Course Overview

The Palo Alto Networks Panorama: Centralized Network Security Administration course is two days of instructor-led  training that should help you to:

– Learn how to configure and manage the next-generation Panorama management server

– Gain experience configuring templates (including template variables) and device groups

– Activate, configure, and manage Prisma Access using Panorama

Course Objectives

This course should help students gain experience configuring and managing Palo Alto Networks Panorama management servers. Administrators that complete this course should become familiar with the Panorama management server’s role in managing and securing the overall network.

Course Content

1. Initial Configuration
2. Adding Firewalls
3. Templates
4. Device Groups
5. Prisma Access Overview
6. Activate and Configure
7. Templates and Device Groups
8. Configure Service Connections
9. Secure Remote Networks

Course Overview

This course goes beyond simple administration and provides an in-depth understanding of how to leverage and optimize XtremIO features and capabilities in specific application areas. The course begins with providing hands-on coverage of operational aspects of the XtremIO environment, and then leads to XtremIO features and performance optimization. Lastly, it focuses on considerations and best practices for system integration with specific application use cases and the industry’s leading data protection solutions such as RecoverPoint and VPLEX.

Course Objectives

• Describe proper configuration and integration of XtremIO systems for end to end communication and all points in between
• Obtain maximum availability from a solution by properly configuring replication and proactive monitoring through alerts and basic troubleshooting
• Analyze workloads and optimize for maximum performance thresholds
• Create custom reports to determine patterns and confirm with SLA guidelines
• Describe data protection capabilities of XtremIO using RecoverPoint, VPLEX, and AppSync
• Describe integration best practices for VDI and Oracle environments

Course Content

• XtremIO Overview and Access Requirements
• Components, models and resources
• XtremIO Management Server
• XtremIO Cluster Management Interface
• Accessing XtremIO storage management applications (GUI, CLI)
• Management through REST APIs and Plugins
• XtremIO Storage Presentation
• Storage presentation and volume management
• Host configuration – Windows, Linux, ESXi, Solaris, AIX, and HPUX
• Connectivity Zoning best practices
• XtremIO Snapshots
• Snapshot features, capabilities, and operations
• XtremIO Features and Integration
• Encryption, Compression and Deduplication
• XDP (XtremIO Data Protection)
• Integration with ViPR, ViPR SRM, EMC Connectrix Manager Converged Network Edition (CMCNE)
• Integration with Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)
• Integration with VMware – VAAI, VSI, Operations Manager
• Microsoft – ODX, ESI, and VSS Plug-in
• XtremIO Performance and Reporting
• Performance overview
• XtremIO reports and host tools
• Common performance issues
• XtremIO Data Protection
• RecoverPoint native integration with XtremIO arrays
• RecoverPoint operations and management
• Implementing XtremIO into a VPLEX Cluster
• XtremIO Application Integration
• Integration with Oracle environments
• Integration with VDI environments
• XtremIO Advanced Management Operations
• Managing alerts and power procedures
• Generating log files, and IP modifications
• Space reclamation and shrinking deduplication rates

Course Overview

The Cisco NSO Essentials for Programmers and Network Architects (NSO201) course introduces you to Cisco® Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). You will learn to install Cisco NSO and use it to manage devices and create services based on YANG templates with XPath. This course provides an overview of NSO as a network automation solution, as well as introductions to NETCONF, YANG, and XPath. You will learn about managing devices and creating device templates, service management and service package creation, network element drivers, interfacing with other systems using APIs, configuring and troubleshooting system settings, managing alarms and reporting, configuring NSO for scalability and performance, and capabilities that can be added to Cisco NSO.

Course Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Explain the transactional service activation and how it relates to business requirements
• Explain how Cisco NSO communicates with network devices
• Understand the NETCONF protocol and be able to read and write simple YANG models
• Understand the difference between devices that are fully NETCONF capable and those that are less or not NETCONF capable
• Understand the support for candidate configuration and confirmed commit support
• Use logs to troubleshoot the Cisco NSO deployment and check NSO communication with network devices
• Explain the YANG service model structure
• Design a real-world usable service
• Explain the mapping logic of service parameters to device models and consequently to device configurations
• Describe the use of different integration options and APIs
• Explain how to implement action with use of config-templates in NSO package
• Explain the use of Reactive FASTMAP in for manipulating and implementing advanced NFV components
• Describe the use of feature components and function packs
• Define and explain the ETSI MANO principles and solution
• Work with the alarm console, and understand the NSO alarm structure and how it conforms to modern network operations procedures
• Describe Cisco NSO 6.0  new features and changes in NSO

Course Content

Introducing Service Orchestration with Cisco NSO

• Challenges of Network Management
• Network Management without Cisco NSO
• Network Management with Cisco NSO
• Challenges of Network Orchestration
• Main Components of NSO

Exploring Cisco NSO Architecture

• Cisco NSO Architecture
• Cisco NSO Components
• Cisco NSO and Ansible

Orchestrating Network Solutions

• Orchestration Use Cases Overview
• Orchestration Use Case Examples

Describing Cisco NSO Operation

• NETCONF and YANG Overview
• Cisco NSO Packages
• Cisco NSO Mapping Logic
• Network Element Drivers

Installing Cisco NSO

• Setup Overview
• Cisco NSO Local Installation
• Installing NEDs
• Using Netsim

Exploring the Advantages of NETCONF

• NETCONF Basics
• NETCONF Operation

Managing Devices Using the Device Manager

• Device Manager Overview
• Device Configuration Management
• Device Connection Management
• Templates and Groups
• Device Template Processing
• Commit Queues

Creating YANG Models

• YANG Basics
• YANG Data Types
• XPath Overview
• Basic YANG Statements
• Other Representations of YANG
• Verify Yang Statements

Using Services

• Package Architecture
• Creating a Service Package
• Sample Service Configuration
• Service Template
• YANG Service Model
• Deploying a Service

Implementing Services with Model-to-Model Mapping

• Mapping Service Parameters
• FASTMAP
• Template Processing
• NSO Transaction Model

Designing Services in Cisco NSO

• Service Design Overview
• Top-Down Service Design
• Bottom-Up Service Design
• Device Configuration
• Service Model

Managing the Service Lifecycle

• Service Management Tasks
• CDM Migration
• Service Lifecycle Management Guidelines

Programming with Python in Cisco NSO

• Cisco NSO Programmability Overview
• NSO Python API Overview
• Python Scripting
• Python Service Skeleton
• Creating a Service YANG Model
• Creating a Service Template
• Template Processing with Python

Configuring and Troubleshooting System Settings

• System Configuration
• Role-Based Access Control
• System Troubleshooting

Discovering Cisco NSO Northbound APIs

• NSO Integration Options
• NETCONF Server
• Web Integration
• SNMP Agent

Managing Alarms and Reporting

• Alarm Management
• Reporting

Configuring Cisco NSO for Scalability and Performance

• High Availability
• High-Availability Cluster Communications
• Addressing Performance Limitations
• Layered Service Architecture

Describing Cisco NSO VNF Manager and Function Packs

• Function Packs
• Cisco SD-WAN Solution
• NFV Orchestration
• Reactive FastMap

Labs

• Discovery Lab 1: Install Cisco NSO
• Discovery Lab 2: Use Device Manager
• Discovery Lab 3: Create a Device Template
• Discovery Lab 4: Create a Loopback Template Service
• Discovery Lab 5: Create a VLAN Template Service
• Discovery Lab 6: Create an L3VPN Template Service
• Discovery Lab 7: Migrate a CDM Device
• Discovery Lab 8: Set Up Device Using Python Scripts
• Discovery Lab 9: Create an SVI Python Template Service
• Discovery Lab 10: Use NSO RESTCONF API with Postman

Course Overview

The Networking Essentials for Cloud Applications on AWS course provides a comprehensive understanding of networking concepts and services within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment. Designed for novice and experienced networking engineers, this course covers essential topics, best practices, and hands-on labs. Its purpose is to equip learners with the knowledge and skills that are required to design, configure, and optimize network infrastructure on AWS.

Target Audience

This course is intended for:

• Newly hired cloud engineers
• On-premises IT engineers
• Cloud architects
• Cloud engineers
• Network engineers

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Design a networking infrastructure for a scalable production application, considering design trade-offs between different networking services.
• Configure networking services for a highly available, resilient, and scalable application.
• Implement the networking infrastructure according to evolving business requirements.
• Implement networking best practices to align towards AWS Well-Architected Framework.

• Course Code NWIW

Course Overview

This course focuses on optimizing EMC NetWorker performance and integrating with EMC backup products, Microsoft applications, virtual environments, Oracle and SAP. Operational best practices will be provided with a focus on configuring and performing backup and recovery of the listed applications. This course provides participants with hands-on labs to reinforce the training.

Course Objectives

• Configure NetWorker resources in accordance with best practices.
• Configure and perform backup and recovery of filesystem and application data.
• Understand, configure, and perform backup and recovery using Data Domain devices in accordance with best practices.
• Understand, configure, and perform backup and recovery using Avamar deduplication nodes.
• Describe and configure backup and recovery of Microsoft SQL, Exchange, and SharePoint data following best practices.
• Describe configuration, backup and recovery of Microsoft Hyper-V.
• Describe configuration, backup and recovery of Oracle databases.
• Describe configuration, backup and recovery of VMware ESXi.
• Describe VMware protection strategies.
• Describe configuration and use cases for NetWorker Snapshot Management.
• Describe configuration, backup and recovery of SAP and SAP HANA.

Course Content

• Module 1: NetWorker Performance Management
• Lesson 1: NetWorker Process Communication
• Lesson 2: Sizing NetWorker for Best Performance
• Lesson 3: NetWorker Performance Best Practices
• Lesson 4: Backup and Recovery Best Practices
• Lab 1: Performing NetWorker File Backup and Recovery
• Module 2: NetWorker Integration with Avamar
• Lesson 1: Capabilities and Use Cases
• Lesson 2: Configuring the Integration
• Lab 2: Configuring Avamar in a NetWorker Environment
• Module 3: NetWorker Integration with Data Domain
• Lesson 1: NetWorker to DD Integration and Use Cases
• Lesson 2: Configuring NetWorker Integration with Data Domain
• Lab 3: Configure Data Domain in NetWorker Environment
• Module 4: NetWorker Integration with Microsoft SQL
• Lesson 1: Microsoft SQL VSS-based backup with NMM
• Lesson 2: Microsoft SQL VSS-based recovery with NMM
• Lesson 3: Microsoft SQL VDI-based backup with NMM
• Lesson 4: Microsoft SQL VDI-based recovery with NMM
• Lab 4: Microsoft SQL Backup and Recovery
• Module 5: NetWorker Integration with Microsoft Exchange
• Lesson 1: Exchange Backup with NMM
• Lesson 2: Exchange Mailbox Database Recovery
• Lesson 3: Exchange Granular Level Recovery
• Lesson 4: Exchange DAG backup and recovery with NMM
• Lab 5: Microsoft Exchange Backup and Recovery
• Module 6: NetWorker Integration with Microsoft SharePoint
• Lesson 1: NMM and SharePoint Backup
• Lesson 2: Microsoft SharePoint Backup and Recovery with NMM
• Lab 6: Microsoft SharePoint Backup and Recovery
• Module 7: NetWorker Integration with Microsoft Hyper-V
• Lesson 1: NMM Configuration or Hyper-V Backup
• Lesson 2: NMM Configuration for Hyper-V Recovery
• Lab 7: Microsoft Hyper-V Backup and Recovery
• Module 8: NetWorker Integration with Oracle
• Lesson 1: Oracle and NMDA Overview
• Lesson 2: Oracle Database Backup with NMDA
• Lesson 3: Oracle Database Recovery with NMDA
• Lab 8: Oracle Backup and Recovery
• Module 9: NetWorker Integration with VMware
• Lesson 1: VMware Data Protection Fundamentals
• Lesson 2: EMC Backup and Recovery Appliance Overview
• Lesson 3: EBR Installation and Configuration
• Lesson 4: VMware Backup and Recovery with NetWorker and EBR
• Lab 6: VMware Backup and Recovery
• Module 10: NetWorker Snapshot Management
• Lesson 1: NetWorker Snapshot Management Overview
• Lesson 2: NSM Requirements and Configuration Checker
• Lesson 3: NSM File System Backup and Recovery
• Lesson 4: NSM Application Backup and Recovery
• Module 11: NetWorker Integration with SAP
• Lesson 1: SAP and NMSAP Overview
• Lesson 2: SAP Backup with NMSAP
• Lesson 3: SAP Recovery with NMSAP
• Lesson 4: SAP HANA Backup and Recovery with NMSAP

Course Overview

New – Learn how to automate your network using Python and Playbooks.

No two networks are the same! Regardless, your network can be automated with a powerful combination of Python and Ansible across all major (and most minor) network vendors. Lessons and labs focus on using both Python and Ansible to interact with and configure your network devices. At the conclusion of this course, you will return to work empowered with skills necessary to automate network management! This class is a combination of live demonstrations and hands-on labs with virtual network devices and endpoints as targets for your configuration.

Course Objectives

• Version controlling code with Git
• Open SSH sessions and pass commands to remote servers
• Remotely open CLI to network devices
• Move files via SFTP
• Overview of Ansible modules
• Ansible collections for network automation
• Custom Ansible modules with Python
• Best practices for automating the management and configuration of network devices

Course Content

Day 01
Python Basics Review

• Overview of Python and Ansible
• Python whitespace rules & best practices
• Conditional expressions
• Relational and Boolean operators
• Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries
• Indexing and slicing
• Built-in functions
• Writing custom functions
• Getting at methods
• Iterating with Loops (for and while)
• Working with files
• Software Control Management (SCM) (Git, Github, Bitbucket, Cloudshare, etc.)
• Getting at RESTful interfaces with Python
• Working with JSON
• Python, Ansible and Paramiko
• Using Paramiko to SSH with keys and passwords
  

Day 02
Python and Network Automation

• RESTful API review
• API keys
• Paramiko Review
• Using Paramiko to SFTP with keys and passwords
• Introduction to Netmiko (automating routers and switches)
• Using Netmiko to send commands to / from network devices
• Working with YAML
• Converting JSON to YAML with Python

Day 03
Basic Ansible Review

• Ansible keywords
• YAML and JSON for data exchange
• Ansible and YAML
• Ansible Playbook components
• Tying together Python and Ansible – Using Python within Ansible
• Ansible Network Modules
• What is new in Ansible (most current updates / release notes)
• Network Agnostic modules
• Writing network playbooks
• Reviewing the construction of network playbooks
• Writing Ansible playbooks that respond to network failures

Day 04
Blending Python and Ansible Skillsets

• Review how to use Python within Ansible
• Calling Python scripts with Ansible
• Jinja2 Templating Engine for Python (and Ansible)
• Using Templates in Ansible playbooks
• Jinja2 filters, looping, and other useful tricks for automating with Ansible
• Playbook tagging for selective runs
• When to use Python and when to use Ansible
• “Big Picture” options for using Python & Ansible within your Network
• Ansible Roles
• Extending Ansible to support Palo Alto (Optional – Case Study)
• Extending Ansible to support Juniper vendor modules (Optional – Case Study)
• Extending Ansible to support NAPALM (Optional – Case Study)
  

Day 05
Customizing Ansible with Python

• Review – Running Scripts with Ansible
• Prompting for Ansible user input
• Ansible Galaxy & Getting at Roles
• Writing a custom Ansible Module with Python
• Ansible “Engine” vs Ansible “Tower” – marketing hype, capabilities, costs, etc.
• Case Study: Automate your Enterprise Network
• When to use Python and when to use Ansible
• Writing your own Ansible modules in Python
• “Big Picture” options for using Python & Ansible within your Network
• Overview – NETCONF / YANG and what they mean for Python and Ansible
• Molecule – Testing your roles

Course Overview

Configure and manage network infrastructure using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Network Automation with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Exam (DO458) is designed for network administrators or infrastructure automation engineers who want to use network automation to centrally manage the switches, routers, and other devices in the organization’s network infrastructure. Learn how to use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to remotely automate the configuration of network devices, test and validate the current network state, and perform compliance checks to detect and correct configuration drift.

This course is based on Red Hat® Ansible Automation Platform 2.3. The Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Network Automation exam (EX457) is also included in this offering.

Note: This course is five days. Durations may vary based on the delivery. For full course details, scheduling, and pricing, select your location then “get started” on the right hand menu.

Course Objectives

• Prepare a development environment for Ansible network automation
• Write and troubleshoot effective Ansible Playbooks for network automation
• Gather information about network infrastructure configuration for infrastructure awareness and configuration backup
• Automate specific network administration use cases, including configuration of routers and switches, ports, VLANs, SNMP monitoring, and routing protocols
• Use Ansible Playbooks to manage devices from various hardware vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, and Arista
• Centrally manage Ansible content in Git and run it centrally with automation controller
• Reuse existing, tested network automation code with Ansible Roles, Ansible Content Collections, and Ansible validated content

Course Content

Introducing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Describe the fundamental concepts of Ansible and how it is used, and install development tools from Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Implementing an Ansible Playbook

Create an inventory of managed nodes, write a simple Ansible Playbook, and run the playbook to automate tasks on those nodes

Managing and Running Playbooks

Manage automation code in version control and run Ansible Playbooks from a centrally managed automation controller

Managing Variables and Facts

Write playbooks that use variables to simplify management of the playbook and facts to reference information about managed nodes

Implementing Task Control

Manage task control and task errors in Ansible Playbooks

Simplifying Playbooks with Roles and Ansible Content Collections

Use Ansible Roles and Ansible Content Collections to develop playbooks more quickly and to reuse Ansible code

Automating Network Automation Tasks

Automate common network administration tasks, discussing recommended practices and approaches to cross-vendor automation

Comprehensive Review

Demonstrate skills learned in this course by installing, optimizing, and configuring Ansible for the management of network devices and infrastructure

Course Overview

This five-day, hands-on training course provides the advanced knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve competency in operating and troubleshooting the VMware NSX infrastructure. This course introduces you to workflows of various networking and security constructs along with several operational and troubleshooting tools that help you manage and troubleshoot your VMware NSX environment.

In addition, various types of technical problems are presented to you, which you will identify, analyze, and solve through a systematic process.

Product Alignment

– VMware NSX 4.0.0.1
– VMware NSX 4.0.1.1

Course Objectives

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

Course Content

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

Course Overview

This five-day course provides comprehensive training on considerations and practices to design a VMware NSX® environment as part of a software-defined data center strategy. This course prepares the student with the skills to lead the design of an NSX environment, including design principles, processes, and frameworks. The student gains a deeper understanding of the NSX architecture and how it can be used to create solutions to address the customer’s business needs.

Product Alignment

– VMware NSX 4.1.0

Course Objectives

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

• Describe and apply a design framework
• Apply a design process for gathering requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks
• Design a VMware vSphere® virtual data center to support NSX requirements
• Create a VMware NSX® Manager™ cluster design
• Create a VMware NSX® Edge™ cluster design to support traffic and service requirements in NSX
• Design logical switching and routing
• Recognize NSX security best practices
• Design logical network services
• Design a physical network to support network virtualization in a software-defined data center
• Create a design to support the NSX infrastructure across multiple sites
• Describe the factors that drive performance in NSX

Course Content

1 Course Introduction

• Introduction and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 NSX Design Concepts

• Identify design terms
• Describe framework and project methodology
• Describe the role of VMware Cloud Foundation™ in NSX design
• Identify customers’ requirements, assumptions, constraints, and risks
• Explain the conceptual design
• Explain the logical design
• Explain the physical design

3 NSX Architecture and Components

• Recognize the main elements in the NSX architecture
• Describe the NSX management cluster and the management plane
• Identify the functions and components of management, control, and data planes
• Describe the NSX Manager sizing options
• Recognize the justification and implication of NSX Manager cluster design decisions
• Identify the NSX management cluster design options

4 NSX Edge Design

• Explain the leading practices for edge design
• Describe the NSX Edge VM reference designs
• Describe the bare-metal NSX Edge reference designs
• Explain the leading practices for edge cluster design
• Explain the effect of stateful services placement
• Explain the growth patterns for edge clusters
• Identify design considerations when using L2 bridging services

5 NSX Logical Switching Design

• Describe concepts and terminology in logical switching
• Identify segment and transport zone design considerations
• Identify virtual switch design considerations
• Identify uplink profile and transport node profile design considerations
• Identify Geneve tunneling design considerations
• Identify BUM replication mode design considerations

6 NSX Logical Routing Design

• Explain the function and features of logical routing
• Describe the NSX single-tier and multitier routing architectures
• Identify guidelines when selecting a routing topology
• Describe the BGP and OSPF routing protocol configuration options
• Explain gateway high availability modes of operation and failure detection mechanisms
• Identify how multitier architectures provide control over stateful service location
• Identify EVPN requirements and design considerations
• Identify VRF Lite requirements and considerations
• Identify the typical NSX scalable architectures

7 NSX Security Design

• Identify different security features available in NSX
• Describe the advantages of an NSX Distributed Firewall
• Describe the use of NSX Gateway Firewall as a perimeter firewall and as an intertenant firewall
• Determine a security policy methodology
• Recognize the NSX security best practices

8 NSX Network Services

• Identify the stateful services available in different edge cluster high availability modes
• Describe failover detection mechanisms
• Compare NSX NAT solutions
• Explain how to select DHCP and DNS services
• Compare policy-based and route-based IPSec VPN
• Describe an L2 VPN topology that can be used to interconnect data centers
• Explain the design considerations for integrating VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ with NSX

9 Physical Infrastructure Design

• Identify the components of a switch fabric design
• Assess Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch fabric design implications
• Review guidelines when designing top-of-rack switches
• Review options for connecting transport hosts to the switch fabric
• Describe typical designs for VMware ESXi™ compute hypervisors with two pNICs
• Describe typical designs for ESXi compute hypervisors with four or more pNICs
• Differentiate dedicated and collapsed cluster approaches to SDDC design

10 NSX Multilocation Design

• Explain scale considerations in an NSX multisite design
• Describe the main components of the NSX Federation architecture
• Describe the stretched networking capability in Federation
• Describe stretched security use cases in Federation
• Compare the Federation disaster recovery designs

11 NSX Optimization and DPU-Based Acceleration

• Describe Geneve Offload
• Describe the benefits of Receive Side Scaling and Geneve Rx Filters
• Explain the benefits of SSL Offload
• Describe the effect of Multi-TEP, MTU size, and NIC speed on throughput
• Explain the available enhanced datapath modes and use cases
• List the key performance factors for compute nodes and NSX Edge nodes
• Describe DPU-Based Acceleration
• Define the NSX features supported by DPUs
• Describe the hardware and networking configurations supported with DPUs

Course Overview

This specialist level course provides the knowledge required to deploy and manage VMAX3 array-based local and remote replication solutions for business continuity needs. Operational details and implementation considerations for EMC TimeFinder SnapVX and Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) are covered. Lessons include considerations for performing local and remote replication operations in physical and virtualized environments. Hands-on lab exercises using Symmetrix Command Line Interface (SYMCLI) and Unisphere for VMAX provide the opportunity to learn and validate the material covered in the lectures. Lab exercises will be performed in physical (Sun Solaris and Windows 2008) and virtualized (VMware ESXi) hosts attached to VMAX3 arrays.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe and perform TimeFinder SnapVX operations with SYMCLI and Unisphere for VMAX – in physical and virtualized environments
• Describe and perform SRDF operations in Synchronous (SRDF/S) and Asynchronous (SRDF/A) modes using SYMCLI and Unisphere for VMAX – in physical and virtualized environments

Course Content

The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.

Module – TimeFinder SnapVX operations

• Lesson – TimeFinder SnapVX concepts and operations
• Lesson – TimeFinder SnapVX operations in a virtualized environment – Replicating a VMFS Datastore
• Lesson – TimeFinder SnapVX operations in a virtualize environment – Replicating a VM accessing RDM Hard Disks
• Lesson – TimeFinder SnapVX operations using Unisphere for VMAX

Module – SRDF/Synchronous operations

• Lesson – SRDF Initial setup operations
• Lesson – SRDF Disaster Recovery operations
• Lesson – SRDF Decision Support/Concurrent operations
• Lesson – SRDF/S for VMFS Datastore Disaster Recovery
• Lesson – SRDF/S Disaster Recovery for a VM accessing RDM Hard Disks
• Lesson – SRDF Operations using Unisphere for VMAX

Module – SRDF/Asynchronous operations

• Lesson – SRDF/A concepts and operations
• Lesson – SRDF/A Resiliency features
• Lesson – SRDF/A Multi-session Consistency (MSC)