VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [v3.2]
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 environment.
Furthermore, various types of technical problems are presented, which will be identified, analyzed and resolved through a systematic process.
COD: NSXTTO32
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 participating in this course, you must complete the following course:
You must also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies:
- Good knowledge of TCP/IP services and protocols.
- Knowledge and work experience of computer networks and security, including:
– Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3)
– Network services and application delivery (L4-L7)
– Firewalling (L4-L7)
– VMware vSphere 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, analyze, and troubleshoot management, control, and data plane issues in the NSX-T Data Center.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot infrastructure readiness issues in the NSX-T Data Center.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot logical switching and logical routing in the NSX-T Data Center.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security issues related to NSX-T Data Center distributed firewalls and gateways.
- Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot VPN and VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ issues.
- Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center datapath and troubleshoot them.
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, live traffic analysis, port mirroring) for the NSX-T Data Center environment.
- Configure 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
- Describe 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.
- Describe the migration procedure from N-VDS to VDS
- Examine the architecture and workflows involved in attaching workloads to segments.
- Identify and troubleshoot common logic switching problems.
6 Logical routing troubleshooting
- Examine the architecture of logical routing and NSX Edge nodes.
- Explain the workflows involved in configuring Tier-0 and Tier-1 gateways.
- Explain high availability modes and validate logical router placements.
- Identify and troubleshoot common logical routing problems using BGP and OSPF.
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 Services
- Review the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
- Identify and troubleshoot common NSX Advanced Load Balancer problems.
- Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and components
- Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2 VPN problems.
9 Change to data path
- Verify and validate packet path on NSX datapath (East-West and South-North)
- Identify and capture packets at various points in the data path.
- Use the NSX CLI and hypervisor native commands to retrieve the affected configurations in the NSX datapath.
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
