VMware NSX-T Data Center: Multi-Site Deployments with Federation Training

Before taking this course, you should complete the VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0] course.

You should also have the following understanding or knowledge:

• Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
• Knowledge and working experience of computer networking, including switching and routing technologies
• (L2-L3) and L2-L7 firewall
• Knowledge and working experience of VMware vSphere® environments

The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (2021) certification is recommended.

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

• Describe the Federation architecture and use cases
• Deploy and configure Global Managers and sites
• Import network components from the Local Manager to a Global Manager
• Describe different topologies and deployment methods
• Describe layer 2 connectivity
• Describe East-West routing
• Describe North-South routing
• Configure security regions, groups, and rules
• Describe various Disaster Recovery scenarios

1 Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 Introduction to Federation

• Describe the Federation and its use cases
• Explain the Federation architecture
• Describe the Federation components
• Deploy and register active/standby Global Managers and sites
• Import network components from a Local Manager to the Global Manager

3 Federation Deployment and Topologies

• Explain different supported and non-supported topologies for the Federation
• Describe different deployment methods for the Federation
• Create and configure Remote Tunnel Endpoints (RTEs)

4 Configuring Federation Switching and Routing

• Understand the prerequisites to configure stretched segments, Tier-1, and Tier-0 gateways
• Configure stretched Tier-1 gateways
• Configure stretched segments
• Configure stretched Tier-0 uplinks
• Configure stretched Tier-0 gateways

5 Federation Packet Walks

• Describe layer 2 connectivity and MAC learning
• Describe East-West packet walkthrough
• Describe South-North packet walkthrough

6 Federation Security

• Describe Federation security
• Explain different configuration workflows for Federation security
• Define Federation security components
• Configure security groups, policies, and rules from the Global Manager
• Discuss examples of groups in different spans
• Discuss global rule realization examples

7 High Availability and Disaster Recovery

• Describe high availability leading practices in the Federation
• Describe failure and disaster recovery scenarios for the Federation