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This three-day, hands-on training course provides you with the knowledge and skills to achieve competency in deploying, configuring, and managing the VMware NSX-TTM Data Center Federation. This course first introduces you to the architecture of the NSX-T Data Center Federation and then covers all features and functionality offered in the Federation, including the deployment of logical switching, logical routing, and security policies across multiple sites. Finally, the course describes various disaster recovery scenarios for the Federation.

Audience

Network administrators, IT managers, VMware partners, and individuals responsible for implementing and managing the NSX-T Data Center Federation.

Product Alignment

VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1

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

Upcoming Trainings

Join our public courses in our New Zealand facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

Classroom / Virtual Classroom

04 July 2024