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.
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should attend 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.
Certifications
This course prepares you for the following certification:
35 godzin (5 dni x 7 godzin), w tym wykłady i warsztaty praktyczne.
1. Course Introduction
• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Resources and references
• Learning paths and certifications
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
