VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations

Module 1: Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

Module 2: Troubleshooting Methodology

• Develop a structured approach to troubleshooting
• Understand troubleshooting in a network overlay

Module 3: Troubleshooting the VMware NSX Infrastructure

• Describe VMware NSX infrastructure components
• Troubleshoot NSX Manager deployment and registration with VMware vCenter Server®
• Troubleshoot network connectivity with NSX Manager and vCenter Server
• Troubleshoot deployment and connectivity of the controller cluster
• Troubleshoot user work agents

Module 4: Troubleshooting Logical Switching

• Describe the logical switching architecture
• Troubleshoot logical switching

Module 5: Troubleshooting Logical Routing

• Describe the VMware NSX® for vSphere® logical routing architecture
• Describe the administration of logical routing
• Describe and troubleshoot DHCP replay for the distributed logical router
• Troubleshoot logical routing
• Monitor log files to discover logical routing failures

Module 6: Troubleshooting Advanced NSX Edge Services

• Troubleshoot NSX Edge high availability models
• Troubleshoot NSX Edge routing
• Troubleshoot DHCP services for the NSX Edge services gateway
• Troubleshoot VPN services
• Troubleshoot load balancing

Module 7: Troubleshooting Security Services

• Describe the components of the distributed firewall
• Troubleshoot a distributed firewall
• Troubleshoot the Service Composer
• Monitor a distributed firewall
• Troubleshoot an NSX Edge services gateway

Module 8: Operationalizing VMware NSX

• Use vRealize Operations with VMware NSX
• Use vRealize Log Insight with VMware NSX
• Describe the key components for operationalizing VMware NSX

For whom it is intended:

• System administrator
• System engineer