Duration

5 days

Course Outline

This five-day hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competence in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX® 6.2 environment. In this course, you will be presented with various types of technical problems. You will learn how to identify the problems and solve them through a systematic process. You will also learn about several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools.

Product Alignment

VMware NSX 6.2
VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ 3.0
VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ 3.0

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
Troubleshoot VMware NSX infrastructure and component issues
Troubleshoot physical and logical networking issues involving switching and routing
Troubleshoot advanced edge services
Troubleshoot network security issues
Use relevant tools to monitor, operate, and troubleshoot VMware NSX deployments

Certifications

This course prepares you for the following certification:

VMware Certified Implementation Expert — Network Virtualization (VCIX-NV)

Intended Audience

Network professionals who work with enterprise networks and VMware Sphere®

Prerequisites

Understanding of layer 2-3 networking protocols, and switching and routing methodology
Understanding of layer 4-7 network services
Experience working with vSphere
Understanding of the concepts presented in the VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware NSX for Internetworking Experts Fast Track course

Outline

Course Introduction
Introduction and course logistics

Course objectives

Resources and references
Learning paths and certifications
Troubleshooting Methodology
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
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Infrastructure
Describe the NSX infrastructure and component communications
Discuss common VMware NSX® Controller™ deployment problems
Install NSX components for host preparation
Troubleshoot host preparation problems
Troubleshoot management and control plane synchronization problems
Introduce the NSX central CLI
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Switches
Describe the VXLAN architecture
Create logical switches
Troubleshoot the logical switch control plane and the data plane
Use the central CLI to troubleshoot logical switch problems
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Routers
Describe the NSX logical routing architecture
Understand logical routing prerequisites
Understand the VMware NSX® Manager™ plug-in for VMware NSX® Edge™
Gather logical routing information for operations and troubleshooting
Explain the logical routing subsystem
Use the CLI to troubleshoot problems related to the controller and the control VM
Troubleshoot routing subsystem component failures
Use tools such as logs and packet capture to identify and solve routing problems
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Security Services
Discuss the NSX distributed firewall components and communication channels
Validate and troubleshoot distributed firewall configurations
Understand the SpoofGuard and identity firewall functions
Discuss distributed firewall thresholds, availability, and operations
Discuss Service Composer components and troubleshoot Service Composer problems
Explain Guest Introspection architecture, components, and deployment details
Discuss third-party integration and automation
Understand the distributed firewall monitoring and logging architecture
Use the CLI to troubleshoot edge services gateway firewall operations
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Edge Services
Identify and troubleshoot NSX Edge high availability models
Understand ECMP and handle routing failures
Troubleshoot edge services such as DHCP and DNS
Troubleshoot various types of VPN services
Discuss and troubleshoot common load-balancing problems
Use the coredump tool in problem solving
vRealize Operational Tools for NSX Operations Management
Discuss NSX operational requirements and tools overview
Introduce vRealize Network Insight
Introduce vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for VMware NSX

This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.