VMware vCloud NFV with vCloud Director (v8.X)
In this five-day course, you will focus on configuring, managing, and operating VMware vCloud Director® 8.20 for a VMware vCloud® NFV™ environment. You will learn about self-service provisioning, the creation of organizations, virtual data centers (VDCs), and catalog services that include predefined virtual machines, and on-demand VMware NSX® networks, as well as the integrated use of VMware vSAN™.
Skills Gained
- Describe the vCloud NFV architecture
- Describe the vCloud Director architecture and its role as Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM)
- Secure deployment of multivendor virtualized network functions (VNFs) on the vCloud NFV platform
- Manage vCloud Director to support network functions virtualization (NFV) workloads in a secure multitenant environment
- Configure vSAN to enable multiple tiers in provider VDCs
- Create and manage vCloud Director organizations and VNF vApps to satisfy business needs
- Create and manage vCloud Director catalogs
- Use vCloud Director to configure basic and advanced NSX networking services
Who Can Benefit
Service provider architects, engineers, and administrators with experience in a telco and NFV environment
Prerequisites
- vCloud NFV Foundations with vCloud Director eLearning course
Outline
Course Introduction
- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
vCloud NFV
- Describe the benefits of vCloud NFV
- Demonstrate what a vCloud NFV sample solution looks like
- Describe the vCloud NFV architecture
NFV Infrastructure
- Describe the NFV infrastructure (NFVI) components
- Explain how vSphere interacts with compute resources (CPU and memory), as well as network and storage resources
- Describe the vSAN storage architecture
- Explain network virtualization with NSX
Virtualized Infrastructure Manager
- Describe the VMware products for the VIM layer
- Explain vCloud Director basic concepts
- Create vSAN storage policies for use by vCloud Director
- Describe the vCloud Director architecture
- Create resource pools for use by vCloud Director
- Configure a basic vCloud Director instance
vCloud Providers
- Explain how compute and storage resources are provided to vCloud Director
- Describe provider VDC requirements and best practices
- Create provider VDCs
vCloud Director Organizations
- Create and manage vCloud Director organizations
- Create and manage organization VDCs
- Configure and manage organization VDC networking
- Create and manage organization catalogs
- Deploy, manage, and access organization vApps
vCloud Networking with NSX
- Describe the components in the NSX planes
- Describe the network types available in vCloud Director (external, organization, vApp)
- Examine the function of network pools
Advanced Networking Services
- Describe VMware NSX® Edge™ services gateway features
- Describe advanced edge services gateway network functions
- Configure the edge services gateway for inbound and outbound network address translation
- Configure load balancing in a vApp
- Configure VPN services between organizations
- Configure dynamic routing on the edge services gateway
- Configure firewall services on the edge services gateway
- Configure the distributed firewall
vCloud Director Security
- Describe role-based access control in vCloud Director
- Create and manage security roles
Managing and Monitoring Cloud Resources
- Manage provider and organization VDCs in vCloud Director
- Manage external networks and edge services gateways
- Manage vCenter Server systems and resource pools
NFVI Operations Management (FCAPS)
- Describe the NFVI operations management components: VMware vRealize® Operations Manager™, VMware vRealize® Log Insight™, VMware vRealize® Network Insight™, VMware Site Recovery Manager™, and VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™
Day 2 vCloud NFV Operations
- Describe the upgrade process from vCloud Director 5.5 to 8.x
- Explain how the vCloud NFV platform provides carrier-grade service
- Describe the VNF onboarding process
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