WEEK 1 Understand VMware NSX Fundamentals 153 min.

SDDC Overview 8

VMware Certified NSX Benefits

Centralized Control Plane
18
6

Professional – Network Host Transport Node Components

Edge Transport Node Components
9
5

Virtualization 2023 (VCP-NV Validation 6

2023) Deploy an NSX Mgmt. Cluster

Intro 1
Overview and Game Plan 15
This VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 2023
Verify Infrastructure 4
(VCP-NV 2023) training covers how to configure, deploy, and manage
Deploy the Initial NSX Manager 8
VMware NSX environments. Master VMware network virtualization and
Verify and License the NSX Manager 7
you open doors to jobs that will have you revolutionizing network
Register vCenter with NSX Manager 6
infrastructure and enhancing operational efficiency. Businesses are
Configure a Virtual IP and configure Anti-Affinity 8
increasingly relying on virtualization, and VMware is reliably at the Rules

heart of most of those ventures. Validation 3

CBT Nuggets course material Deploy NSX Host Transport Nodes

Intro 1
Overview and Game Plan for NSX Host Transport 9
Nodes
Verify Top of Rack (ToR) Infrastructure 5
Create IP Pools and Host Uplink Profiles 13
Create Transport Zone and VDS 8
Deploy NSX to A and B 13
WEEK 2 156 min. WEEK 3 153 min.
Validation 4 Create a Tier-1 GW and Connect Segments 6
Confirming Distributed Router 8
Deploy NSX Overlay Segments
Routing for VMs on a Single ESXi Host 7
Intro 1 Routing for VMs on 2 Different ESXi Hosts 20
Verify existing Topology 8 Validation 13
Verify Uplink Profiles and Create a Game Plan 9
Create an Overlay Segment 6 Deploy an NSX Tier 0 DR

Looking at Layer 2 Overlay Segment Using the NSX 8 Intro 1

CLI
Tier 0 and Tier 1 Overview and Game Plan 7
Connect VMs to an NSX Overlay Segment 10
Create Additional Tier-1 GW 18
Create a Second Segment 10
Create the Tier-0 10
Validation 7
Advertise Routes From T1s 6

Deploy NSX Edge Node VMs Verify Routing and Packet Flow Between VMs 9
Validation 3
Intro 1
Edge Node Overview and Game Plan 9 Use NSX SR for External Connectivity
Deploy the NSX Edge Transport Nodes 15
Intro 2
Verify the Edge Deployment and Cluster 8
NSX External Connectivity Overview 11
When Edge Transport Nodes Are and Are Not Needed 20
Game Plan for External Network Access 8
Validation 5
Create a VLAN-Backed Transport Zone 7

Deploy an NSX T1 DR Create a VLAN-Backed Segment 5

Add External Interfaces to T0 Gateway 9
Intro 1
Configure Virtual IP 3
Layer 3 IP Routing Overview 10
Tier 1 L3 Routing Using a Distributed Router (DR) 8
NSX T1 DR Gateway Game Plan 10
Confirm Existing NSX Overlay Segments 6 WEEK 4 153 min.
Setting up a Default Route 8
The Route through the Services Router for GW-0 10
Using Traceflow and Packet Captures to Verify the 5
Traffic Flow WEEK 5 152 min.
Validation 2 Update Topology 11
Deploy Test VMs 7
Use OSPF with NSX 4.x
Configure Source NAT (SNAT) 5
Intro 1 Test and Verify SNAT 9
NSX with OSPF Overview 23 Configure and verify DNAT 7
OSPF with NSX Game Plan 4 Validation 12
Verify Existing Topology 11
Configure OSPF on T0 GW 5 Use NSX IPv4 DHCP Services

Configure OSPF on External Routers 7 Intro 1

Advertise Networks via OSPF 8 NSX DHCP Services Overview 19
Validation 6 Game Plan for DHCP Services 5
Configure DHCP Relay 12
Use BGP with NSX 4.x
Verify DHCP Relay 15
Intro 1 Configure Segment DHCP Services 8
IP Routing and BGP Overview 11 Verify Segment DHCP Services 9
Game Plan for BGP 4 Configure and Test GW DHCP Services 12
Confirm Existing IPv4 Topology and Routing 5 Validation 5
Configure GW-0 for BGP 4
Configure External Router for BGP 4 Use NSX Distributed Firewall

Advertise Routes via BGP From GW-0 6 Intro 2

Advertise Routes via BGP from External router 5 Distributed Firewall (DFW) Overview 13
Validation 4

Configure NSX NAT

WEEK 6 159 min.
Intro 1 NSX DFW Game Plan 5
NAT Overview 12 Deploy Test VMs 6
Game Plan for NAT 6 Set up DHCP Static Bindings 6
Create and Assign NSX Tags 4
 Use NSX Identity FW (IDFW)
Create NSX Groups Using Tags 5
Intro 1
Create and Test our First DFW Security Policy and 12
Rule Identity FW (IDFW) Overview 6

DFW to Deny SSH from Clients to Web Server 7 Identity FW Game Plan 3

DFW to Deny Telnet from Clients to Servers 8 Confirm Topology 7

Validation 7 Configure NSX to use Active Directory 7

Enable IDFW and Create Groups 8
Use NSX DFW Context Profiles Create FW Rules using Groups 12

Intro 1 Validation 11

Context Profiles Overview 6

Use NSX IDS-IPS
Game Plan for Context Profiles 7
Verify Existing Topology 6 Intro 1

Configure and Verify SSH DFW Rule 15 IDS IPS Overview 5

FQDN Filtering 13 IDS IPS Game Plan 3

Filtering Based on App ID 8 Verify Topology for IDS-IPS 2

Validation 11 IPS Types of Activity 8

Enable IDS-IPS and Create a Profile 7
Use NSX Gateway FW Create IDS-IPS Policy and Rules 4

Intro 1 Test and Verify DFW IDS-IPS 3

Gateway Firewall Overview 4 Gateway Based IDS/IPS 4

GW Firewall Game Plan 4 Validation 6

Verify and Update the Topology 12

Use NSX VRF Lite
T0 GW Policy for Inbound Traffic 11
Intro 2
VRF Lite Overview 6
VRF Lite Game Plan 3
WEEK 7 162 min.
Deploy Parent T0 GW 5
T1 GW Policy 13
Deploy Blue VRF T0 GW 7
Validation 10
Deploy Blue T1 GWs 3
Add Segments in Blue VRF 3
 Add VMs and NAT 12
WEEK 9 156 min.
Validation 8

WEEK 8 153 min. Use NSX Stretched Topologies

Validation VRF Lite Presentation 16
Welcome to NSX T0 and T1 Stretched Topologies 1

Use NSX Segment Profiles Stretched Topologies Overview and Game Plan 8
Remove Existing Topology 9
Intro 1
Create External Segments 3
Segment Profiles Overview 17
Create Stretched T0 GW 11
QoS Segment Profile 12
Create Default Routes and SNAT 10
IP Discovery Segment Profile 4
Create a Stretched T1 GW and Segment 5
MAC Discovery Segment Profile 7
DHCP Services 8
SpoofGuard Segment Profile 3
Testing Stretched Networking 13
Security Segment Profile 13
Validation 8
Edge Bridge Profiles 8
Validation 6 Use NSX Policy Based IPsec VPNs

Use NSX Federation Intro to Policy-Based IPsec VPNs 1

IPsec Site-to-Site Policy-Based VPN Overview 14
Intro 1
Game Plan for IPsec 6
NSX Federation Overview 7
Prepare the T0 Networking 10
Federation Game Plan 6
Prepare the External Router 6
Prep Work on Local NSX Managers 8
IPsec Configuration on T0 11
Deploy Global NSX Manager 6
Test and Verify 8
Onboard Local Managers to the Global Manager 6
Validation 8
Import Configurations From Managed Sites 5
Remote Tunnel End Points (RTEPs) for Edge Nodes 12 Use NSX Route-Based IPsec VPNs
Stretched GW and Segment 15
Intro to NSX Route-Based IPsec VPNs 2
Overview Route-based IPsec VPNs 6
WEEK 10 156 min. WEEK 11 157 min.
Route-based IPsec VPN Game Plan 5 Create a Virtual Service 10
Verify current Topology 9 Testing the Advanced Load Balancer 14
Configure IPsec Session for Site-3 8 Validation of ALB 5
Configure IPsec Session for Site-4 9
Use the NSX ALB with VLANs
Adding IPv4 Routes 7
Test and Verify 10 Intro 1

Validation 6 Overview and Game Plan 6

Update Topology 5
Use NSX L2 VPNs Create an NSX Cloud 11
Intro L2 VPNs 1 Create the First Virtual Service 10
Overview L2 VPNs 6 Testing the Virtual Service 7
Gameplan for L2 VPNs 4 Create a Second Virtual Service 6
Verify and Clean Up the Current Topology 5 Validation 9
Configure L2 VPN Server 8
Build an NSX 4.x Lab
Configure L2 VPN Client 10
Create Segments for L2 VPN 15 Introduction 1

Testing the L2 VPN 8 Nested Lab Overview 8

Validation 5 Top of Rack (ToR) Switch and Mgmt. Network 12

VMs 10
Use the NSX Adv. Load Balancer Nested Networking 7
Intro to the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 1 Deploying NSX Manager 5
Adv Load Balancer Overview 11 Adding Host Transport Nodes 6
Game Plan for ALB 8 Deploy NSX Edges 4
Confirm Current NSX Topology 4 Test NSX Functionality 11
Deploy the ALB Controller 3 Shutdown and Snapshot 9
Create Content Library 1
ALB License and Credentials 4
Create NSX Cloud in ALB 8 WEEK 12 155 min.
Validation 4 Enable Detection of Suspicious Traffic 10

Prep the Net for NAPP

Intro 2
WEEK 13 45 min.
NSX Application Platform Network Preparation 3 Validation 3
Overview
Planning Out the Networking for NAPP 8 Use NSX Network and Malware Detection
Configuring vSphere 8
Introduction 1
ToR Switch VLANs and IP addressing 5
Overview of NSX Malware Prevention 4
Setting Up DHCP 3
Verify Current Network Functionality 4
Testing Network Services 6
Create Profiles, Policies, and Rules for Malware 4
Validation 5 Prevention
Test and Verify the Malware Prevention 8
Deploy NAPP with Automation VM
Using Network Detection and Response 9
Introduction 1 Validation 12
NSX Application Platform (NAPP) Automation 19
Overview
Deploy the NAPP Automation Appliance VM 10
Use the NAPP Automation Appliance 18
Troubleshoot the NAPP Automation 8
Deploy the NSX Application Platform 6
Validation 3

Use NSX Intelligence

Introduction 1
NSX Intelligence Overview 3
Activate NSX Intelligence 2
Generate Network Traffic 12
Traffic Visualization and Flow Details 6
Generate and Use NSX Intelligence Recommendations 12

Last updated 12.3.2024