Overview:

This course prepares students to lead VMware NSX™ design and deployment projects by giving them an understanding of general design processes and frameworks.  Students look at the design and deployment considerations for network virtualization as part of an overall software-defined data center design.

Public dates are not currently scheduled for this course, but you can request one in your area by clicking on the Classroom button and then “Request A New Schedule Offering”.

Duration:  04 days.

Objectives:

-       Understand and apply a design framework

-       Apply design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks

-       Analyze existing physical networking and security components, processes, and operations

-       Design a VMware vSphere® Virtual Data Center to support NSX requirements

-       Design a physical network to support network virtualization in a software-defined data center

-       Design logical network services

-       Design logical security services

-       Design a data center rack solution to support scalability and high availability

-       Identify management, monitoring, and operational tools for a proposed solution

-       Analyze the operational readiness of an organization and perform a skills gap analysis

-       Analyze alternate design choices for risk mitigation

Intended Audience:

-       Network professionals who have experience working with VMware NSX and are responsible for designing or deploying virtualized network architecture.  Attendees should have taken the NSX: Install, Configure, Manage and NSX: Troubleshooting & Operations courses or have equivalent experience.

Prerequisites:

-       Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage course or VMware NSX for Internetworking Experts Fast Track.

-       Passing of the VCP-NV certification is recommended

Course outlines:

1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2. Design Process and Principles

• Design Frameworks
• Software-Defined Data Center Design
• Information Gathering and Design Assessment

3. NSX Infrastructure Design

• VMware vSphere Virtual Data Center Design
• Storage Design Considerations
• NSX Component Design

4. Network Design

• Physical Network Design
• vSphere Network Switch and VMKernel Design
• Logical Switch Design
• Logical Routing Design
• Logical Load Balancing Design
• Bridging
• NAT, DHCP, DNS

5. Security Design

• Microsegmentation Design
• Data and Network Security Design
• Secure Network Access Design

6. Operations and Management Design

• Network Operations Design
• Cloud Management Platform Design

7. Multisite Design

8. Deployment Considerations

• Design Deliverables
• Design Implementation