VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization 2019 (VCP-NV 2019)

EXAM NUMBER 2V0-642

VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2]

Objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

•  Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
•  Configure and deploy VMware NSX components for management and control
•  Describe basic VMware NSX layer 2 networking
•  Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks
•  Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity
•  Configure and deploy VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish north-south
connectivity
•  Configure VMware NSX L2 bridging
•  Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway
•  Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic
•  Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic
•  Configure Service Composer policies
•  Configure an identity-aware firewall
•  Describe VMware NSX data security
•  Use the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature

Intended Audience:

Experienced system or network administrators

Prerequisites:

• Understanding of enterprise switching and routing
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP services
  • Experience with firewalls and firewall rule sets
  • Understanding of concepts presented in the VMware Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals course or VCA-DCV certification

Outline

1. Course Introduction
   • Introductions and course logistics
   • Course objectives

1. Software-Defined Data Center
   • Describe the evolution of the software-defined data center
   • Describe VMware vSphere®
   • Describe VMware NSX
2. Management and Control Plane Components
   • Understand the management, control, and data planes
   • Describe VMware NSX® Manager™
   • Describe the VMware NSX® Controller™ cluster
3. Logical Switch Networks
   • Describe Ethernet fundamentals
   • Describe VMware vSphere® Distributed Switch™
   • Describe switch link aggregation
   • Describe VLAN
   • Describe VXLAN logical switch networks
   • Describe VMware NSX Controller replication
4. VMware NSX Logical Routing
   • Discuss routing protocols
   • Describe the VMware NSX logical router
   • Describe the NSX Edge services gateway
5. VMware NSX L2 Bridging
   • Understand L2 bridging and use cases
   • Describe L2 software bridging
   • Describe L2 hardware bridging
6. NSX Edge  Gateway Services
   • Describe network address translation
   • Describe load balancing
   • Describe high availability
   • Describe virtual private networking
   • Configure L2 VPN
   • Configure IPsec VPN
   • Configure SSL VPN-Plus
7. VMware NSX Firewall and Security Services
   • Describe the NSX Edge firewall
   • Describe the VMware NSX distributed firewall
   • Describe VMware NSX data security
   • Describe the Service Composer
   • Describe the identity-aware firewall
8. Cross-vCenter VMware NSX
   • Understand the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
   • Identify the benefits of the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
   • Configure the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature
   • Discuss the deployment models for cross-vCenter VMware NSX