VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Troubleshooting and Operations
This 3-day hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve proficiency in managing and troubleshooting VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancers. This course introduces several operational, management, and troubleshooting tools. Various types of technical problems will be presented, which will be identified, analyzed and resolved through a systematic process.
COD: NSXALBTO
CATEGORY: VMware
Teaching methodology
The course includes educational laboratories in which each student will be able to work in order to complete training exercises that will provide practical experience in using the instrument, for each of the topics covered during the course.
Who should participate
- Experienced system administrators or network administrators
- Network professionals who have experience working with VMware NSX
- Advanced Load Balancers and are responsible for troubleshooting and operating Application Delivery Controller solutions
Prerequisites
The following course is required to be completed:
- VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage
Outgoing knowledge/skills
By the end of the course, you should be able to achieve the following objectives:
- Describe the main components and functions of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
- Explain the key features and benefits of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
- Establish and apply a structured approach and methodology for problem solving.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure, including control plane and data plane components.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot application components such as virtual services, pools, and related components.
Educational program
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 Introduzione a NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Introdurre NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Discuss the use cases and benefits of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Explain the architecture and components of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Explain the management, control, data and consumption functions and plans.
3 Events and Alerts
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer events
- Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer alerts
- Describe the monitoring capabilities of the NSX Advanced Load Balancer using SNMP, Syslog, and email.
4 Introduction to Troubleshooting the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer troubleshooting concepts
- Describe and leverage application logs
- Describe and use Application Analytics and Security Insights
- Understand and use the concepts of Health Score
- Explain and leverage metrics
- Explain and leverage packet capture and command-line utilities
- Describe and leverage user interface and CLI utilities to perform control plane troubleshooting.
5 Infrastructure troubleshooting concepts
- Describe and perform general troubleshooting of the Cloud Connector
- Describe and analyze the state of the VMware Cloud Connector
- Leverage case studies for troubleshooting VMware Cloud Connector
- Describe and troubleshoot VMware NSX Cloud Connector integration issues
- Describe and troubleshoot Linux Server Cloud Connector integration issues
- Describe and troubleshoot Openstack Cloud Connector integration issues
- Leverage Openstack Cloud Connector troubleshooting case studies
- Describe and troubleshoot the integrations of AWS and Azure Cloud Connector.
6 Avi Service Engine Troubleshooting and Advanced Troubleshooting
Explain the general infrastructure of Service Engine
Explain and leverage Service Engine Analytics, Health Score, and Troubleshooting Metrics
Explain and leverage events and alerts for troubleshooting the service engine.
Leverage the Service Engine troubleshooting CLI
Analyze the Service Engine with the Technical Support utility
Leverage the CLI for advanced data path analysis
7 Monitor the NSX Advanced Load Balancer
Explain and configure SNMP-based monitoring
Explain and configure REST API based monitoring
Describe and leverage third-party REST API monitoring extensions (Grafana, Prometheus)
Duration – 3 days
Delivery – in Classroom, On Site, Remote
PC and SW requirements:
- Internet connection
- Web browser, Google Chrome
- Zoom
Language
Instructor: English
Labs: English
Slides: English
