VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations

- Experienced system administrators and network administrators

- Network and security professionals who work with enterprise networks

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

• Use the native tools available in NSX to identify and troubleshoot the problems.
• Use VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations for Networks to identify and troubleshoot problems related to the NSX environment
• Explain the NSX infrastructure components and the communications between them
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to the management, control, and data planes in NSX
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to infrastructure preparation and VMware NSX Edge deployments
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to logical switching and logical routing
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot network security problems related to the Distributed firewalls, Gateway firewalls, and Distributed IDS/IPS.
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot problems related to VPN and VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
• Identify the components and packet flows involved in the NSX datapath and troubleshoot related problems

1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 NSX Operations and Tools

• Explain and validate the native troubleshooting tools for NSX
• Configure syslog, IPFIX, and log collections for the NSX environment
• Integrate NSX with VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations for Networks
• Validate and review the API methods available to configure the NSX 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 NSX Edge deployment issues

5 Troubleshooting Logical Switching

• Describe the architecture of logical switching
• List the modules and processes involved in configuring logical switching
• Explain the importance of VDS in transport nodes
• 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
• 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
• Review the architecture and workflows involved in configuring Distributed IDS/IPS
• Identify and troubleshoot common Distributed IDS/IPS problems.

8 Troubleshooting Services

• Review the NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture and components
• Identify and troubleshoot common NSX Advanced Load Balancer issues
• Review the 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
• 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
  

You should 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 andL3)
• Network and application delivery services (L4 through L7)
• Firewalling (L4 through L7)
• VMware vSphere environments The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization certification is recommended.

• VMNSXICM - VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage