VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [v3.0]
This five-day hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve proficiency in managing and troubleshooting your VMware NSX-T™ data center environment. In this course, you are introduced to the workflows of various networking and security constructs, as well as various operational and troubleshooting tools that help you manage and troubleshoot your NSX-T data center.
COD: NSXTTO3
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 and network administrators
- Network and security professionals working with enterprise and data center networks
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you must have completed the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0] course .
You should also have the following knowledge:
- Good knowledge of TCP/IP services and protocols.
- Knowledge and work experience of computer networks, including:
– Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3)
– Application delivery and network services (L4-L7) - Knowledge and experience working with VMware vSphere® environments and KVM based environments
Outgoing knowledge/skills
By the end of the course, you should be able to achieve the following objectives:
- Use the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to troubleshoot and troubleshoot your NSX-T Data Center environment.
- Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ and VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ to troubleshoot and troubleshoot your NSX-T Data Center environment.
- Explain the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure components and the communications between them.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve the following NSX-T data center issues:
– Infrastructure management, control, data plans, readiness
– Logical switching and logical routing - Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security issues related to NSX-T data center gateways and distributed firewalls.
- Identify, analyze and troubleshoot VPN and load balancing services.
- Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center datapath and troubleshoot various problems that may occur in the datapath.
Educational program
1 Introduction to the course
- Introduction and logistics of the course
- Objectives of the course
2 NSX-T Data Center Tools and Operations
- Explain and validate native troubleshooting tools (dashboard, traceflow, port mirroring) for the NSX-T Data Center environment.
- Configuring syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the NSX-T Data Center environment.
- Integrare NSX-T Data Center con vRealize Log Insight e vRealize Network Insight.
- Validate and review the API methods available to configure the NSX-T Data Center environment.
3 Troubleshooting the NSX Management Cluster
- Describe the NSX Management cluster architecture, components, and communication channels.
- Identify the workflows involved in configuring the NSX Management cluster.
- Validate and troubleshoot NSX Management cluster formation.
4 Preparing the infrastructure for troubleshooting
- Describe the data plane architecture, components and communication channels.
- Explain and troubleshoot VMware ESXi™ transport node preparation.
- Explain and troubleshoot KVM transport node preparation
- Explain and troubleshoot VMware NSX® Edge™ transport node preparation.
5 Logic switching troubleshooting
- Understand the logic switching architecture
- List the modules and processes involved in configuring logical switching.
- Explain the importance of N-VDS and VDS in transport nodes.
- Review the architecture and workflows involved in the setup.
- Identify and troubleshoot common logic switching problems.
6 Logical routing troubleshooting
- Examine logical routing architecture and NSX Edge nodes
- Explain the workflows involved in configuring Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways.
- Explain HA modes and logical router placements.
- Identify and fix the most common logical routing problems.
7 Security troubleshooting
- Review distributed firewall architecture
- Explain the workflows involved in configuring the distributed firewall.
- Review the gateway firewall architecture
- Explain the workflows required for configuring the gateway firewall.
- Identify and troubleshoot common distributed firewall and gateway firewall problems.
8 Troubleshooting load balancers and VPN services
- Examine the load balancer architecture and components
- Identify and fix the most common load balancing problems.
- Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and components
- Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2 VPN problems
9 Data path
- Check and validate packet path on NSX-T datapath (East-West and North-South)
- Identify and capture packets at various points in the data path.
- Use nsxcli to retrieve the configurations involved in the NSX-T data path.
Duration – 5 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
