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VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V2.4]

Overview

Duration: 5 days

This five-day, hands-on training course provides you with the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX-T Data Center environment. In this course, you are introduced to workflows of various networking and security constructs along with several operational and troubleshooting tools that help managing and troubleshooting your NSX-T Data Center. In addition, you are presented with various types of technical problems, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Objectives

Establish and apply a structured troubleshooting approach and methodology
Explain the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure components and the communications between them
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center management, control, and data planes
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center installation and upgrade
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX-T Data Center logical switching, logical routing, and load balancer services
Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the NSX-T Data Center Distributed firewall and Gateway firewall.
Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center Datapath and troubleshoot various problems that could occur in the Datapath
List the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to NSX-T Data Center environment.

Content

1. Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Overview of modules and course objectives
Resources and references
Learning paths and certifications

2. NSX-T Data Center Architecture

Review of Virtual Cloud Network Framework
Recap of NSX-T Data Center architecture and components

3. Approach to Troubleshooting

Develop a structured approach to troubleshooting
Differentiate between symptoms and root causes
Identify and isolate problems residing in various areas
Apply an appropriate methodology and procedure to troubleshooting

4. 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 the NSX Management Cluster formation

5. Troubleshooting Infrastructure Preparation

Explain and troubleshoot ESXiTM Transport Node preparation issues.
Explain and troubleshoot KVM Transport Node preparation issues.
Explain and troubleshoot NSX Edge Transport Node preparation issues.

6. Troubleshooting Logical Switching

Understand the architecture of Logical Switching
List the modules and processes involved in configuring Logical Switching
Explain the importance of N-VDS in Transport Nodes
Explain the GENEVE protocol and GENEVE header format
Review the architecture and workflows involved in configuring OVS
Identify and troubleshoot common Logical Switching issues.

7. Troubleshooting Logical Routing

Review the architecture of Logical Routing and NSX Edge nodes
Explain the workflows involved in the configuration of Tier-0 and Tier-1 Gateways.
Explain the HA modes and logical router placements.
Identify and troubleshoot common Logical Routing issues.

8. Troubleshooting Load Balancing

Review of Load Balancer architecture and components
Identify and troubleshoot common Load Balancing issues.

9. Troubleshooting Security

Review the architecture of Distributed Firewall
Explain the workflows involved in configuring Distributed Firewall
Review the architecture of Gateway Firewall
Explain the workflows involved in configuring Gateway Firewall
Identify and troubleshoot common Distributed Firewall and Gateway Firewall issues.

10. NSX-T Data Center Operations and Tools

Review and perform the backup and restore of the NSX-T Data Center environment
Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools (dashboards, traceflow, port connection tool, port mirroring) involved in troubleshooting the NSX-T Data Center environment
Configure syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the NSX-T Data Center environment
Validate and review the APIs methods available to configure the NSX-T Data Center environment

11. NSX-T Data Center Upgrade

Identify the proper sequence of steps to upgrade NSX-T Data Center
Describe the necessary pre-upgrade and port-upgrade checks
Understand the Upgrade Coordinator architecture
Review and troubleshoot the upgrade process for NSX-T Data Center Environment

12. Datapath Walk-Through

Describe the components involved in the NSX-T Data Center Datapath
Verify and validate the path of the packet on the NSX-T Datapath
Identify and perform packet captures at various points in Datapath
Use nsxcli to retrieve several configurations involved in NSX-T Datapath

Audience

Experienced system administrators or network administrators
Network and Security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have completed the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.4] course.

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge: