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This advanced course is delivered by VMware directly.
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In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center 3.2. You will be introduced to all new security features in NSX-T Data Center 3.2, including the NSX Application Platform, NSX Malware Prevention, NSX Intrusion Detection and Prevention, URL Filtering, VMware NSX® Intelligence™, and VMware NSX® Network Detection and Response™.
This course also discusses the architectural and operational changes introduced in 3.2 and discusses the enhancements to OSPF, VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™, and NSX Federation.
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Course Contents
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- Course Introduction
- NSX Architecture and Operations
- OSPF Routing Protocol
- NSX Security Architecture
- Distributed Firewall on VDS Security Only Use Case
- Gateway Security
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- NSX Application Platform
- Malware Prevention
- NSX Intelligence and NSX Network Detection and Response
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- NSX Federation Enhancements
You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.
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Target Group
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Network and security administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing the NSX-T Data Center deployments.
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Knowledge Prerequisites
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This course requires completion of the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage course or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with NSX-T Data Center 3.0 or above.
Solid understanding of the concepts presented in the Kubernetes Fundamentals course is also required.
The following knowledge is also beneficial:
• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including switching and routing technologies
(L2-L3) and L2-L7 firewall
• Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments
• Knowledge and working experience with Kubernetes or vSphere with Tanzu environments.The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (2021) certification is recommended.
| 1 Course Introduction |
| • Introduction and course logistics |
| • Course objectives |
| 2 NSX Architecture and Operations |
| • Review key components of the NSX-T Data Center architecture |
| • Explain the Management Plane to Policy Promotion tool |
| • Compare Live Traffic Analysis with traditional network traffic analysis methods |
| • Identify how Fabric View helps visualize the underlying network fabric of a topology |
| • Recognize improvements in historical trending for network and system monitoring |
| • Explain how the fabric MTU health check can be used to identify an MTU mismatch |
| 3 OSPF Routing Protocol |
| • Explain the core concepts of OSPF routing |
| • Define the OSPF use cases in NSX-T Data Center |
| • Explain the Tier-0 gateway topologies with OSPF |
| • Configure OSPF in NSX-T Data Center |
| 4 NSX Security Architecture |
| • Describe the NSX security architecture and main components |
| • Identify the use cases for NSX Distributed Security |
| • Identify the use cases for NSX Gateway Security |
| • Describe NSX Network Detection and Response |
| 5 Distributed Firewall on VDS Security Only Use Case |
| • Identify the distributed firewall on VDS requirements |
| • Configure the distributed firewall on VDS |
| • Validate the distributed firewall on VDS configurations |
| 6 Gateway Security |
| • Identify use cases for URL filtering |
| • Describe the URL filtering architecture |
| • Configure URL filtering |
| • Describe the uses cases, architecture, and components of Identity Firewall |
| • Configure Identity Firewall for north-south traffic |
| 7 Intrusion Detection and Prevention |
| • Describe the MITRE ATT&CK framework |
| • Explain the phases of a cyberattack |
| • Describe features and methods used by intrusion detection and prevention systems |
| • Identify VMware NSX® Distributed IDS/IPS™ use cases |
| • Describe the NSX Distributed IDS/IPS terminology and architecture |
| • Configure NSX Distributed IDS/IPS |
| 8 NSX Application Platform |
| • Describe NSX Application Platform and its use cases |
| • Define the core concepts of vSphere with Tanzu |
| • Deploy NSX Application Platform on vSphere with Tanzu |
| • Explain the NSX Application Platform architecture and services |
| • Scale out and scale up NSX Application Platform |
| 9 Malware Prevention |
| • Describe techniques used in malware prevention |
| • Identify use cases for NSX Malware Prevention |
| • Identify the components in the NSX Malware Prevention architecture |
| • Describe the NSX Malware Prevention packet flows for known and unknown files |
| • Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic |
| 10 NSX Intelligence and NSX Network Detection and Response |
| • Describe the NSX Intelligence architecture and core components |
| • Install NSX Intelligence |
| • Describe NSX Intelligence visualization, recommendation, and Suspicious Traffic Detection enhancements |
| • Describe NSX Network Detection and Response architecture and its use cases |
| • Activate NSX Network Detection and Response |
| • Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX Network Detection and Response |
| 11 NSX Advanced Load Balancer |
| • Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer and its use cases |
| • Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture |
| • Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer |
| • Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and how they manage traffic |
| • Configure virtual IP addresses, virtual services, and server pools |
| • Perform basic troubleshooting of virtual services, server pools, and service engines |
| 12 NSX Federation Enhancements |
| • Recognize NSX Federation use cases |
| • Describe the main components of the NSX Federation architecture |
| • Explain LDAP support for the Global Manager |
| • Explain the purpose of firewall drafts on the NSX Global Manager |
| • Explain NSX Federation support for tag-based replication |
| • Describe ways to monitor NSX Federation components |
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Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
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Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
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Tailor-made courses
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You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.-
This advanced course is delivered by VMware directly.
-
In this three-day, hands-on training course, you explore the new features and enhancements in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center 3.2. You will be introduced to all new security features in NSX-T Data Center 3.2, including the NSX Application Platform, NSX Malware Prevention, NSX Intrusion Detection and Prevention, URL Filtering, VMware NSX® Intelligence™, and VMware NSX® Network Detection and Response™.
This course also discusses the architectural and operational changes introduced in 3.2 and discusses the enhancements to OSPF, VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™, and NSX Federation.
-
Course Contents
-
- Course Introduction
- NSX Architecture and Operations
- OSPF Routing Protocol
- NSX Security Architecture
- Distributed Firewall on VDS Security Only Use Case
- Gateway Security
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- NSX Application Platform
- Malware Prevention
- NSX Intelligence and NSX Network Detection and Response
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- NSX Federation Enhancements
You will receive the original course documentation from VMware as an e-book.
-
Target Group
-
Network and security administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing the NSX-T Data Center deployments.
-
Knowledge Prerequisites
-
This course requires completion of the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage course or equivalent knowledge and administration experience with NSX-T Data Center 3.0 or above.
Solid understanding of the concepts presented in the Kubernetes Fundamentals course is also required.
The following knowledge is also beneficial:
• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including switching and routing technologies
(L2-L3) and L2-L7 firewall
• Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments
• Knowledge and working experience with Kubernetes or vSphere with Tanzu environments.The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (2021) certification is recommended.
| 1 Course Introduction |
| • Introduction and course logistics |
| • Course objectives |
| 2 NSX Architecture and Operations |
| • Review key components of the NSX-T Data Center architecture |
| • Explain the Management Plane to Policy Promotion tool |
| • Compare Live Traffic Analysis with traditional network traffic analysis methods |
| • Identify how Fabric View helps visualize the underlying network fabric of a topology |
| • Recognize improvements in historical trending for network and system monitoring |
| • Explain how the fabric MTU health check can be used to identify an MTU mismatch |
| 3 OSPF Routing Protocol |
| • Explain the core concepts of OSPF routing |
| • Define the OSPF use cases in NSX-T Data Center |
| • Explain the Tier-0 gateway topologies with OSPF |
| • Configure OSPF in NSX-T Data Center |
| 4 NSX Security Architecture |
| • Describe the NSX security architecture and main components |
| • Identify the use cases for NSX Distributed Security |
| • Identify the use cases for NSX Gateway Security |
| • Describe NSX Network Detection and Response |
| 5 Distributed Firewall on VDS Security Only Use Case |
| • Identify the distributed firewall on VDS requirements |
| • Configure the distributed firewall on VDS |
| • Validate the distributed firewall on VDS configurations |
| 6 Gateway Security |
| • Identify use cases for URL filtering |
| • Describe the URL filtering architecture |
| • Configure URL filtering |
| • Describe the uses cases, architecture, and components of Identity Firewall |
| • Configure Identity Firewall for north-south traffic |
| 7 Intrusion Detection and Prevention |
| • Describe the MITRE ATT&CK framework |
| • Explain the phases of a cyberattack |
| • Describe features and methods used by intrusion detection and prevention systems |
| • Identify VMware NSX® Distributed IDS/IPS™ use cases |
| • Describe the NSX Distributed IDS/IPS terminology and architecture |
| • Configure NSX Distributed IDS/IPS |
| 8 NSX Application Platform |
| • Describe NSX Application Platform and its use cases |
| • Define the core concepts of vSphere with Tanzu |
| • Deploy NSX Application Platform on vSphere with Tanzu |
| • Explain the NSX Application Platform architecture and services |
| • Scale out and scale up NSX Application Platform |
| 9 Malware Prevention |
| • Describe techniques used in malware prevention |
| • Identify use cases for NSX Malware Prevention |
| • Identify the components in the NSX Malware Prevention architecture |
| • Describe the NSX Malware Prevention packet flows for known and unknown files |
| • Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic |
| 10 NSX Intelligence and NSX Network Detection and Response |
| • Describe the NSX Intelligence architecture and core components |
| • Install NSX Intelligence |
| • Describe NSX Intelligence visualization, recommendation, and Suspicious Traffic Detection enhancements |
| • Describe NSX Network Detection and Response architecture and its use cases |
| • Activate NSX Network Detection and Response |
| • Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX Network Detection and Response |
| 11 NSX Advanced Load Balancer |
| • Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer and its use cases |
| • Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture |
| • Deploy NSX Advanced Load Balancer |
| • Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and how they manage traffic |
| • Configure virtual IP addresses, virtual services, and server pools |
| • Perform basic troubleshooting of virtual services, server pools, and service engines |
| 12 NSX Federation Enhancements |
| • Recognize NSX Federation use cases |
| • Describe the main components of the NSX Federation architecture |
| • Explain LDAP support for the Global Manager |
| • Explain the purpose of firewall drafts on the NSX Global Manager |
| • Explain NSX Federation support for tag-based replication |
| • Describe ways to monitor NSX Federation components |
-
Classroom training
- Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!
-
Online training
- You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.
-
Tailor-made courses
-
You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
You can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.