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VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage (V4.0)

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€ 3.970,-
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This course provides comprehensive training on the installation, configuration and management of a VMware NSX® environment. It covers the key features and functions of NSX 4.0.0.1 and NSX 4.0.1 and much more.
Contents

This course covers NSX 4.x, the direct successor to NSX-T 3.2. 

 

Course introduction

  • Introductions and course logistics
  • Aims of the course

VMware Virtual Cloud Network and VMware NSX

  • Introduction to the vision of the VMware Virtual Cloud Network
  • Describe the NSX product portfolio
  • Discussion of NSX features, use cases and benefits
  • Explanation of the NSX architecture and components
  • Explain the management, control, data and consumption levels and their functions

Preparing the NSX infrastructure

  • Deploy VMware NSX® ManagerTM nodes on ESXi hypervisors
  • Navigating through the NSX user interface
  • Explaining the components of the data layer such as N-VDS/VDS, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles and more
  • Preparation of transport nodes and configuration of the data layer infrastructure
  • Checking the transport node status and connectivity
  • Explaining DPU-based acceleration in NSX
  • Installing NSX with DPUs

Logical NSX switching

  • Introduction to the key components and terminology of logical switching
  • Describe the function and types of L2 segments
  • Explanation of tunneling and the Geneve encapsulation
  • Configuring logical segments and connecting hosts with the NSX UI
  • Describe the function and types of segment profiles
  • Creating segment profiles and applying them to segments and ports
  • Explain the function of MAC, ARP and TEP tables used in packet forwarding
  • Demonstration of the L2 unicast packet flow
  • Explain ARP suppression and the handling of BUM traffic

NSX Logical Routing

  • Describe the logical routing function and use cases
  • Introduction to the two-tier routing architecture, topologies and components
  • Explaining the Tier 0 and Tier 1 gateway functions
  • Describe the logical router components: service router and distributed router
  • Discussion of the architecture and function of NSX Edge nodes
  • Discussion of NSX Edge node deployment options
  • Configure NSX Edge nodes and create NSX Edge clusters
  • Configuring Tier 0 and Tier 1 gateways
  • Investigating single-stage and multi-stage package flows
  • Configuring static routing and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF
  • Activating ECMP on a Tier 0 gateway
  • Describing NSX Edge HA, error detection and failback modes
  • Configuring VRF Lite

NSX Bridging

  • Describing the function of logical bridging
  • Discussing the use cases for logical bridging
  • Comparison of routing and bridging solutions
  • Explaining the components of logical bridging
  • Creating Bridge clusters and Bridge profiles

NSX Firewalls

  • Describing the NSX segmentation
  • Identify the steps to enforce Zero Trust with NSX segmentation
  • Describe the architecture, components and function of the distributed firewall
  • Configuring sections and rules of the distributed firewall
  • Configuring the distributed firewall on VDS
  • Describe the gateway firewall architecture, components and function
  • Configuring gateway firewall sections and rules

NSX Advanced Threat Prevention

  • Explain NSX IDS/IPS and their use cases
  • Configuring NSX IDS/IPS
  • Deploying the NSX application platform
  • Identify the components and architecture of NSX Malware Prevention
  • Configuring NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic
  • Describe the use cases and architecture of VMware NSX® Intelligence™
  • Identify the components and architecture of VMware NSX® Network
  • Detection and Response™
  • Use NSX Network Detection and Response to analyze events in network traffic

NSX services

  • Explaining and configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)
  • Explaining and configuring DNS and DHCP services
  • Describe VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ architecture, components, topologies and use cases.
  • Configuring NSX Advanced Load Balancer
  • Explain the IPSec VPN and L2 VPN functions and use cases
  • Configuring IPSec VPN and L2 VPN with the NSX UI

NSX user and role management

  • Describe the function and benefits of VMware Identity Manager™ in NSX
  • Integrating VMware Identity Manager with NSX
  • Integrating LDAP with NSX
  • Identify the different types of users, authentication policies and
  • Authorizations
  • Use of role-based access control to restrict user access
  • Explain object-based access control in NSX

NSX Federation

  • Introduction to the key concepts, terminology and use cases of NSX Federation
  • Explain the NSX Federation onboarding process
  • Describe the NSX Federation switching and routing functions.
  • Describe the security concepts of NSX Federation
Your benefit
  • Describe the architecture and main components of NSX
  • Explaining the features and benefits of NSX
  • Use of the NSX management cluster and the VMware NSX® Edge™ nodes
  • Preparing VMware ESXi™ hosts for participation in NSX networks
  • Creating and configuring segments for layer 2 forwarding
  • Create and configure Tier 0 and Tier 1 gateways for logical routing
  • Use distributed and gateway firewall policies to filter east-west and north-south traffic in NSX
  • Configuring Advanced Threat Prevention functions
  • Configuring network services on NSX Edge nodes
  • Using VMware Identity Manager™ and LDAP to manage users and access
  • Explaining the use cases, meaning and architecture of federation
trainer
Steffen Richter
Methods

This course consists of training training and is led by a trainer who supervises the participants live. Theory and practice are taught with live demonstrations and practical exercises. The video conferencing software Zoom is used.

Final examination
Recommended for

This course is aimed at experienced security administrators or network administrators.

Requirements:

Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols, knowledge and working experience with computer networks, including switching and routing technologies (L2 to L3) and L2 to L7 firewall, knowledge and working experience with VMware vSphere® environments, knowledge and working experience with Kubernetes or VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu® environment.

Start dates and details

Form of learning

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13.10.2025
Online
Places free
Implementation secured
Online
Places free
Implementation secured

This training is conducted in cooperation with the authorized training organization Digicomp Academy AG.
For the purpose of conducting the training, participants' data will be transmitted to Digicomp Academy AG and processed there under its own responsibility.
Please take note of the corresponding privacy policy.

Do you have questions about training?
Call us on +49 761 595 33900 or write to us at service@haufe-akademie.de or use the contact form.