VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.2]

• Experienced system administrators and network administrators
• Network and security professionals who work with enterprise and data center networks

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

• Use the native tools available in NSX-T Data Center to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to the NSX-T Data Center environment
• Use VMware vRealize® Log Insight™ and VMware vRealize® Network Insight™ to identify and troubleshoot the problems related to the NSX-T Data Center environment
• Explain the NSX-T Data Center infrastructure components and the communications between them
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the management, control, and data planes in NSX-T Data Center
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to infrastructure preparation in NSX-T Data Center
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to logical switching and logical routing in NSX-T Data Center
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the NSX-T Data Center Distributed and Gateway firewalls
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to VPN and the VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™
• Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX-T Data Center datapath and troubleshoot related problems

Before taking this course, you must complete the following course:

• VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2]

You should also have understanding or knowledge of these technologies:

• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of computer networking and security, including:
• Switching and routing technologies (L2-L3)
• Network and application delivery services (L4-L7)
• Firewalling (L4-L7)
• VMware vSphere® environments

The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization certification is recommended.

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1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives 

2 NSX-T Data Center Operations and Tools

• Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools (dashboards, Traceflow, live traffic analysis, port mirroring) for the NSX-T Data Center environment
• Configure syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the NSX-T Data Center environment
• Integrate NSX-T Data Center with vRealize Log Insight and vRealize Network Insight
• Validate and review the API methods available to configure the NSX-T Data Center environment 

3 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

4 Troubleshooting Infrastructure Preparation

• Describe the data plane architecture, components, and communication channels
• Explain and troubleshoot VMware ESXi™ transport node preparation issues
• Explain and troubleshoot KVM transport node preparation issues
• Explain and troubleshoot VMware NSX® Edge™ transport node preparation issue

5 Troubleshooting Logical Switching

• Describe the architecture of logical switching
• List the modules and processes involved in configuring logical switching
• Explain the importance of N-VDS and VDS in transport nodes
• Describe the procedure to migrate from N-VDS to VDS
• Review the architecture and workflows involved in attaching workloads to segments
• Identify and troubleshoot common logical switching issues 

6 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 high availability modes and validate logical router placements
• Identify and troubleshoot common logical routing issues using both BGP and OSPF 

7 Troubleshooting Security

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

8 Troubleshooting the NSX Advanced Load Balancer and VPN Services

• Review the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
• Identify and troubleshoot common NSX Advanced Load Balancer issues
• Review of IPsec and L2 VPN architecture and components
• Identify and troubleshoot common IPsec and L2 VPN issues

9 Datapath Walkthrough

• Verify and validate the path of the packet on the NSX datapath (East-West and South-North)
• Identify and perform packet captures at various points in the datapath
• Use NSX CLI and native hypervisor commands to retrieve configurations involved in the NSX datapath

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