateways
• Configure advanced services such as VPN and load balancing
• Describe the NSX-T Data Center security model with micro-segmentation
• Configure Distributed Firewall and Gateway Firewall to protect east-west and north-south traffic
• Explain advanced security enforcement with URL analysis, IDS, and partner service insertion
• Integrate VMware Identity ManagerTM or LDAP with NSX-T Data Center and configure role-based access control
• Describe NSX-T Data Center Federation use-cases and architecture for switching, routing, and security.

Experienced system or network administrators
Experience Security Administrators
vSphere Administrators
vSphere Network Administrators

Good understanding of TCP/IP services and network security and working experience with firewalls

Good understanding of VMware Datacenter Virtualization Fundamentals

This course prepares you for the following certification:
• VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2024 (VCP-NV 2024)

By the end of the course, you should be able to learn:
• VMware Virtual Cloud Network and the NSX-T Data Center architecture
• NSX-T Data Center components and main functions
• NSX-T Data Center key features and benefits
• NSX-T Data Center infrastructure
• Layer 2 logical switching and bridging
• NSX Tiered routing architecture and configure gateways
• Advanced NSX services such as VPN and load balancing
• NSX-T Data Center security model with micro-segmentation
• Distributed Firewall and Gateway Firewall to protect east-west and north-south traffic
• Advanced security enforcement with URL analysis, IDS
• NSX-T Data Center role-based access control
• NSX-T Data Center Federation use-cases and architecture for switching, routing, and security.

Description About this course

Course Content

68 lecture

Why Do We Need NSX Solution

Understanding Challenges of Traditional Networking
Understanding Networking Complexity of Traditional Networking
Understanding Security Challenges of Traditional Networking
Understanding challenges of Best of Breed Solution Implementation
Understanding Operational and Management Challenges of Traditional Networking
Understanding Networking & Security Challenges for Virtual Machines

Introduction to NSX and It's Key Benefits & Use Cases

What is NSX
What are the key benefits of NSX solution
Understanding Automation Use Cases of NSX Solution
Understanding Security Use Cases of NSX Solution
Understanding Application Continuity Use Cases of NSX Solution
Understanding Business Value Proposition of NSX Solution

Introduction to NSX-T Datacenter and Its Key Benefits & Use Cases

Understanding Evolution of Technology - TV, Radio and Computing Model
Understanding Enterprise Challenges of NSX-V Solution
How VMware SDDC addresses Enterprise Challenges
Understanding VMware Virtual Cloud Network
Understanding VMware Virtual Cloud Networking Portfolio
Why NSX-T is backbone of VMware Virtual Cloud Network
Understanding Evolution of NSX Solution from NSX-V to NSX-T
Overview of NSX-T Service Defined Firewall
Understanding NSX-T Datacenter Key Use Cases and Benefits
Comparison between NSX-V and NSX-T Solution
Overview of NSX-T Datacenter Features

Deep-Dive Into NSX-T Architecture and Its Key Components

Understanding NSX-T Datacenter Architecture
Understanding Data Plane component of NSX-T Architecture
Understanding Control Plane component of NSX-T Architecture
Understanding Management Plane component of NSX-T Architecture
Understanding Consumption Plane component of NSX-T Architecture

Deep-Dive into NSX-T Unified Appliance & Management Cluster

Understanding NSX-T Unified Appliance and it's key benefits
Understanding NSX-T Management Cluster and its functioning
Difference between NSX-V Manager and NSX-T Manager
Understanding benefits of NSX-T Management Cluster
Understanding Distributed Architecture of NSX-T Cluster and How it works
Understanding Service Groups in NSX-T Management Cluster
Understanding NSX-T Manager Deployment Option No. 1
Understanding NSX-T Manager Deployment Option No. 2
Understanding NSX-T Manager Deployment Option No. 3
Understanding Pros and Cons of each deployment option of NSX-T Manager
Understanding NSX-T Management Cluster VIP and How it works

Deep-Dive into NSX-T Policy, Manager and Controller Role

Understanding NSX-T Manager Policy Role and it's Functions
Understanding NSX-T Manager Policy Role Characteristics
Understanding NSX-T Manager Role and It's Functions
Understanding NSX Policy and Manager Role Interaction Workflow
Understanding NSX-T Manager Controller Role and Its Functions
Understanding NSX-T Manager Control Plane Components - CCP & LCP
Understanding NSX-T Control Plane Sharding Function

Deploying NSX-T Manager on ESXi Host and Exploring NSXCLIs

Understanding Deployment of NSX Manager using OVF on ESXi Host
Accessing & Login to NSX-T Manager UI with Admin user credentials
Navigating through NSX-T Manager UI Dashboard and Configuration Options
Troubleshooting - Accessing NSX-T Manager using CLI console
Troubleshooting - Understanding Root and Admin user role in NSX CLI for troubleshooting
Troubleshooting - Understanding NSX CLI to switch role from root to admin
Troubleshooting - Getting Familiar with NSX Clustering specific CLIs

Deep-Dive into NSX-T Manager Components

Introduction to NSX-T Manager Components
Understanding NSX-T Reverse Proxy Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Node API Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Manager UI Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Phone Home Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Proton Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Compute Manager Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Reverse ProxyCCP Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Reverse CorfuDB and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Cluster Boot Manager Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Upgrade Coordinator Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Async Replicator Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T MPA Client Service and it's functioning
Understanding NSX-T Reverse APH Service and it's functioning
Overview of Log Files for each NSX-T Manager Service Component

Deep-Dive into NSX-T Data Plane Components and Interaction Workflow

Basic Troubleshooting workflow for NSX-T Deployment Failure
Basic Troubleshooting Workflow for NSX-T Management Cluster Failure
Understanding NSX-T Data Plane Components and its Functions
Understanding Interaction between NSX Manager and TN Node
Understanding NSX-T Datacenter 2.4 Architecture
Understanding NSX-T Datacenter 2.5 Architecture
Understanding NSX-T Datacenter 3.0 Architecture
Differences between NSX-T 2.4. vs 2.5 vs. 3.0 Architecture
Understanding NSX-T RabbitMQ and NSX-RPC Messaging Channel
Understanding de-merits of RabbitMQ Messaging Channel
Understanding merits of NSX-RPC Messaging Channel over RMQ
Understanding Interaction Workflow between MP and ESXi Node
Understanding Interaction Workflow between MP and KVM Node
Understanding Interaction Workflow between MP and Edge Node

Understanding NSX-T Transport Node Components and Its Architecture

Implementation workflow of Deploying NSX-T Datacenter Environment
Considerations of Deploying NSX-T Manager and Accessibility Options
Understanding NSX-T Transport Node and Why do we need it
NSX-T Transport Node Components and Its Architecture
Physical Connectivity considerations of NSX-T Transport Node
Understanding TEP IP Address Pools and Its Functions
Understanding NSX-T Layer2 Forwarding Architecture and it's key components
Understanding N-VDS and VDS functioning on NSX-T Transport Node
What is N-VDS and How it's different from Traditional VDS
Key Differences between N-VDS and VDS switch in NSX-T Networking
Understanding VDS and How it's different from N-VDS
N-VDS Architecture on NSX-T KVM Transport Node
Understanding N-VDS and VDS Operational Modes

Understanding NSX-T Transport Zone and it's functions

What is Transport Zone in NSX-T Networking and Why do we need it
Understanding NSX-T Overlay and VLAN Transport Zone
Key differences between NSX-T Overlay and VLAN Transport Zone
Understanding NSX-T Overlay Transport Zone and it's key use cases
Understanding NSX-T VLAN Transport Zone and It's key use cases
Understanding NSX-T Transport Zone key characteristics
Understanding Transport Zone creation in NSX-T Networking
Understanding N-VDS and VDS functioning on NSX-T Transport Node
Understanding Transport Zone related restrictions
Understanding NSX-T Overlay and VLAN Traffic Types and mapping to TZ

Understanding NSX-T Transport Node and Uplink Profile

Describe Transport Node Profile and Its benefits
Describe Transport Node Profile Characteristics and Parameters
Describe NSX-T Uplink Profiles, PNICs and LAGs
Describe NSX-T Uplink Profile and it's functions
Describe NSX-T Transport Node Mapping to Physical Network
Describe Evolution of Uplinks from VSS to VDS to N-VDS

Understanding NSX-T Teaming Policies and LLDP & NETIOC Profile

Describe NSX-T Teaming Policies and Its functions
Describe NSX-T Failover Order Policy and its functions
Describe NSX-T Load Balance Source Policy and its functions
Describe NSX-T Load Balance MAC policy and its functions
Describe Uplink Profile configuration for various NSX-T teaming policies
Describe NSX-T LLDP Profiles and Its functions
Describe NSX-T NETIOC Profile and Its Functions

Preparing ESXi Node as Transport Node and Explain TN creation Process

Describe Prerequisites of NSX-T Transport Node Creation
Describe 2-step Workflow of Transport Node Preparation
Describe Phase-1 of Transport Node Creation and it's Functions
Describe Phase2 of Transport Node Creation and it's Functions
Understanding Creation Process of promoting ESXi Node as Transport Node
Validating ESXi CLI to list NSX related Kernel Modules and VIBs
Understanding NSX Configuration Steps of TN node after successful VIB Installation
Describe Switch Visualization and Monitoring Dashboard to validate NSX-T TN Creation

Describe NSX-T Transport Node Initialization Workflow and TN Agent Details

Describe NSX-T Transport Node Initialization Workflow
Describe various NSX-T Agent involved in N-VDS Creation
Validate NSX-T Installation on ESXi Host using ESXCLI
Validate NSX-T VIBs and Kernel Modules Installation on TN Node using ESXCLI
Validate N-VDS or VDS creation on TN node using ESXCLI
Describe Transport Node Preparation for KVM Host
Describe NSX-T Package Installation on KVM using CLI
Describe TEP creation on KVM host using CLI

N-VDS Design References for 2pNIC and 4pNIC Uplink Configuration

Describe N-VDS Design Best Practices
Design Reference1 : ESXi TN with 4 pNICs - Load Balance Source Policy
Design Reference2 : ESXi TN with 4 pNICs - Failover Order Policy
Design Reference3 : ESXi TN with 4 pNICs - 2 LAGs
Design Reference4 : ESXi TN with 2 pNICs - Failover Order
Design Reference5 : KVM TN with 4 pNICs - Failover Order Policy
Teaming Policy Design: N-VDS with Active/Active and Active/Standby Policy

Describe Challenges of Traditional VLAN Backed Switching

Challenge1 - Inadequate Table Sizes in ToR Switches
Challenge2 - Large Broadcast and Collision Domains
Other Challenges: Multitenant and VM Mobility Everywhere
Describe the Challenges with VLAN Backed Switching in vSphere Environment
Describe the vMotion Limitations with Traditional VLAN Backed Switching in vSphere
Describe NSX-T Logical Switching and How it Solves challenges of VLAN based Switching
Describe NSX-T Logical Switching in NSX-T Environment

Describe NSX-T Geneve Overlay Protocol and How It Works

Describe NSX-T Logical Switching Terminology
Describe NSX-T Logical Segments and Its Characteristics
Describe NSX-T Geneve Overlay Protocol and It's Functions
Describe Encap/Decap Process performed by TEPs in NSX-T Logical Switching
Describe End to End Packet Flow in NSX-T Logical Switching
Describe Geneve Protocol and It's key Characteristics
Describe Geneve Protocol Header Format and TLV implementation
Describe Geneve vs VXLAN and it's key differences

Describe NSX-T Segment Creation and Attachment Workflow in ESXi and KVM Nodes

Describe Packet Walk in NSX-T Logical Switching
Describe Segment Creation Workflow in ESXi Transport Nodes
Describe VIF to LIF Attachment workflow in ESXi Transport Node
Describe Segment Creation Workflow in KVM Transport Node
Describe VIF to LIF Attachment workflow in KVM Transport Node
Creating 3-Tier Segments in ESXi Node using NSX Manager UI
Attaching ESXi VM to NSX-T Logical Segment using vCenter UI
Creating Segment Port Manually in NSX-T Logical Segment for KVM Nodes
Attaching Segment Port to KVM VM using NSX-T Manager UI
Enabling/Disabling Port Status of Segment Port and Validating it from NSX UI

Demystifying NSX-T Controller VTEP, MAC and ARP Table in Logical Switching

Describe Controller Role in NSX-T Logical Switching
Why do we need Control Plane in NSX-T Logical Switching and What it does
Describe Controller VTEP Table and What it does
Describe Controller MAC Table and What it does
Describe Controller ARP Table and What it does
Describe How VTEP, MAC and ARP Table gets populated to enable switching
Describe ARP Suppression in NSX-T Logical Switching and it's Benefits
Describe How ARP Suppression is implemented in NSX-T Logical Switching
Describe End to End Packet Flow for Unicast Traffic in NSX-T Logical Switching

Describe BUM Traffic in NSX-T Logical Switching and Its Replication Techniques

Describe BUM Traffic in NSX-T and its Use Cases
Describe Broadcast, Unknown Unicast and Multicast Traffic in NSX-T Switching
Describe Head Replication Technique in NSX-T Logical Switching and How it works
Describe Hierarchical 2-Tier Replication Technique and How it works
Describe Proxy TEP and it's functioning in BUM Traffic Handling
Describe Challenges with MAC and TEP Association in 2-Tier Replication Technique
Describe How Geneve Implementation solves MAC and TEP Association issues in 2-Tier Replication
Configuring Replication Modes in NSX-T Logical Switching using NSX UI

Explain NSX-T Segment Profiles and Its Use Cases

Explain NSX-T Segment Profiles and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T IP Discovery Segment Profile and It's Functioning
Explain NSX-T Mac Discovery Segment Profile and Its functioning
Explain NSX-T Spoofguard Segment Profiles and It's functioning
Explain NSX-T QoS Segment Profile and It's functioning
Explain NSX-T Segment Security Profile and It's functioning
Creating Custom Segment Profile and Assigning it to Segment

Getting Familiar with NSX-T Logical Switching CLIs

Explain CLIs to validate NSX-T kernel modules installed on ESXi Host
Explain NSX-T CLIs to validate Ping Connectivity between TN Nodes
Explain NSX-T CLI to validate the N-VDS or VDS creation on ESXi Node
Explain NSX-T CLI to validate controller TEP, MAC and ARP Tables
Explain NSX-T CLIs to validate logical switching configuration on ESXi Node

Introduction to NSX-T Logical Routing and Its Use Cases

Evolution of Datacenter Router Placement
Challenges & Limitation of Traditional Routing Approach
Explain Hair Pinning Issue in Traditional Routing
Explain NSX-T Logical Routing and Its Use Cases
Explain Pre-Requisites for NSX-T Logical Routing
Explain Distributed Routing in NSX-T and Its Use Cases
Explain Centralized Routing in NSX-T and Its Use Cases
Distributed Routing vs Centralized Routing in NSX-T
Explain East-West and North-South Traffic in NSX-T

Explain NSX-T Tier-1 and Tier-0 Gateway and Its Functions

Explain NSX-T Single Tier Topology and How it works
Explain NSX-T Multi-Tier Topology and How it works
Explain NSX-T Tier-1 Gateway and Its Functions
Explain NSX-T Tier-0 Gateway and Its Functions
Tier-1 Gateway vs Tier-0 Gateway
Explain Tier-1 Gateway Router Capabilities
Explain Tier-0 Gateway Router Capabilities

Explain NSX-T DR and SR Gateway Components and Its Functions

Explain SR Component in NSX-T Routing and Its Use Cases
Explain DR Component in NSX-T Routing and Its Use Cases
Service Router vs Distributed Router in NSX-T Networking
Explain Interaction between SR and DR Gateway Components
Explain NSX-T Logical Router Interfaces and Its Terminology
Explain Logical Router Interfaces using IP Addressing

Deploying Tier-1 and Tier-0 Gateway and Validating E-W Routing

Explain NSX-T Routing Topologies and Deployment Models
Explain NSX-T Deployment Model : Tier0 Gateway with Services
Explain NSX-T Deployment Model : Tier0 with Services and Tier-1 Gateway without Services
Explain NSX-T Deployment Model : Both Tier-0 and Tier-1 with Services
Deploying Tier-1 Gateway and Validating E-W Routing
Deploying Tier-0 Gateway and Validating E-W Routing
Deploying Tier-1 Gateway and Connecting it to Tier-0 Gateway
Visualizing NSX-T Routing Topology using Network Topology feature

Explain NSX-T Edge Node and Its Use Cases in NSX-T Networking

Explain NSX-T Edge Node and Why do we need it
NSX-T Edge Node Use Cases and Its Key Functions
Explain NSX-T Edge Node VM and Bare-Metal form factors
Explain NSX-T Edge Node - VM Form Factor Sizing Options
Explain NSX-T Edge Node - Bare-Metal Form Factor Sizing Options
Explain Pre-Requisites of deploying NSX-T Edge Node in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T Edge Node Post Deployment Verification Checklist

Explain NSX-T Edge Node Architecture and Design Practices

Why do we need Edge Node and Its Use Cases
Explain Key Functions of NSX-T Edge Node
Prerequisites of Deploying Edge Node as Transport Node
Explain various deployment options of NSX-T Edge Node
Edge Node VM vs Bare-Metal Edge Node
Explain Edge Node Architecture and Its Datapath Interfaces
Explain Edge Node Design Best Practices

Explain NSX-T Edge Node Clustering and Design Practices

Why do we need NSX Edge Node Clustering
Explain key functions of NSX-T Edge Node Clustering
Explain NSX-T Edge Node Clustering Functions
Explain Active/Active and Active/Standby Mode of Edge Clustering
Explain Design Best Practices of NSX-T Edge Node Clustering

Step by Step deployment of NSX-T Edge Node

Explain NSX-T Edge Node Deployment using NSX Manager UI
Explain Deployment parameters of NSX-T Edge Node Deployment
Explain Guided Workflow of NSX-T Edge Node Deployment
Configuring NSX-T Edge VM Datapath Interfaces during Deployment
Configuring Edge Clustering using NSX Manager UI

Explain Routing Basics and Static vs Dynamic Routing

Explain Routing Basics
Explain Static Routing and How it works
Explain Dynamic Routing and How it works
Explain Autonomous System and its functions in Routing
Overview of Open Shortest Path First Protocol and Its Use Cases
Explain Border Gateway Protocol and Its Use Cases
Explain iBGP and eBGP Protocol in Routing

Explain N-S Routing Configuration in NSXT

Explain the Uplink Segment Creation for North-South Traffic Flow
Explain Uplink Interface Creation on Tier-0 Gateway
Explain Static Routes Configuration on Tier-0 Gateway
Validate N-S Traffic connectivity using Static Routing in NSX-T
Explain BGP configuration in NSX-T for Dynamic Routing
Explain BGP neighbor configuration in NSX-T for N-S Traffic
Explain Route Redistribution for exchanging the routes
Validate the North-South Traffic connectivity in NSX-T using BGP
Explain Edge CLIs to retrieve BGP specific information

Explain N-S Packet Walk for Single-Tier Routing Architecture

Explain N-S packet walk for Egress Traffic in NSX-T
Explain N-S packet walk for Inress Traffic in NSX-T

Explain N-S Packet Walk for Two-Tier Routing Architecture

Explain N-S Packet Walk for Egress Traffic in NSX-T
Explain N-S Packet Walk for Ingress Traffic in NSXT

Explain Advanced BGP and HA Configuration in NSX-T

Explain BGP Support Topology in NSX-T
Explain iBGP feature support in NSX-T
Explain Multipath Relax feature support in NSX-T
Explain BGP Allow-AS in feature support in NSX-T
Explain Inter-SR Routing support in NSX-T
Explain ECMP Based Routing in NSX-T
Explain High Availability Mode in NSX-T

Explain SNAT and DNAT Services in NSX-T

Explain NAT and Its use cases in Traditional Networking
Explain SNAT Functionality and Its Use Cases
Explain DNAT Functionality and Its Use Cases
Explain Difference between SNAT and DNAT
Explain Reflexive NAT and Its Use Cases
Explain NO SNAT and NO DNAT and Its Use Cases
Explain NAT Packet Flow in NSX-T Networking

Explain DHCP Services in NSX-T

Explain DHCP service and Its Use Cases
Explain DHCP Architecture in NSX-T
Explain Gateway DHCP server and Its Functioning
Explain Local DHCP Server and it's Functioning
Configuring DHCP Services in NSX-T

Explain DNS Forwarder Service in NSX-T

Explain DNS Forwarder service and Its Use Cases
Explain Benefits of DNS Forwarder Service in NSX-T
Explain DNS Service and DNS Zones
Configuring DNS Service and DNS Zones in NSX-T

Explain Load Balancer Service in NSX-T

Explain Load Balancer Service in NSX-T
Explain Benefits and Use Cases of NSX-T Load Balancer Service
Explain Layer4 and Layer7 Load Balancer in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T Load Balancer Architecture and Its Components
Explain Virtual Servers, Profiles, Server Pool and Monitors
Explain One ARM Mode Load Balancer and Its Functioning
Explain Inline Mode Load Balancer and Its Functioning
Explain One ARM Mode vs Inline Mode Load Balancer
Configuring Load Balancer Service in NSX-T

Explain Layer3 and Layer2 VPN Service in NSX-T

Explain VPN Services in NSX-T and Its Use Cases
Explain Layer3 VPN Service and Its Use Cases
Explain Layer2 VPN Service and Its Use Cases
Explain IPSec VPN Mode - Tunnel vs Transport Mode
Explain IPSec VPN Methods - AH vs ESP
Explain IPSec VPN Protocol and Its Algorithms
Explain Policy Based IPSec VPN and Its Functioning
Explain Route Based IPSec VPN and Its Functioning
Explain IPSec VPN deployment considerations
Explain Layer2 VPN Service and Its Use Cases
Explain Difference between Layer3 VPN vs Layer2 VPN
Explain L2 VPN Netwok Types
Configure Route Based IPSec VPN Service in NSX-T
Configuring Layer2 VPN Service in NSX-T

Explain NSX-T Layer2 Bridging and Its Use Cases

Explain Layer-2 Bridging in NSX-T and Its Use Cases
Explain Routing and Bridging for P2V connectivity
Explain L3 Routing vs L2 Bridging vs L2 VPN
Explain Logical Bridging Components
Explain L2 Bridge Creation and Configuration
Validating Layer2 Connectivity between Overlay and VLAN backed workloads

Explain Traditional Datacenter Security Challenges

Explain Challenge No.1 : Network Isolation vs Application Context
Explain Challenge No.2 : In Guest Agents installed in VMs
Explain Challenge No.3 : Workload Mobility
Explain Challenge No.4 : Best of Breed Tools
Explain Challenge No.5 - Less Adaptability and Interoperability
Explain Challenge No.6 : Huge Capital and Operational Expenditures
Explain Traffic Hair Pinning Issues in Traditional Datacenter
Explain Pros and Cons of Physical Firewall based Security Solutions
Explain Pros and Cons of Virtual Firewall based Security Solutions
Explain Perimeter Security and Its Challenges
Explain Differences between Physical vs Virtual Firewall

Explain NSX-T Micro-Segmentation and Its Use Cases

Explain Goldilocks Zones in Datacenter Security
Explain Micro-Segmentation and Its Key Benefits
Explain Micro-Segmentation Key Attributes and Characteristics
Explain Evolution of Security Solution in Last Few Decades
Explain Zero Trust Security Model and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T Micro-Segmentation Key Benefits and Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Datacenter Firewall Solutions for E-W and N-S Traffic
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall and Its Key Attributes
Explain Difference between Traditional FW vs NSX Distributed FW
Explain Efficiency of Distributed Firewall for same & different host
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall and Its Key Benefits
Explain DFW Rule Creation using VC Inventory Objects

Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Key Concepts and Components

Explain Distributed Firewall Key Concepts
Explain Security Policy in NSX-T Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain Static and Dynamic Groups in NSX-T Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain Distributed Firewall Rule Fields such as Src, Dst, Services, Action
Explain Applied To Field in NSX-T DFW and Its Use Cases
Explain Difference between Allow, Drop and Reject Action in DFW
Explain Logging, Traffic Direction, Log Label Parameters in DFW
Explain TCP Strict, Stateful and Locked Capability in NSX-T DFW
Explain Configuration of DFW Rule Creation in NSX-T

Explain Creation and Configuration of NSX-T Distributed Firewall

Explain Creation of Security Policy in NSX-T DFW
Explain Creation of DFW Rule in NSX-T
Explain configuring Src, Dst, Services, and Profiles parameters in NSX-T DFW Rule
Explain Creation of Static Groups and Adding Members to it
Explain Creation of Dynamic Groups and Adding Members to It
Explain DFW rule creation by using Grouping Objects in Src and Dst field
Explain Configuration of Applied To Field in NSX-T using Grouping Objects
Explain Creation of Custom Service and Port in DFW
Validating VM to VM network connectivity after DFW rule creation
Explain Draft, Exclusion List, Enabling and Disabling Firewall Rule in NSX-T
Explain Time Based Firewall and Its Use Cases
Validating DFW rule creation at ESXi Host using CLIs
Explaining summarize-dvfilter and vsipioctl command to fetch DFW rules

Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Architecture and Flows

Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Architecture and Components Interaction
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Components Interaction: on ESXi Host
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Components Interaction: on KVM Host
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Packet Walk
Explain Rule Table and Connection Tracker Table in NSX-T
Explain How Rule Table and Flow Table gets populated in NSX-T
Explain Configuration of Applied To Field in NSX-T using Grouping Objects
Explain Stateful and Stateless Firewall Implementation in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall Log Files for Troubleshooting
Explain NSX-T Distributed Firewall CLIs for Basic Troubleshooting

Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall and Its Configuration

Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall on Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Components
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Policy Sections and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall realization on TN node using CLIs
Validating NSX-T Gateway Firewall by Creating Rules on Tier-0 Gateway

Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Architecture

Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Architecture and Its Components
Explain Configuration Flow of NSX-T Gateway Firewall Rules
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Rule Processing in Edge Node
Explain Rule Table and Flow Table Functioning in NSX-T Gateway Firewall
Explain NSX-T Gateway Firewall Troubleshooting Logs

Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall and Its Use Cases

Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall Benefits
Explain configuration of Layer7 Firewall Rule Creation in NSX-T
Explain Layer7 FW Attributes and Sub Attributes in NSX-T
Configure Layer7 Firewall Rule using APP ID and Traffic Validation
Explain Validation of Layer7 Firewall Rule Realization on ESXi Node
Exploring DFW CLIs for validating Layer7 Firewall Rules & Action

Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall Architecture and FQDN Filtering

Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall Architecture and Its Components
Explain NSX-T Layer7 Firewall Packet Flows
Explain FQDN Filtering based Layer7 Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain Benefits of NSX-T FQDN Filtering based Layer7 Firewall
Explain NSX-T FQDN Filtering Architecture and Its Components
Explain Packet Flows of FQDN Filtering Based Layer7 Firewall
Configuring FQDN Filtering and Validating the Datapath Traffic

Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS and IPS and Its Use Cases

Explain Intrusion Detection System and Its Use Cases
Explain Intrusion Prevention System and Its Use Cases
Explain Differences between IDS vs IPS Solutions
Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Exploit Detection Methods
Explain Differences between NSX-T Firewall vs NSX-T IDS/IPS based solutions
Explain Challenges of Traditional IDS/IPS systems and Its Drawbacks
Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS and Its Benefits
Explain Traditional IDS/IPS Solution vs NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS
Explain Compliance benefits of NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS solution
Explain Mobility benefits of NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Solution
Explain Eliminating Blind Spots Issues with NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS

Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Architecture and Its Configuration

Explain the requirements of enabling Distributed IDS/IPS in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Components and Its Functioning
Explain NSX-T IDS/IPS Signatures, Profiles and Rules creation
Explain 4-steps configuration workflow of NSX-T IDS/IPS Solution
Configure NSX-T IDS/IPS Profiles and Rules and Simulating the Traffic
Explore NSX-T CLIs to retrieve IDS events and statistics
Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Architecture and Its Components
Explain NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Dataplane Architecture and Its Components
Explain Packet Flows of NSX-T Distributed IDS/IPS Solution

Explain NSX-T URL Analysis Architecture and Its Configuration

Explain URL Analysis in Gateway Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain requirements of configuring URL Analysis in NSX-T
Explain URL Categories, Classification and Reputation Score in URL Analysis
Explain Webroot and Cloud Service implementation
Configure URL Analysis on Tier-1 Gateway Firewall in NSX-T
Simulate Traffic for URL Analysis and its Validation
Monitoring URL Categories & Reputation Score using URL Analysis Dashboard
Explain URL Analysis Architecture and Its Components
Explain URL Analysis Datapath Module and Datapath Agent
Explain URL Analysis Datapath Module Packet Walk
Explain URL Analysis Datapath Agent Packet Walk

Explain NSX-T Identity Firewall Configuration and Its Use Cases

Explain NSX-T Identity Firewall and Its Use Cases
Explain Benefits of NSX-T Identity based Firewall
Explain the Log On Detection Method in NSX-T Identity Firewall
Explain AD Log Scraping Mechanism for Logon Detection in IDFW
Explain Guest Introspection Agent Method for Logon Detection in IDFW
Explain Log Scraping vs Guest Introspection
Enabling Identity Firewall at vSphere Cluster Level
Registering NSX-T Manager with Active Directory
Creating IDFW Rules and Validating it for App User and IT Admin User
Explain NSX-T IDFW Architecture and Its Configuration Workflow

Explain NSX-T Time Based Firewall and Its Configuration

Configuring NSX-T Time Based Firewall in DFW Rule Section
Explain the Time Based Firewall Rule realization on ESXi Node
Validate the Datapath Traffic when Time Based Firewall Rules are active
Explain DFW CLIs for validation of Time Based Firewall Rules

Explain NSX-T EW and NS Service Insertion and Its Use Cases

Explain NSX-T Service Insertion and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Network Introspection Framework and Its Benefits
Explain Key Use Cases of NSX-T EW and NS Service Insertion
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Insertion and Its key functions
Explain NSX-T North-South Service Insertion and Its key functions
Explain E-W Service Insertion vs N-S Service Insertion
Explain NSX-T Service Consumption Workflow

Explain NSX-T EW and NS Service Insertion Architecture and Its Components

Explain NSX-T North-South Service Insertion Architecture
Explain NSX-T North-South Service Insertion Components and Functions
Explain NSX-T North-South Service Registration and Deployment
Explain North-South Service Insertion Packet Flow in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Insertion Architecture
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Insertion Components and Functions
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Deployment Options
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Insertion Packet Flow
Explain NSX-T East-West Service Insertion Registration and Deployment
Explain Service Chaining in NSX-T East-West Service Insertion

Explain NSX-T Endpoint Protection and Its Architecture

Explain NSX-T Endpoint Protection Service and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Endpoint Protection Service and its Use Cases
Explain How Endpoint Protection works in NSX-T
Explain Key Benefits of Endpoint Protection Service in NSX-T
Explain Guest Introspection Architecture and Its Components
Explain Guest Introspection Framework Architecture in NSX-T
Explain NSX-T Endpoint Protection Service Registration and Deployment Workflow
Explain NSX-T Endpoint Protection Service Consumption Workflow

Explain NSX-T Traceflow Troubleshooting Tool and Its Configuration

Explain Traceflow Troubleshooting Tools and How It works
Explain various configuration parameters of Traceflow Tool
Explain Traceflow Operations and Packet Capture in NSX-T
Explain East-West Traffic Analysis using Traceflow Packet Capture Tool
Explain Traceflow Topology Diagram and Observation workflow for Packet Tracing

Explain NSX-T Port Mirroring Troubleshooting Tool and Its Configuration

Explain Port Mirroring Troubleshooting Tools and Its Use Cases
Explain Remote L3 SPAN and Logical SPAN Mirroring Methods
Explain Difference between Remote L3 SPAN vs Logical SPAN Method
Explain Creation of Port Mirroring Profile and Configure Src and Dst
Explain Port Mirroring Packet Capture Analysis using Wireshark

Explain NSX-T IPFIX Troubleshooting Tool and Its Configuration

Explain IPFIX Troubleshooting Tool and Its Use Cases
Explain How IPFIX Firewall & Switching Profiles and Its Use Cases
Explain IPFIX Profile and Collector Configuration in NSX-T
Explain IPFIX Flow Collection and Its Analysis using Wireshark

Explain NSX-T Monitoring Dashboards and Alarm & Events Framework

Explain Generating Support Bundle for NSX Management and Dataplane Nodes
Explain NSX-T Networking Overview Dashboard and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T Security Overview Dashboard and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T Inventory Overview Dashboard and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T System Overview Dashboard and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T Network Topology Feature and Its Benefits
Explain NSX-T Alarm and Event Framework and Its Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Alarm Framework Architecture and Its Components
Explain NSX-T Alarm Definitions and Dashboard
Explain Customizing NSX-T existing Alarm definitions
Explain various Alarm states such as open, resolved, suppressed and ack

Explain Role Based Access Control in NSX-T and Its Permission Model

Explain Role Based Access Control and How it works in NSX-T
Explain various pre-defined Roles and their permissions in NSX-T
Explain various permission model such Full Access, Read Only Access
Explain difference between NSX-T Auditor and Enterprise Admin Role
Explain difference between Network Engineer vs Network Operator Role
Explain difference between NSX-T Security Engineer vs Security Operator Role
Explain Active Directory Integration with NSX-T Manager
Explain Configuration of AD Users and NSX-T predefine Role Assignment
Validating NSX-T RBAC and Permission Model with AD users and groups

Explain NSX-T Federation Architecture and Its Components

Explain NSX-T Federation and Its Use Cases
Explain Operational Simplicity and Consistent Policy in NSX-T Federation
Explain Simplified Disaster Recovery in NSX-T Federation
Explain Federation Components : Global Manager
Explain Federation Components : Local Manager
Explain Federation Components: GM and LM Cluster
Explain Multisite Federation View
Explain Differences between Global and Local Configuration
Explain Global Configuration Workflow
Explain Local Configuration Workflow
Explain Federation End To End Configuration Workflow
Explain Prerequisites of NSX-T Federation
Explain Stretched Networking and Its Components in NSX-T Federation
Explain NSX-T Federation T0/T1 Logical Topologies

Explain NSX-T Stretched Networking and Its Configuration

Explain configuring Global Manager as Active Manager
Adding Site-A and Site-B Local Manager to Global Manager
Explain RTEP configuration on Site-A and Site-B Edge Cluster
Configuring Stretched Layer2 Overlay Segment
Configuring Stretched T0 Gateway to Enable N-S Traffic
Configuring Stretched T1 Gateway
Assign Stretched Segment to Stretched T1 Gateway
Validate Site-A to Site-B Workload VM connectivity
Simulating the Site level failure to explain NSX-T Stretched Networking

Explain NSX-T Federation Deployments and Security Use Cases

Explain NSX-T Single Location T0/T1 Deployments Overview
Explain NSX-T Multisite Location Deployments Overview
Explain NSX-T Federation Primary/Secondary and All Primary deployments
Explain RTEP and Its functions in NSX-T Federation Networking
Explain Stretched Networking Communication Workflow in NSX-T Federation
Explain Layer2 Packet Walk in NSX-T Federation
Explain Layer3 Packet Walk in NSX-T Federation
Explain NSX-T Federation Security Use Cases
Explain NSX-T Federation Security Components
Explain NSX-T Federation Global and Local Groups
Explain NSX-T Federation Security Configuration Workflow

Explain NSX-T Federation Security Configuration and Licensing Editions

Explain configuring security in NSX-T Federation
Configuring Groups using Dynamic Membership Criteria in NSX-T Federation
Configuring Groups and their SPAN in NSX-T Federation
Explain NSX-T Datacenter Licensing and Its various editions
Explain NSX-T Standard Licensing and Supported Features
Explain NSX-T Professional Licensing and Supported Features
Explain NSX-T Advanced Licensing and Supported Features
Explain NSX-T Enterprise Plus Licensing and Supported Features

Hands On Labs Covered

5 labs

NSX-T Networking Fundamentals (HOL-2225-01-NET)