vSphere 6.5 Networking

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Virtual networks offer the flexibility of any topology and aren't constrained by cable bandwidth limitations. This course covers the configuration of virtual networks in VMware vSphere 6.5 including VLANS and virtual switches.

Target Audience
IT professionals or managers using or considering the use of VMware vSphere products such as vCenter and ESXi to provide virtualization in their datacenter

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.3

Lesson Objectives

vSphere 6.5 Networking

start the course

identify how vSphere networking fits into the larger networking architecture

recognize the ports used in standard vSphere traffic

describe how VLANs segment traffic and why this may be desired in a virtual environment

identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi standard switch

identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi port group

identify the purpose and settings of an ESXi VMkernel adapter

create a vSwitch

create a port group

create a VMkernel adapter

connect a virtual machine to the correct port group for network access

create and deploy a distributed vSwitch

create a standard vSwitch with appropriate port groups and VMkernel adapters based on business needs in the vCenter Web Client

Course Number:
vi_vicm_a04_it_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate