Duration: 3 Days
In this intensive training course, you will focus on installing, configuring, and managing VMware® vCloud® Networking and Security™ for the VMware vSphere® professional. vCloud Networking and Security is a suite of security virtual appliances built for VMware vCenter Server™ and VMware ESXi™ integration. vCloud Networking and Security is a critical security component for protecting virtualized data centers from attacks and helping you achieve your compliance-mandated goals. This course is based on VMware® vShield™ 5.5, ESXi 5.5, and vCenter Server 5.5.
What You Will Learn
- Common use cases for vCloud Networking and Security components
- Install VMware vCloud Networking and Security Manager™ and configure it to work with vCenter Server
- Create and manage VXLAN virtual wires
- Environments that benefit from deploying VMware vCloud Networking and Security Edge™ and how to install and configure it
- Environments that benefit from VMware vCloud Networking and Security App™ and how to install and configure it in a cluster
- Enterprise requirements for compliance analysis and how VMware vCloud Networking and Security Data Security™ can provide a solution
Audience
System administrators and system integrators responsible for deploying vCloud Networking and Security
Prerequistes
- Experience with vSphere
- Comfort with system administration using command line interfaces
- Completion of VMware vSphere: Install, configure, and manage
Course Outline
1. VMware Networking and Security
- Networking and Security virtualization vision
- VMware vCloud Networking and Security components
2. VMware vCloud Networking and Security Manager
- Installation prerequisites
- Installing vCloud Networking and Security Manager
3. VXLAN Virtual Wires
- 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
4. Securing the Data Center
- Securing the virtual data center
- Securing virtual networks
5. 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
6. 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
7. Endpoint Security
- Challenges with endpoint security
- VMware vShield Endpoint™ components
- Antivirus use cases and solutions
8. VMware vCloud Networking and Security Data Security
- Data security policies and compliance
- Data security scans
Course Labs
You will spend approximately 50% of class in hands-on labs.
