• Describe vSphere networking components
• Describe vSphere standard switches
• Describe vSphere distributed switches

• Describe the benefits of NSX
• Identify NSX key use cases

• Describe the NSX architecture
• Describe the cloud management, management, control, and data planes of NSX
• Identify the component interactions
• Describe the NSX Controller cluster and its functions
• Explain the NSX Controller workload distribution

• Explain the steps required for an NSX installation
• Describe what is involved in planning an NSX deployment
• Describe the NSX Controller cluster and deployment
• Describe NSX Controller cluster high availability and load distribution
• Explain how to deploy and configure the NSX Controller cluster
• Explain the workflow involved in host preparation

• Explain transport zones, VXLANs, and VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs)
• Describe the procedure of preparing the infrastructure for virtual networking
• Describe the configuration of vSphere distributed switches for VXLAN
• Identify the components involved in NSX logical switching
• Define VLANs for VXLAN

• Explain the east-west and north-south routing concepts
• Define the NSX distributed logical router
• Explain the logical router, interfaces, and interface addresses
• Describe the management plane and control plane interaction
• Describe logical router deployment models and two-tier routing for east-west traffic
• Explain the common topologies of an NSX Edge services gateway

• Describe how routers connect remote networks
• Explain route redistribution methods
• Describe less-than-or-equal (LE) and greater-than-or-equal (GE) configurations
• Describe routing event notification enhancements
• Configure equal-cost multipath (ECMP) routing
• Describe high availability for NSX Edge service gateways

• Explain L2 bridging use cases
• Describe software and hardware L2 bridging between VXLAN and VLANs
• Discuss L2 bridging packet flows

• Describe the NSX Edge services
• Explain how network address translation (NAT) works
• Describe source NAT and destination NAT
• Explain NAT64
• Explain the function of load balancing
• Explain the one-armed and inline load-balancing architectures
• Explain the DHCP and DNS services of NSX Edge

• Describe the NSX Edge VPN services
• Describe the VPN use cases
• Configure an L2 VPN on an NSX Edge device
• Configure an NSX Edge device for IPsec VPN services
• Explain NSX Edge SSL VPN-Plus services
• Configure NSX Edge SSL VPN-Plus server settings

• Describe the policy enforcement of the distributed firewall
• Describe virtualization context-awareness
• Explain custom network and security containers
• Describe the architecture of an NSX Edge firewall
• Explain DHCP snooping
• Explain ARP snooping

• Describe NSX SpoofGuard
• Identify how tags enable dynamic security service chains
• Explain Service Composer groups, policies, tags
• Describe the Identity Firewall architecture
• Explain Application Rule Manager
• Explain how to create a monitoring session

• Describe the types of introspection services
• Describe the installation and configuration of Guest Introspection and Network Introspection
• Summarize Guest Introspection and Network Introspection alarms, events, and audit messages

• Describe cross-vCenter NSX features and use cases
• Identify NSX Manager roles and NSX Controller cluster placement
• Deploy universal logical networks
• Explain the design considerations for cross-vCenter NSX

• Develop a structured troubleshooting approach
• Differentiate between symptoms and root causes
• Identify and isolate problems residing in various areas
• Apply an appropriate methodology and procedure to troubleshooting

• Discuss NSX operational requirements
• Use the native NSX tools (such as the central CLI, the NSX dashboard, and Application Rule Manager) to
solve various types of problems
• Use vRealize Network Insight to identify and analyze problems
• Use vRealize Log Insight Content Pack for NSX in troubleshooting and operations

• Explain the NSX infrastructure and component communications
• Troubleshoot NSX Manager and the management plane
• Troubleshoot NSX Controller and the control plane
• Troubleshoot problems in host preparation

• Explain VXLAN and logical switching components
• Verify the VXLAN and logical switch configuration and status
• Identify and troubleshoot common L2 configuration errors
• Use the GUI, the CLI, packet capture, traceflow, and other tools to troubleshoot logical switching problems

• Describe the NSX logical routing architecture
• Explain routing components, functions, and communications
• Verify logical router configuration settings
• Use packet capture on routers and perform packet walk
• Use the GUI, the CLI, traceflow, and other tools to troubleshoot various logical routing problems

• Verify edge services (such as DHCP and DNS) configuration settings and operational status
• Troubleshoot various types of VPN services (SSL VPN-Plus, L2 VPN, and IPsec VPN)
• Verify the configuration and status of logical load balancers
• Troubleshoot common load-balancing and high availability scenarios

• Discuss the NSX distributed firewall architecture, components, communication channels, and features
• Use the CLI and other tools to troubleshoot the configuration and operations of the NSX distributed firewall
and the NSX Edge firewall
• Explain and troubleshoot the Service Composer components and architecture
• Troubleshoot common problems related to Identity Firewall
• Verify Guest Introspection deployment configuration and functions, and troubleshoot common problems