Duration

5 days

Overview

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® 6.4 environment. In this course, you are introduced to several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools. You will be presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Product Alignment

NSX 6.4
VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ 3.6
VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ 4.5

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 native NSX tools, VMware vRealize® Suite tools, and partner tools that are useful for monitoring, troubleshooting, and operations
Explain the NSX infrastructure components and the communications between them
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX management, control, and data planes
Identify, analyze and troubleshoot problems related to NSX logical switching, logical routing, and VMware NSX® Edge™ services
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the NSX distributed firewall and the NSX Edge firewall

Certifications

This course prepares you for the following certification:

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 – Network Virtualization Deployment (VCAP6-NV Deploy)

Intended Audience

Network professionals who work with enterprise networks and VMware Sphere® 6.x

Prerequisites

Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including:
Switching and routing technologies (L2-3)
Network and application delivery services (L4-7)
Knowledge and working experience of vSphere
Knowledge and working experience of NSX installation, configuration, management, and operations

Before taking this course, you ought to take either the VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage course or the VMware NSX for Internetworking Experts Fast Track course.

The VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV) certification is recommended.

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
NSX Troubleshooting and Operational Tools
Discuss NSX operational requirements
Use the native NSX tools (such as the central CLI, the NSX dashboard, and Application Rule Manager) to solve various types of problems
Use vRealize Network Insight to identify and analyze problems
Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ Content Pack for NSX in troubleshooting and operations
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Infrastructure
Explain the NSX infrastructure and component communications
Troubleshoot VMware NSX® Manager™ and the management plane
Troubleshoot VMware NSX® Controller™ and the control plane
Troubleshoot problems in host preparation
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Switches
Explain VXLAN and logical switching components
Verify the VXLAN and logical switch configuration and status
Identify and troubleshoot common layer 2 configuration errors
Use the GUI, the CLI, packet capture, traceflow, and other tools to troubleshoot logical switching problems
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Logical Routers
Describe the NSX logical routing architecture
Explain routing components, functions, and communications
Verify logical router configuration settings
Use packet capture on routers and perform packet walk
Use the GUI, the CLI, traceflow, and other tools to troubleshoot logical routing problems
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Edge Services
Verify edge services (such as DHCP and DNS) configuration settings and operational status
Troubleshoot various types of VPN services (SSL VPN-Plus, L2 VPN, and IPsec VPN)
Verify the configuration and status of logical load balancers
Troubleshoot common load-balancing and high availability scenarios
Troubleshooting and Operating NSX Security Services
Discuss the NSX distributed firewall architecture, components, communication channels, and features
Use the CLI and other tools to troubleshoot the configuration and operations of the NSX distributed firewall and the NSX Edge firewall
Explain and troubleshoot the Service Composer components and architecture
Troubleshoot common problems related to Identity Firewall
Examine Guest Introspection architecture, components, services, and operations
Verify Guest Introspection deployment configuration and functions, and troubleshoot common problems

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.