Duration
3 days
Course Overview
This intensive training course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Networking and Security™ for VMware® vSphere® professional use. vCloud Networking and Security is a suite of security virtual appliances built for VMware® vCenter Server™ and VMware ESXi™ integration. vCloud Networking and Security is a critical security component for protecting virtualized data centers from attacks and helping you to achieve your compliance-mandated goals. The course is based on VMware® vShield™ 5.5, ESXi 5.5, and vCenter Server 5.5.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, you should be able to do the following:
- Identify common use cases for vCloud Networking and Security components
- Install VMware vCloud® Networking and Security Manager™ and configure it to work with vCenter Server
- Create and manage VXLAN virtual wires
- Identify environments that benefit from deploying VMware vCloud® Networking and Security Edge™ and install and configure it
- Identify environments that benefit from VMware vCloud® Networking and Security App™ and install and configure it in a cluster
- Describe the enterprise requirements for compliance analysis and how VMware vCloud® Networking and Security Data Security™ can provide a solution
Audience
System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying vCloud Networking and Security
Prerequisites
Required
- Willingness to participate in demanding, high-intensity training
- Experience with vSphere
- Comfort with system administration using command-line interfaces
Recommended
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
Course Modules
- Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives
- VMware Networking and Security
- Networking and Security virtualization vision
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security components
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security Manager
- Installation prerequisites
- Installing vCloud Networking and Security Manager
- VXLAN Networks
- Layer-2 connectivity and VLAN constraints
- VXLAN protocol
- IP encapsulation and multicast requirements
- Creating and connecting a VXLAN virtual wire
- Testing VXLAN virtual wire connectivity
- Securing the Data Center
- Securing the virtual data center
- Securing virtual networks
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security Edge
- Installing and configuring vCloud Networking and Security Edge
- Internal and uplink interfaces
- Adding, changing, and deleting firewall and NAT rules
- Configuring site-to-site IPsec VPNs
- Configuring SSL VPNs for remote access
- Configuring load-balancer services
- Configuring high-availability services
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security App
- Installing and configuring vCloud Networking and Security App
- Hypervisor-based firewall on each host
- Firewall rules for virtual machine protection
- Flow monitoring as a traffic analysis tool
- Endpoint Security
- Challenges with endpoint security
- VMware® vShield Endpoint™ components
- Antivirus use cases and solutions
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security Data Security
- Data security policies and compliance
- Data security scans
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.