VMware Basics - Virtual Networking and NSX-T Installation
Requirements
- A basic understanding of VMware and Virtualization
- A basic understanding of computer networking
- Developers working with vSphere and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
Description
This course covers the basics of VMware virtual networking, including a comparison of Standard switches and VDS distributed switches.
We also cover creating a VDS across multiple VMware vSphere ESXi hosts
We then install NSX-T manager, and then build-out a 3-appliance NSX-T Management Cluster
This course is intended as an introduction to Virtual Networking and NSX-T Installation, taken before a more detailed NSX-T training course.
(We install and configure and NSX-T Management Cluster, but don't actually deploy any additional NSX-T networking services)
Extra Content:
How NSX-T can be used with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) to secure container workloads with the same set of tools and policies
Who this course is for:
- VMware administrators working with vSphere ESXi and vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)
- Network engineers
- VMware security professionals
- Cyber Security professionals
Instructor
I Just joined Google as a Customer Engineer (August 2021)
I was previously a Lead Architect and CTO Ambassador at VMware, covering all VMware technologies, Tanzu, Docker and Kubernetes, VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC-on-AWS), Google Cloud VMware Engine and Google Cloud Platform.
I've been a VMware Consultant, Advisor, Trainer or Employee for almost 20 Years, and currently work in the Enterprise Accounts team at VMware UK.
I also have an interest in A.I. & Machine Learning, ARM & RISC-V, DevOps/Agile/Infrastructure-as-code and LEAN manufacturing.