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Publication date : 06/05/2024

Course : VMware NSX: Installing Configure Manage V4 (NSXICM4)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-41.20

Practical course - 5d - 35h00 - Ref. VMZ
Price : 4850 € E.T.

VMware NSX: Installing Configure Manage V4 (NSXICM4)

Official course, exam preparation 2V0-41.20


Training listed in a collective action
Formation éligible au financement Atlas

“Open only to ATLAS members registering via CampusAtlas as part of collective actions.” This training course will give you a comprehensive understanding of how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX® environment. It covers the main features and functionalities of NSX 4.0.0.1 and NSX 4.0.1, including global infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls, and advanced threat prevention, etc.


INTER
IN-HOUSE
CUSTOM

Practical course in person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. VMZ
  5d - 35h00
4850 € E.T.
En option :
Dynamique.Model.Bean_FormationOption
Certification : 330 € HT




“Open only to ATLAS members registering via CampusAtlas as part of collective actions.” This training course will give you a comprehensive understanding of how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX® environment. It covers the main features and functionalities of NSX 4.0.0.1 and NSX 4.0.1, including global infrastructure, logical switching, logical routing, networking and security services, firewalls, and advanced threat prevention, etc.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Describe NSX architecture and main components
Explain the features and benefits of NSX
Deploy NSX Management cluster and VMware NSX® Edge nodes
Preparing VMware ESXi™ hosts to participate in NSX networking
Create and configure segments for Layer 2 transfer
Create and configure Level 0 and Level 1 gateways for logical routing
Use distributed firewall and gateway policies to filter east-west and north-south traffic in NSX
Configure advanced threat prevention features
Configuring network services on NSX Edge nodes
Use VMware Identity Manager™ and LDAP to manage and access users
Explain the use cases, importance and architecture of Federation

Intended audience
Experienced security administrators or network administrators.

Prerequisites
Understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols. Knowledge and work experience with Kubernetes or VMware vSphere® with VMware Tanzu environments.

Practical details
Teaching methods
French-language course facilitation. Official course material in English, in digital format. Good understanding of written English.

Course schedule

1
VMware Virtual Cloud Network and VMware NSX

  • Present the VMware Virtual Cloud Network vision.
  • Describe the NSX product portfolio.
  • Discuss the features, use cases and benefits of NSX.
  • Describe NSX architecture and components.
  • Describe management, control, data and consumption plans and their functions.

2
Preparing NSX infrastructure

  • Deploy VMware NSX® ManagerTM nodes on ESXi hypervisors.
  • Navigate the NSX user interface.
  • Describe N-VDS/VDS data plan components, transport nodes, transport zones, profiles.
  • Prepare the transport node and configure the data plane infrastructure.
  • Check transport node status and connectivity.
  • Describe DPU-based acceleration in NSX.
  • Install NSX using DPU.

3
NSX logic switching

  • Introduce key components and terminology in logic switching.
  • Describe the function and types of L2 segments.
  • Describe tunneling and encapsulation in Geneva.
  • Configure logical segments and host attachments using the NSX user interface.
  • Describe the function and types of segment profiles.
  • Create segment profiles and apply them to segments and ports.
  • Describe the function of the MAC, ARP and TEP tables used in packet transfer.
  • Demonstrate L2 unicast packet flows.
  • Explain ARP suppression and BUM traffic management.

4
NSX logical routing

  • Describe the logical routing function and use cases.
  • Present the architecture, topologies and components of two-level routing.
  • Describe Level 0 and Level 1 gateway functions.
  • Describe the logical router components: Service Router and Distributed Router.
  • Describe the architecture and function of NSX Edge nodes.
  • Describe the deployment options for NSX Edge nodes.
  • Configure level 0 and level 1 gateways.
  • Examine single-level and multi-level packet flows.
  • Configure static and dynamic routing, including BGP and OSPF.
  • Activate ECMP on a level 0 gateway.
  • Describe NSX Edge HA, failure detection and rollback modes.
  • Configure VRF Lite.

5
NSX Bridge

  • Describe the logic bypass function.
  • Discuss logical transition use cases.
  • Compare routing and bridging solutions.
  • Explain the components of logic bridging.
  • Create bridge clusters and bridge profiles.

6
NSX Firewall

  • Describe NSX segmentation.
  • Identify the steps for applying Zero-Trust with NSX segmentation.
  • Describe the architecture, components and function of a distributed firewall.
  • Configure distributed firewall sections and rules.
  • Configure distributed firewall on VDS.
  • Describe the architecture, components and function of the gateway firewall.
  • Configure gateway firewall sections and rules.

7
NSX Advanced Threat Prevention

  • Describe NSX IDS/IPS and its use cases.
  • Configure NSX IDS/IPS.
  • Deploy NSX Application Platform.
  • Identify NSX Malware Prevention components and architecture.
  • Configure NSX Malware Prevention for east-west and north-south traffic.
  • Describe the use cases and architecture of VMware NSX® Intelligence™.
  • Identify components and architecture of VMware NSX® Network Detection and Response™.
  • Use NSX Network Detection and Response to analyze network traffic events.

8
NSX Services

  • Describe and configure network address translation (NAT).
  • Describe and configure DNS and DHCP services.
  • Describe the architecture, components, topologies and use cases of VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™.
  • Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
  • Discuss VPN IPSec and VPN L2 functions and use cases.
  • Configure IPSec VPN and L2 VPN using the NSX user interface.

9
NSX user and role management

  • Describe the functions and benefits of VMware Identity Manager™ in NSX.
  • Integrate VMware Identity Manager with NSX.
  • Integrate LDAP with NSX.
  • Identify the different types of users, authentication strategies and authorizations.
  • Use role-based access control to restrict user access.
  • Explain object-based access control in NSX.

10
NSX Federation

  • Introduce the key concepts, terminology and use cases of NSX Federation.
  • Describe the NSX Federation integration process.
  • Describe NSX Federation's switching and routing functions.
  • Describe NSX Federation security concepts.


Options
Certification : 330 € HT
Successful completion of the 2V0-41.24 exam leads to VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2024 (VCP-NV 2024) certification.
Comment passer votre examen ?
The certification option comes in the form of a voucher or invitation that will allow you to take the exam at the end of the training course.

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