1 Software-Defined Data Center
- Identify types of virtualization used in a software-defined data center
- Recognize the components of an SDDC
- Describe the relationship between vSphere, the SDDC, and cloud computing
2 VMware SDDC Solutions
- Identify VMware solutions that integrate with vSphere in SDDC
3 VMware vSphere Components and Features
- Identify the functions of the components in a vSphere environment
- Describe the vSphere features and their benefits
4 Network Virtualization
- Describe the importance of network virtualization for the IT industry
- Describe network virtualization and its implementation
- Identify the benefits of network virtualization
5 Virtual Switches Overview
- Define virtual networking
- Describe a virtual switch and its components
- Explain how virtual switches connect VMs and VMware ESXi™ hosts to the network
6 vSphere Standard Switches
- Identify characteristics of vSphere standard switches
- View components and properties of a standard switch configuration
7 vSphere Distributed Switches
- Describe the benefits of vSphere distributed switches
- Compare distributed and standard switches
- View a distributed switch configuration in the vSphere Client
8 Management, Control and Data Plane
- Identify the different layers of networking planes
- List the functions of each networking plane
9 Software Defined Networking
- Describe the software-defined networking approach to control network traffic
- Compare traditional networking to software-defined networking
- Describe the software-defined networking architecture
- Discuss the benefits of software-defined networking for today’s IT services and applications
10 Introduction to NSX-T Data Center
- Describe the features and benefits of NSX-T Data Center
- Describe the use cases for NSX-T Data Center
11 NSX-T Data Center Components
- Identify the components in an NSX-T Data Center environment
- Describe the function of each NSX-T Data Center component
12 NSX-T Data Center Architecture
- Describe the NSX-T Data Center architecture
- Use the NSX-T Data Center user interface to validate its components
13 Benefits of NSX-T Data Center Logical Switching
- Describe the challenges of traditional data center switching
- Describe the benefits of NSX-T Data Center logical switching
14 NSX Logical Switching Components
- Describe the components and functions of the NSX-T Data Center segments
- Identify the differences between the types of transport zones and segments
15 NSX Logical Switching
- Describe the end-to-end logical switching communication in VMware NSX-T Data Center
- Connect workloads to an existing segment and check connectivity
16 Benefits of NSX-T Data Center Logical Routing
- Describe the challenges of traditional data center routing
- Identify the benefits of NSX-T Data Center logical routing
17 NSX Routing Components
- Describe the components and functions of NSX-T data Center logical routing
- Identify the logical routing topologies that are available in NSX-T Data Center
18 NSX Logical Routing
- Recognize the use cases for NSX logical routing
- Connect segments to a Tier-1 gateway and verify connectivity between different segments
- Connect a Tier-1 gateway to a Tier-0 gateway and verify external connectivity
19 Micro-segmentation
- Describe micro-segmentation
- Identify the use cases for micro-segmentation
- List the benefits of micro-segmentation
20 Zero-Trust Security
- Implement the Zero-Trust approach for security by using micro-segmentation
21 NSX Data Center Firewalls
- Differentiate between gateway and distributed firewalls
- Identify preconfigured firewall rules from the NSX UI
- Validate preconfigured firewall rules from the NSX UI
22 NSX DHCP
- Describe DHCP and its use cases
- Implement DHCP in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
23 NSX DNS
- Describe DNS and its use cases
- Implement DNS in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
24 NSX NAT
- Describe NAT and its use cases
- Implement NAT in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
25 NSX Load Balancing
- Describe load balancing and its use cases
- Implement load balancing in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
26 NSX VPNs
- Describe VPN technologies and their use cases
- Implement VPN technologies in VMware NSX-T™ Data Center
27 Virtual Cloud Network
- Explain the VMware Virtual Cloud framework
- Describe the VMware Virtual Cloud product portfolio, its benefits and use cases
