VCP6-NV Official Cert Guide (Exam #2V0-641)

Introduction xx




About This Book xx




Who Should Read This Book xxi




Book Features xxii




How to Use This Book xxiii




Certification Exam and This Preparation Guide xxv




Book Content Updates xxvi




Companion Website xxviii




Pearson IT Certification Practice Test Engine and Questions xxviii




Install the Software xxix




Activate and Download the Practice Exam xxix




Activating Other Exams xxx




Assessing Exam Readiness xxx




Premium Edition eBook and Practice Tests xxxi




Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware NSX 3




Do I Know This Already? 3




Foundation Topics 6




Physical Network Challenges 6




Ethernet Challenges 7




IP Network Challenges 10




Security Challenges 12




VMware NSX 12




Exam Preparation Tasks 17




Review All the Key Topics 17




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 18




Define Key Terms 18




Chapter 2 Network and VMware vSphere Requirements for NSX 21




Do I Know This Already? 21




Foundation Topics 24




Physical Network Infrastructure 24




POD Design 28




Collapsed Access Layer 30




Spine and Leaf Design 31




NSX and Physical Network Infrastructure 33




NSX and vSphere 34




ESXi Host Network Connectivity 35




vSphere Standard Switch 36




vSS Configuration 39




vSphere Distributed Switch 43




Create vSphere Distributed Switch 45




Migrate to vSphere Distributed Switch 49




Configure LACP 52




Configure QoS Marking 55




Exam Preparation Tasks 58




Review All the Key Topics 58




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 59




Define Key Terms 59




Chapter 3 NSX Architecture and NSX Manager 61




Do I Know This Already? 61




Foundation Topics 64




Network Planes 64




NSX Architecture 66




NSX Manager 68




NSX Manager Base Configuration 73




Cross vCenter NSX 80




Exam Preparation Tasks 84




Review All the Key Topics 84




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 85




Define Key Terms 85




Chapter 4 VXLAN, NSX Controllers, and NSX Preparation 87




Do I Know This Already? 87




Foundation Topics 90




VXLAN Introduction 90




VXLAN 90




NSX Controllers 96




Deploying NSX Controllers 97




Verifying NSX Controllers 101




Creating an NSX Controller Cluster 104




NSX Controller Master and Recovery 106




IP Pools 107




Host Preparation 109




Host Configuration 113




VNI Pools, Multicast Pools, and Transport Zones 120




Exam Preparation Tasks 124




Review All the Key Topics 124




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 125




Define Key Terms 125




Chapter 5 NSX Switches 127




Do I Know This Already? 127




Logical Switches 130




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Foundation Topics 130




Creating a Logical Switch 131




Verifying Logical Switches 135




Adding Virtual Machines to Logical Switches 137




Logical Switch Tables 138




VTEP Table 139




Example: Populating the VTEP Table 140




Example: Updating the VTEP Table 143




MAC Table 144




ARP Table 147




Logical Switch Table Verification 149




Unknown Unicast or ARP Request 152




Replication Mode 152




Multicast Replication Mode 154




Unicast Replication Mode and Proxy VTEP 155




Hybrid Replication Mode 156




Exam Preparation Tasks 158




Review All the Key Topics 158




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 159




Define Key Terms 159




Chapter 6 Logical Switch Packet Walks 161




Do I Know This Already? 161




Foundation Topics 165




Logical Switches Packet Walks 165




Logical Switch Packet Walk Example 1 169




Logical Switch Packet Walk Example 2 170




Logical Switch Packet Walk Example 3 171




Logical Switch Packet Walk Example 4 177




Logical Switch Packet Walk Example 5 189




Exam Preparation Tasks 193




Review All the Key Topics 193




Define Key Terms 193




Chapter 7 Logical Router 195




Do I Know This Already? 195




Foundation Topics 198




NSX Logical Router 198




Logical Router Control VM 201




Creating and Deploying the Logical Router 204




Logical Router Verification 210




Connectivity Testing 216




Locale ID 221




Exam Preparation Tasks 225




Review All the Key Topics 225




Define Key Terms 225




Chapter 8 Logical Router Packet Walks 227




Do I Know This Already? 227




Foundation Topics 232




Logical Router Packet Walks 232




Logical Router Packet Walk Example 1 235




Logical Router Packet Walk Example 2 240




Logical Router Packet Walk Example 3 246




Exam Preparation Tasks 250




Review All the Key Topics 250




Define Key Terms 250




Chapter 9 NSX Edge Services Gateway 253




Do I Know This Already? 253




Foundation Topics 256




NSX Edge 256




NSX Edge Size 259




Edge HA 260




Creating and Deploying an NSX Edge 262




Undeployed NSX Edge 267




Monitoring and Verifying the NSX Edge 269




Exam Preparation Tasks 273




Review All the Key Topics 273




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 273




Define Key Terms 273




Chapter 10 Layer 2 Extensions 275




Do I Know This Already? 275




Foundation Topics 278




Layer 2 VPN 278




Configuring Layer 2 VPN 280




Verifying Layer 2 VPN 289




Layer 2 VPN Packet Walk 290




Layer 2 Bridging 296




Configuring Layer 2 Bridging 299




Verifying Layer 2 Bridging 301




Layer 2 Bridging Packet Walk 303




Hardware VTEPs 307




Exam Preparation Tasks 312




Review All the Key Topics 312




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 313




Define Key Terms 313




Chapter 11 Layer 3 Connectivity Between Virtual and Physical Networks 315




Do I Know This Already? 315




Foundation Topics 318




Logical Router VLAN LIF 318




Designated Instance 324




NSX Edge Gateway 330




Equal Cost Multipathing 336




Exam Preparation Tasks 340




Review All the Key Topics 340




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 340




Define Key Terms 341




Chapter 12 Routing Protocols 343




Do I Know This Already? 343




Foundation Topics 346




Routing 346




Administrative Distance and Cost 347




Static Routes 349




OSPF 351




OSPF Areas 352




OSPF Neighbor Adjacencies 354




LSA Types 355




Configuring OSPF 356




Verifying OSPF 360




BGP 361




Configuring BGP 366




Verifying BGP 368




IS-IS 369




IS-IS Areas and IS Types 369




Configuring IS-IS 370




Verifying IS-IS 373




Route Redistribution 373




Exam Preparation Tasks 376




Review All the Key Topics 376




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 377




Define Key Terms 377




Chapter 13 NSX Edge VPN Services 379




Do I Know This Already? 379




Foundation Topics 382




IPsec VPNs 382




IPsec VPN Establishment 384




Configuring IPsec VPNs 386




Verifying IPsec VPNs 392




SSL VPN-Plus 394




Configure SSL VPN-Plus 395




SSL VPN-Plus Server Settings 396




Creating a Web Resource 397




Configuring Authentication 398




Enable SSL VPN-Plus Service 402




Adding the Installation Package 403




Adding an IP Pool 405




Adding Private Networks 406




Verifying SSL VPN-Plus 408




Exam Preparation Tasks 411




Review All the Key Topics 411




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 411




Define Key Terms 411




Chapter 14 NSX Edge Network Services and Security 413




Do I Know This Already? 413




Foundation Topics 416




Network Address Translation 416




NSX Edge Load Balancer 420




Configuring the Edge Load Balancer 427




Application Profile 427




Server Pools 430




Virtual Server 431




Enable Load Balancer 433




NSX Edge Protocol and Port Groupings 433




Configure NSX Edge DHCP and DNS 434




NSX Edge Logical Firewall 436




Configuring an Edge Firewall 439




Exam Preparation Tasks 443




Review All the Key Topics 443




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 443




Define Key Terms 443




Chapter 15 Distributed Logical Firewall 445




Do I Know This Already? 445




Foundation Topics 449




Traditional Firewall Design Compromises 449




Distributed Logical Firewall 453




DFW Thresholds and Limits 458




Exclusion List 460




Logical Firewall Rules 460




Creating Firewall Sections and Rules 462




Firewall Rules Saved Configurations 468




NSX Manager and Domains 469




Verifying DFW Functionality 470




SpoofGuard 471




Exam Preparation Tasks 474




Review All the Key Topics 474




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 475




Define Key Terms 475




Chapter 16 Security Services 477




Do I Know This Already? 477




Foundation Topics 480




Security Services for NSX 480




Registering Service with NSX 482




Deploying the Security Service Appliance 484




Service Composer 486




Security Groups 487




Security Policies 491




Logical Firewall Service Redirection 496




Security Tags 497




IP Sets and MAC Sets 499




Exam Preparation Tasks 501




Review All the Key Topics 501




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 501




Define Key Terms 501




Chapter 17 Additional NSX Features 503




Do I Know This Already? 503




Foundation Topics 506




VMware Data Security 506




Activity Monitoring 509




VM Activity 511




Inbound Activity 512




Outbound Activity 513




Inter Container Interaction 513




Outbound AD Group Activity 514




Viewing Activity Report 514




Flow Monitoring 514




Traceflow 519




Role Based Access Control 521




Exam Preparation Tasks 524




Review All the Key Topics 524




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 525




Define Key Terms 525




Chapter 18 NSX Automation 527




Do I Know This Already? 527




Foundation Topics 530




REST 530




NSX API Calls for Logical Switch 532




NSX API Calls for Logical Router 536




NSX API Calls for NSX Edge 540




vRealize Automation 542




External Network Profile 544




Routed Network Profile 544




Private Network Profile 545




NAT Network Profile 546




Exam Preparation Tasks 548




Review All the Key Topics 548




Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 548




Define Key Terms 549




Chapter 19 Upgrade to NSX for vSphere 6.2 551




Do I Know This Already? 551




Foundation Topics 555




Upgrade vCloud Network and Security to NSX for vSphere 555




Upgrade to NSX Manager 555




Upgrade to NSX VIBs 558




Upgrade to NSX DFW 559




Upgrade to NSX Edge 559




Upgrade to USVM 560




Upgrade NSX for vSphere to NSX for vSphere 6.2 561




Upgrade to NSX Manager 6.2 561




Upgrade NSX Controllers to 6.2 563




Upgrade Host Clusters to 6.2 565




Upgrade NSX Edges to 6.2 566




Exam Preparation Tasks 568




Review All the Key Topics 568




Define Key Terms 568




CHAPTER 20 Final Preparation 571




Getting Ready 571




Taking the Exam 574




Tools for Final Preparation 575




Review Tools on the Companion Website 575




Pearson Cert Practice Test Engine and Questions 576




Using the Exam Engine 578




Appendix A Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Quizzes 581




Appendix B VCP6-NV Exam 2V0-641 Updates 585




GLOSSARY 588




Index 596









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APPENDIX C Memory Tables




APPENDIX D Memory Tables Answer Key




APPENDIX E Study Planner




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