VMware NSX Fundamentals LiveLessons

Ron Fuller is a staff engineer in the Network and Security Business Unit (NSBU) focused on NSX for VMware. He has 21 years of experience in the industry and has held certifications from VMware, Novell, HP, Microsoft, ISC2, SNIA, and Cisco, including two CCIEs No. 5851 (Routing and Switching/Storage Networking). His focus is working with customers to address their challenges with comprehensive end-to-end data center architectures and how they can best utilize VMware technology to their advantage. He is the co-author of both editions of the Cisco Press title NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching, as well as the Cisco Press NX-OS Configuration Fundamentals LiveLesson and Cisco IP Multicast Fundamentals video series. He has had the opportunity to speak at Cisco Live in Europe, Australia, and the United States on multiple topics. He lives in Ohio with his wife and four wonderful children and enjoys travel and auto racing. He can be found on Twitter @ccie5851. Anthony Burke is a senior systems engineer in the Network and Security Business at VMware. He works with customers to see benefits of the software-defined data center and validates use cases in a technical presales fashion. Previously, he was data center enterprise architect for the emergency services sector at ESTA 000. Anthony provided oversight into the architecture, design, and day-to-day operation of a mission-critical emergency services network. His background includes numerous tours of duty working with Nexus 7000, 5000, ASA/SRX firewalls, and Catalyst switching. He now delivers scale-out data centers and network virtualization with a focus on modern security architectures within VMware's Network and Security Business Unit. He lives in Melbourne with his wonderful wife, Katrina, and his son, Felix. Anthony writes at networkinferno.net and is on Twitter as @pandom_. Andreas la Quiante covers major customers in EMEAR as a SDDC architect focusing on network virtualization and security. He started in the networking field while studying electrical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the Technical University of Berlin more than 20 years ago and has enjoyed it ever since. He worked for a customer in the finance sector, as a trainer (Cisco CCSI No. 99941), a consultant in Europe and the USA and subject matter expert for an international consulting company. Before joining VMware, Andreas worked for Cisco Systems, first as a product manager for Nexus data center switches. He believes in passing on knowledge and skills (such as presenting at Cisco Live conferences in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East). In his spare time he spends time with his wife, Susanne, and his son, Carl, and fixes up their old house in Germany.

Lesson 1: Software-Defined Data Center
1.1 Software-Defined Data Center Concepts
1.2 Evolution of the Software-Defined Data Center
1.3 VMware vSphere Virtualization
1.4 Understanding Network Virtualization
Lesson 2: Networking Fundamentals
2.1 Ethernet Switching Fundamentals
2.2 Data Center Network Topologies - Traditional
2.3 Data Center Network Topologies - Emerging
Lesson 3: NSX Lab
3.1 Introducing the VMware Hands-on Labs (HOL)
3.2 Examining the Lab Physical Topology
3.3 Examining the Lab Logical Topology
3.4 Examining the Lab Application Topologies
3.5 VMware HOL NSX Tips and Tricks
Lesson 4: NSX Manager and NSX Control Cluster
4.1 Introducing the Management, Control, and Data Plane
4.2 Adding Network Virtualization Components to Create a True SDDC
4.3 Exploring NSX 6.2 Basic Design
4.4 Examining NSX Components and Access Methods
4.5 Understanding and Deploying NSX 6.2 Manager
4.6 Installing NSX 6.2 Manager
4.7 Understanding NSX 6.2 Controller
4.8 Deploying NSX 6.2 Controller
4.9 Understanding NSX 6.2 Cluster (Host) Preparation
4.10 Performing Communication Channel Health Checks and Verification
Lesson 5: Logical Switch Networks
5.1 Logical Switch Networks: Overview and Goals
5.2 Logical Switch Networks: Evolution
5.3 Understanding Encapsulation Fundamentals
5.4 Introducing VXLAN Tunnel Endpoints (VTEP), Segment IDs (SID), and the Transport Zone (TZ)
5.5 Understanding the Logical Switch and Packet Walk
5.6 Introducing Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, and Multicast (BUM)
5.7 Examining a BUM Packet Walk
5.8 Configuring a Logical Switch
5.9 Design Solutions Using Hardware VTEPs and OVSDB
5.10 Connecting the Physical Domain with the Virtual Domain (VLAN to VXLAN)
Lesson 6: Distributed Logical Routing
6.1 Centralized vs. Distributed Routing
6.2 Distributed Logical Router Architecture
6.3 Deploying Distributed Logical Router
6.4 Routing Protocols
Lesson 7: Edge Routing and High Availability
7.1 NSX Edge Services Gateway Routing Features
7.2 Static Routing on NSX Edge
7.3 Dynamic Routing on NSX Edge: Overview
7.4 Dynamic Routing on NSX Edge: OSPF Support
7.5 Dynamic Routing on NSX Edge: BGP Support
7.6 NSX High Availability Mode
7.7 Scale and Placement of NSX Edge Appliances
Lesson 8: Virtual Private Networks
8.1 Securing Communication Paths with VPNs
8.2 Enabling Remote Users to Connect Securely (SSL VPN-Plus)
8.3 Introducing SSL VPN Gateway (Web and Network Access Mode)
8.4 Configuring SSL VPN-Plus
8.5 Understanding Site-to-Site Connectivity
8.6 Comparing Industry VPN Approaches
8.7 Layer 2 (SSL) VPN Use Case and Design
8.8 Configuring Layer 2 (SSL) VPN
8.9 Understanding the Unmanaged Edge
Lesson 9: NSX Edge Load Balancer
9.1 Introducing the NSX Edge Load Balancer
9.2 Comparing Inline to One Arm Deployment
9.3 Protecting Your Application - Application Profiles and Virtual Servers
9.4 Protecting Your Application - Service Monitoring and Pools: Overview
9.5 Protecting Your Application - Service Monitoring and Pools: Demo
9.6 Protecting Your Application - Application Rules
9.7 Application Profiles - SSL Load Balancing
9.8 NSX Load Balancer Availability
Lesson 10: Distributed Firewalls
10.1 Introducing Distributed Firewalls
10.2 Understanding Micro-segmentation, Zero-Trust, and the Goldilocks Zone
10.3 Designing DC Security Using Firewalls
10.4 Understanding the Technical Details of DFW Implementation
10.5 Creating Rules (MAC, IP, and Objects)
10.6 Scale and Performance Considerations
10.7 Configuring the DFW: Concepts and Mechanics
10.8 Configuring the DFW: Demo
10.9 Verifying the DFW
10.10 DFW Considerations and Additional Functionality
Lesson 11: Automating the Security Architecture
11.1 Understanding Security Groups
11.2 Understanding Security Policies
11.3 Understanding Security Tags
11.4 Putting It All Together with Service Composer: Concepts and Overview
11.5 Putting It All Together with Service Composer: Demo
11.6 Integrating Third-Party Solutions
11.7 Using Third-Party Solutions with Service Composer
Lesson 12: Additional Edge Services
12.1 Introducing Use Cases for Bridging, Address Translation, and IP Management
12.2 Connecting the Physical to the Virtual (P2V) Domain (Layer 2 Bridging)
12.3 Understanding the Details of P2V Bridging
12.4 Understanding NSX Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
12.5 Understanding NSX Edge Network Address Translation (NAT)
12.6 Introducing NSX Data Security
Lesson 13: Multi-vCenter NSX
13.1 Introducing the Multi-vCenter Architecture
13.2 Introducing the Multi-vCenter Components
13.3 Understanding Local and Universal Firewall Rules
13.4 Understanding Local and Universal Switching
13.5 Understanding Local and Universal Distributed Routing
13.6 Configuring Universal Distributed Logical Routing
13.7 Multi-vCenter Design Considerations
13.8 Migrating to a Multi-vCenter NSX Deployment
Lesson 14: Operations
14.1 Implementing NSX RBAC
14.2 Configuring NSX RBAC
14.3 Analyzing NSX Flow Monitoring Data
14.4 Creating or Modifying Firewall Rules from NSX Flow Monitoring Data
14.5 Configuring and Analyzing NSX Activity Monitoring
14.6 Configuring and Analyzing Logging Data
14.7 Troubleshooting with NSX Traceflow