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Written by Christopher Lewis on July 31, 2017 .

This is one of many posts that will form part of the VCAP6-NV Deploy Exam Guide . What is an Edge Service Gateway (ESG)? An Edge Services Gateway is a virtual appliance that is responsible for both North/South traffic and various Edge services, including Load Balancing, NAT and DHCP. In this example, we will create a new ESG with two interfaces, one to connect to the transit network (Internal) and one to connect to a vDS Portgroup (Uplink).

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 31, 2017 .

This is one of many posts that will form part of the VCAP6-NV Deploy Exam Guide . What is a Distributed Logical Router (DLR) ? A Distributed Logical Router (or Logical Distributed Router) is typically used to route East/West traffic between Logical Switches. In this example, we will create a new DLR with two Internal interfaces to connect the App_Tier and Data_Tier Logical Switches. FInally we’ll add an Uplink interface to connect the DLR to a “transit” logical switch.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 2.2 - Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging Add Layer 2 Bridging Connect Layer 2 Bridging to the appropriate distributed virtual port group Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. A working VMware NSX 6.x environment. The following prerequisites are for Layer 2 Bridging. An NSX logical router must be deployed in your environment. You cannot use a universal logical router to configure bridging, and you cannot add a bridge to a universal logical switch.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 5.2 - Monitor a VMware NSX Implementation Configure logging for NSX components according to a deployment plan Monitor health of networking services Monitor health and status of infrastructure components: vSphere NSX Manager Control Cluster Enable data collection for single/multiple virtual machines Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. A working VMware NSX 6.x environment. Objective Breakdown Configure logging for NSX components according to a deployment plan For configuring SYSLOG for the NSX Manager, see HOWTO: Configure VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Log Insight – Part Two For configuring SYSLOG for NSX Edge Appliances, see HOWTO: Configure VMware NSX and VMware vRealize Log Insight – Part Three Monitor health of networking services I’m not 100% sure what this skill is, so I have assumed its being able to know where to look for the health status of the different NSX components.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 3.1 - Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing Configure the appropriate Load Balancer model for a given application topology. Configure SSL off-loading. Configure a service monitor to define health check parameters for a specific type of network traffic. Optimize a server pool to manage and share backend servers. Configure an application profile and rules. Configure virtual servers. Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 2.3 - Configure and Manage Routing Deploy the appropriate NSX Edge (ESG/DLR) device according to a deployment plan. Configure centralized and distributed routing. Configure default gateway parameters. Configure static routes. Select and configure appropriate dynamic routing protocol according to a deployment plan: OSPF BGP IS-IS Configure route redistribution to support a multi-protocol environment. Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 5.3 - Configure and Manage Role Based Access Control Implement identity service support for Active Directory, NIS, and LDAP with Single Sign-On (SSO). Manage User rights: Assign roles to user accounts Change a user role Delete/disable/enable a user account Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. A working VMware NSX 6.x environment. Objective Breakdown Implement identity service support for Active Directory, NIS, and LDAP with Single Sign-On (SSO) Configuring SSO requires that NTP is configured correctly within the VMware NSX Manager.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 8.1 - Administer and Execute calls using the VMware NSX vSphere API Construct and execute an API call using correct syntax and formatting Programmatically configure system parameters including: NSX controller syslog Modify DLR declared dead time Analyze, modify, and successfully retrieve configuration data using an existing API call. Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. A working VMware NSX 6.

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 2.1 - Create and Manage Logical Switches Create/Delete Logical Switches Assign and configure IP addresses Connect a Logical Switch to an NSX Edge Deploy services on a Logical Switch Connect/Disconnect virtual machines to/from a Logical Switch Test Logical Switch connectivity Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. A working VMware NSX-V 6.x environment. The following are additional prerequisites for creating a NSX Logical Switch:

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO

Written by Christopher Lewis on July 30, 2017 .

Skills and Abilities Objective 1.3 - Configure and Manage Transport Zones Create Transport Zones according to a deployment plan Configure the control plane mode for a Transport Zone Add clusters to Transport Zones Remove clusters from Transport Zones Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A working VMware vSphere 6.x environment. The VMware NSX Manager has been deployed. At least one VMware NSX Controller has been deployed (if required).

VMware NSX-V VCAP6-NV VCIX6-NV HOWTO