Physical & Logical Infrastructure How to build Virtualization & Cloud Infrastructure Fabric

Physical layer called Fabric is the foundation layer of the cloud infrastructure. Physical layer specifies the physical entities that operate at this layer such as Compute systems, Networking devices, Storage devices, Hypervisors. This layer also specifies the entities such as operating environment, protocols, tools, and processes that enable the physical entities of this layer to perform their functions and serve other layers of the cloud infrastructure. A key function of this layer is to execute the request generated from the virtualization layer or control layer. Examples of requests from the layers include storing data on the storage devices, performing communication among compute systems, executing programs on a compute systems, creating backup copy of data, or executing security policy to block an unauthorized activity.

What You Will Learn:

Networking Fundamentals from Physical World

Network Building Blocks (Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Load Balancers, Servers)

Subnets and Broadcast Domains

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) & Misconceptions about VLANs

Private VLAN’s (Primary and Secondary VLAN’s) in Data Center

Configure Network Functions Such as Static Routing, Default Routing, Inter-VLAN routing and NAT

Edge Routing in Data Centers with Border gateway Protocol (BGP)

Gateway High Availability with HSRP, GLBP, VRRP Protocols

Internal Routing in Data Centers with Open Shortest Path First Protocol (OSPF)

Modern Data Center Connectivity of servers and Spine / Leaf Topology

Hair pinning Concept of the servers inside the data center

Multitenancy model with L2 and L3 Virtual Domains / VRFs

Physical connectivity of Server, Switches RACKs with TOR and EOR Topologies

Layer 2 (physical) vs Layer 3 (logical)Topology of Networks and Data Center.

Segmenting Data Center into Zones (DMZ and other Security Zones)

Network and Data Center Building Blocks (Physical, Logical and Virtual)

Optimized IPv4 addressing & Subnetting designs for Data Centers

Server, Storage and Hypervisor Fundamentals :

Concept of Virtualization & its Humble beginning

Rack and Blade Server Architecture

X86 Hardware Evolution (Socket, Core Threads, Memory)

Server Connectivity Ports (NIC, HBA & IPMI Ports)

Configuring Hard Disks, Partitions, Volumes

Configuring RAID in Servers (RAID 0, 1,5,10 etc.)

General Purpose Infrastructure Servers (DNS, DHCP, Domain Controller, SQL Server)

Multi-Tier approach of Servers connectivity (WEB, APP, DB Tiers)

Configuring File and Block Level Storage Arrays (JBOD, DAS, Shared Storage, NAS)

Storage Protocols NFS, SMB, CIFS, iSCSI, FC & FCoE etc.

Concept of Hypervisors Type-1, Type-2

Type 1 Hypervisor Types (ESXi, Hyper-V Server, XEN & KVM)

Type 2 Hypervisor Types (VMware Workstation, Virtual Box, Win 10 Hyper-V)

Configuring and Installing Virtual Machines (Computing)
• VM Components
• VM hardware Settings
• Assigning Processors to VM
• Virtual Hard Disks
• Assigning vNIC to machines

Virtual Network Building Blocks & Virtual Appliances

Internal, External & Private virtual networks

Extending Virtual Networks on Multiple Hyper-V Hosts Hyper-visors

Configure DMZ, Public and Private networks inside the Hyper-V

Extending virtual Networks on Multiple Hyper-V

Connecting Virtual Networks with Physical

Configuring Virtual Networks with VLAN’s

Configure Multitenant Networks in Hypervisors

Configuring Virtual Network Building Blocks (Servers, Switches, Routers, Load Balancers, FW)

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 Associate (VCA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Related Job Functions

• IT professionals
• Server administrators
• Virtualization administrators
• Storage administrators
• Network administrators