VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Physical Infrastructure Requirements Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
VMware NSX is flexible with regard to the underlying network fabric, but there are a number of significant advantages in different network environments. This course covers the benefits of running VMware NSX over physical network fabrics, and the requirements for doing so. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
Target Audience
virtual network administrators data center operatives who already possess core networking skills
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
1.6
Lesson Objectives VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Physical Infrastructure Requirements
start the course
describe common physical network topologies, including layer 2 fabric, multi-tier, and leaf-spine
describe trends in physical networks
describe the purpose of a leaf node and a spine node in leaf-spine architecture
identify virtual network topologies, including enterprise, service provider multi-tenant, and multi-tenant scalable
describe the benefits of a multi-instance TCP/IP stack
describe the challenges of a layer 2 fabric topology
describe the challenges of a multi-tier topology
describe the challenges of a leaf-spine topology
differentiate between physical and virtual QoS implementation
differentiate between single and multiple vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) Distributed Logical Router implementations
differentiate between NSX Edge High Availability and Scale-out NSX Edge High Availability implementations
differentiate between collapsed and separate vSphere cluster topologies
differentiate between layer 3 and converged cluster infrastructures
identify VMware NSX management and edge cluster requirements
describe minimum and optimal physical infrastructure requirements for a VMware NSX implementation
describe how different traffic types are handled in a physical infrastructure
determine use cases for available virtual architectures
differentiate between virtual and physical switch connection methods
describe VMkernel networking recommendations
describe challenges of physical networks and requirements for VMware NSX
Course Number: cl_vmnv_a02_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate