In this five-day course, you focus on deploying, configuring, integrating, designing, and managing VMware Cloud Director™ 10.x network objects with VMware NSX-T™ Data Center. This course also focuses on designing, integrating, configuring, and managing VMware Cloud Director™ 10.x with VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™.
This course also focuses on the VMware Cloud Director Migration tool, using which the system administrator can perform the actual migration by migrating the workload and networks of the organization VDC supported by VMware NSX® Data Center for vSphere® to the organization VDC supported by NSX-T Data Center in the same organization.
This course also showcases how to monitor VMware Cloud Director networking objects using VMware vRealize® Operations™ and VMware vRealize® Operations Tenant App.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
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Understand NSX-T Data Center and Cloud Director fundamentals.
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List the various NSX-T Data Center components.
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List the use cases and topologies of Cloud Director networks.
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Discuss the provider networking configuration for Cloud Director.
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Discuss the tenant networking configuration for Cloud Director.
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Discuss the Data Center Group network.
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Discuss Advanced Load Balancer and its components.
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Discuss Advanced Load Balancer configuration and its integration with Cloud Director.
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Enable a layer 2 stretched network that spans across multiple Cloud organization VDCs.
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Showcase the importance of the Migration Tool and its functionality.
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Manage resources from the Cloud Director console and use Operations Manager and Tenant App.
Who Can Benefit
Prerequisites
Completion of the following courses and equivalent knowledge is required:
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Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage
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NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage
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Strong knowledge of NSX Data Center for vSphere
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Strong understanding of Advanced Load Balancer
The following experience is helpful:
Course Outline:
1. Course Introduction
2. VMware Cloud Director and NSX-T Data Center Fundamentals
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Explain NSX-T Data Center and its architecture
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Discuss various NSX-T Data Center components
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Discuss cluster design for NSX-T Data Center
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Deployment methods for NSX-T Data Center Edge nodes
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Discuss VRF Lite feature
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Describe NSX-T Data Center objects and their creation methods
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Compare NSX-T Data Center and NSX Data Center for vSphere functionality
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List various requirements and maximum configuration details
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Explain Cloud Director and its architecture
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Discuss Cloud Director prerequisites and deployment
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Discuss use cases and features of VMware Cloud Director
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Discuss VMware Validated Designs for Cloud Providers
3. Provider Configuration
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Discuss the integration of vCenter Server with VMware Cloud Director
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Discuss the integration of NSX-T Data Center with VMware Cloud Director
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Explain the Geneve network pool
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Describe types of provider networks and their use cases
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Discuss the edge gateway and its services
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Discuss the external network with the Tier-0 gateway
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Understand the external network with VRF
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Compare Tier-0 gateway and VRF supported external gateway
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Discuss the dedicated external network
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Explain distributed routing
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Discuss BGP configuration in NSX-T Data Center
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Discuss shared and dedicated external network topologies
4. Tenant Configuration
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Discuss various types of organization VDC networks and their use cases
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Explain vApp networks and their use cases
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Discuss different organization VDC network topologies
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Understand configuration requirements for each organization VDC network
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Differentiate between imported and direct organization VDC networks
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Explain imported organization VDC network topology
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Explain edge services available for each type of organization VDC network
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Discuss SNAT, DNAT, NO SNAT, and NO DNAT
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Discuss IP Allocation Pools
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Discuss Security Groups
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Identify Security Group objects in NSX-T Data Center
5. Cross VDC Networking Using NSX-T Data Center
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Explain Data Center Groups and their use cases
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Define compute provider scope and network provider scope
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Configure cross-VDC networking and L2 stretched networks
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Manage participating VDCs in a data center group
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Add a data center group edge gateway to a data center group
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Configure the distributed firewall for a data center group
6. NSX Advanced Load Balancer
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Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and its main functions
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Explain NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features, benefits, and use cases
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Discuss NSX-T Cloud and its configuration requirements
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Integrate NSX Advanced Load Balancer with NSX-T Data Center
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Explain Service Engine Groups and types
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Discuss Virtual Service and its configuration
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Integrate NSX Advanced Load Balancer with VMware Cloud Director
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Understand and apply a load balancing design framework
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Monitor NSX Advanced Load Balancer
7. VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director
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Understand use cases and purpose of the NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director
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Discuss supported topology and compatibility matrix
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Understand supported features
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Understand environmental prerequisites
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Discuss how to prepare the edge cluster for bridging and migration
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Build the userInput.yml file by providing environment details
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Perform a Precheck
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Discuss error handling after Precheck
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Perform the actual migration
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Discuss troubleshooting tips and solutions
8. Monitoring and Billing VMware Cloud Director Networking
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Discuss methods to manage and monitor networking objects from the VMware Cloud Director portal
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Understand vRealize Operations Manager and the vRealize Operations Manager Tenant App overview
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Discuss how to monitor VMware Cloud Director networking objects using vRealize Operations Manager and the Tenant App
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Create a policy and generate customer bills
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Enable the tenant application plug-in for VMware Cloud Director
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Describe the usage of Usage Meter with VMware Cloud Director
Live Online Training (Duration : 40 Hours)
