VMware vCloud NFV with vCloud Director [V9.7]
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- Formats:
Classroom,
Live Online,
vFlex-ILT,
Onsite
- Length: 5 Days
Overview:
This five-day, hands-on training course discusses Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), a network architecture concept that specifies how virtualization technologies can be used to virtualize network service functions.
This course also covers interfacing VMware vCloud Director® with other systems using various APIs and the integration and use of VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director®. You will also understand how to manage multisite, cross-VDC (Virtual Data Center) networking for vCloud Director and how to configure Central Point of Management (CPOM) to define a software-defined datacenter (SDDC) for tenant and provider users of vCloud Director. This course also discusses how to monitor various vCloud Director objects using VMware vRealize® Operations™, Tenant vApp, and VMware vRealize® Log Insight™. This course is also available in an On Demand format. For more information, select this link: VMware vCloud NFV with vCloud Director [V9.7] - On Demand. Product Alignment • vCloud Director 9.x • VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director® 3.0 • VMware vSphere® 6.x and later • NSX 6.x and later |
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| Objectives: | By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives: • Describe the VMware vCloud® NFV™ architecture • Describe the vCloud Director architecture as Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) • Secure the deployment of multivendor virtual network functions (VNFs) on the vCloud NFV platform • Manage vCloud Director to support NFV workloads in a secure, multitenant environment • Configure VMware vSAN™ to enable multiple tiers in provider virtual data centers • Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and vApps to satisfy business needs • Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs • Use advanced services to manage VMware NSX® from vCloud Director |
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| Intended Audience: | Customers, cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment | |
| Prerequisites: | Completion of the following course is required: • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.x] or equivalent knowledge Completion of the following eLearning courses is recommended: • VMware vCloud Director: Fundamentals [V8.x] • VMware vSAN and HCI Fundamentals • VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals Substantial knowledge of TCP/IP networking is helpful. |
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| Outline: | 1 Course Introduction • Introductions and course logistics • Course objectives 2 vCloud NFV Overview • Define the benefits of vCloud NFV • Describe a sample vCloud NFV solution • Describe the vCloud NFV architecture 3 NFV Infrastructure • Compare physical and virtual infrastructures • Describe the advantages and components of the NFV infrastructure (NFVI) • Explain the role of network virtualization in the NFVI • Compare physical and virtual infrastructures • Describe the vSAN architecture and the differences between the vSAN hybrid and all-flash architectures • Explain the purpose of virtual machine storage policies • Describe network virtualization with NSX 4 Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) • Describe the VMware products for the VIM layer • Explain basic concepts related to vCloud Director • Describe the relationship between provider VDCs (Virtual Data Centers) and organization VDCs • Describe how vSAN integrates with vCloud Director • Create vSAN storage policies • Describe the components and basic configuration of the vCloud Director architecture • Create resource pools 5 vCloud Providers • Describe how compute and storage resources are provided to vCloud Director • Describe provider VDC requirements and best practices • Create provider VDCs • Describe the VNF on-boarding process 6 vCloud Director Organizations • Describe and create vCloud Director organizations • Discuss vCloud Director HTML5 UI • Discuss HTML5-based provider portal • Discuss tenant portal • Discuss the use cases of a vCloud Director organization VDC • Discuss organization VDC allocation models • Recognize resource allocations for an organization • Examine the function and requirements of network pools. • Describe the network types available in vCloud Director (external, organization, and vApp) • Discuss the organization network types • Create and manage organization VDC networks • Add a catalog to an organization • Populate, share, and publish catalogs • Manage access to vApps and catalogs • Modify the configuration of vApps and their virtual machines (VMs) • Manage organization VDC networking • Create affinity and anti-affinity rules 7 vCloud Director Security • Describe role-based access • Create custom security roles • Integrate Directory Service with vCloud Director • Integrate LDAP, SAML, SSL, Kerberos, and OAuth2 with vCloud Director • Configure SSO 8 vCloud Director Networking • Describe the use and placement of NSX® EdgeTM services gateways in relation to vCloud Director • Review routing with the distributed logical router and Edge services gateways in combination with vCloud Director • Firewall management in vCloud Director with Edge services gateways and the distributed firewall • Architecture of VMware NSX-T™ (Basic) • vCloud Director supported features of NSX-T • Discuss multisite • Configure Cross VDC networking 9 Resource Management and Monitoring • Manage provider and organization VDCs • Manage VMware vCenter Server® instances and VMware ESXi™ hosts • Manage vSphere datastores • Manage resource pools at the vSphere level • Monitor usage information at provider and organization VDCs • Use the cell management tool • Manage provider VDC and Org-VDC • Monitor vCloud Director environments with VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™ • Monitor vCloud Director environments with vRealize Log Insight • Describe the components for NVFI operations management • Use VMware vRealize® BusinessTM for cost management • Review historical virtual machine metrics in vCloud Director • View vCloud Director logs 10 vCloud Extensibility • Introduce container service extension • Explore vCloud Director CLI • Use Python SDK for vApp deployment • Discuss Terraform vCloud Director capabilities • Use VMware vRealize® OrchestratorTM Plug-in for vCloud Director 11 Day 2 Operations • Identify log locations for vCloud Director • Navigate through vCloud Director logs • Capture vCloud Director log bundles |
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