VMware ® vCloud Networking & Security for vSphere Professionals v5.5

Course details

This course focuses on installing, configuring, and managing VMware vCloud® Networking and Security™ for the VMware® vSphere® professional.

Course Outline

1 - Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives

2 - VMware Networking and Security

• Networking and Security virtualization vision
• VMware vCloud Networking and Security components

3 - VMware vCloud Networking and Security Manager

• Installation prerequisites
• Installing vCloud Networking and Security Manager

4 - VXLAN Networks

• Layer-2 connectivity and VLAN constraints
• VXLAN protocol
• IP encapsulation and multicast requirements
• Creating and connecting a VXLAN virtual wire
• Testing VXLAN virtual wire connectivity

5 - Securing the Data Center

• Securing the virtual data center
• Securing virtual networks

6 - VMware vCloud Networking and Security Edge

• Installing and configuring vCloud Networking and Security Edge
• Internal and uplink interfaces
• Adding, changing, and deleting firewall and NAT rules
• Configuring site-to-site IPsec VPNs
• Configuring SSL VPNs for remote access
• Configuring load-balancer services
• Configuring high-availability services

7 - VMware vCloud Networking and Security App

• Installing and configuring vCloud Networking and Security App
• Hypervisor-based firewall on each host
• Firewall rules for virtual machine protection
• Flow monitoring as a traffic analysis tool

8 - Endpoint Security

• Challenges with endpoint security
• VMware® vShield Endpoint™ components
• Antivirus use cases and solutions

9 - VMware vCloud Networking and Security Data Security

• Data security policies and compliance
• Data security scans

Target Audience: System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying vCloud Networking and Security