Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop for Application & Desktop Virtualization

VMware network virtualization technology truly decouples network resources from underlying hardware. Virtualization principles are applied to physical network infrastructure, abstracting network services to create a flexible pool of transport capacity that can be allocated, utilized and repurposed on demand.

Virtualized Network is a software container that presents logical network components—logical switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VPNs and more—to connected workloads. These virtualized networks are programmatically created, provisioned and managed, with the underlying physical network serving as a simple packet-forwarding backplane. With Network Virtualization all of the Network Functions can be virtualized. Network and security services are allocated to each VM according to its needs, and stay attached to it as the VM moves among hosts in the dynamic virtualized environment. VMware’s network virtualization platform, NSX, deploys on top of existing physical network hardware and supports the newest fabrics and geometries from all vendors. Existing applications and monitoring tools work smoothly with NSX without any modifications.

What You Will Learn:

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

Configure and deploy VMware NSX components for management and control

Describe basic VMware NSX layer 2 networking

Configure, deploy, and use logical switch networks

Configure and deploy VMware NSX distributed router appliances to establish east-west connectivity

Configure and deploy VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway appliances to establish north-south connectivity

Configure VMware NSX L2 bridging

Configure and use all main features of the NSX Edge services gateway

Configure NSX Edge firewall rules to restrict network traffic

Configure VMware NSX distributed firewall rules to restrict network traffic

Configure Service Composer policies

Configure an identity-aware firewall

Describe VMware NSX data security

Use the cross-vCenter VMware NSX feature

Recommended Experience

• Familiarity with basic virtualization concepts
• Familiarity with VMware Workstation
• Familiarity with IP networking

Recommended Equipment

• Computer with 16 GB of RAM (32GB preferred) and Intel VT or AMD-V support

Related Certifications

• VMware Certified Professional (VCP6.5-DCV)
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP6.5)

Related Job Functions

• IT professionals
• Server administrators
• Virtual administrators
• Storage administrators
• Network administrators