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VCIX-NV Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer Firewall Services

November 23, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and covers managing the different firewall options that NSX has.

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Create/Modify/Delete an Edge Firewall rule
Create/Modify/Delete a Distributed Firewall rule
Configure Source/Destination/Service/Action rule components
Modify the order/priority of Firewall rules
Create/Modify/Delete Firewall rule sections
Create/Modify/Delete Source and Destination Network Address Translation rules
Create/Modify/Delete SpoofGuard policies

NSX Firewalls
There are several security measures inside the NSX platform. When it comes to firewalls, you have two options; the Edge Services Gateway Firewall or the Distributed Firewall.

The first one can act … Read more

VCIX-NV Objective 4.1 – Backup and Restore Network Configurations

November 20, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and is about the backup and restore possibilities in NSX.

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Schedule/Backup/Restore NSX Manager data
Export/Restore vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
Import/Export Service Composer profiles
Export/Import/Load Distributed Firewall configurations

Backup & Restore in NSX
When a complete NSX virtual network is built with logical switches, distributed routers & firewalls, edge services gateways and all the virtual machine network data, there has gone a lot of time into that configuration. As with physical switches, you’d want to make sure that the implementation … Read more

VCIX-NV Objective 3.3 – Configure and Manage DHCP/DNS/NAT

November 19, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and is about a collection of services on the NSX Edge Services Gateway: DHCP, DNS and NAT.

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Add/Modify/Delete a DHCP IP Pool
Enable/Disable the DHCP service
Add/Remove a DHCP static binding
Enable/Disable DNS services & Configure DNS services
Add/Modify/Delete a Source NAT (SNAT) rule
Add/Modify/Delete a Destination NAT (DNAT) rule

DHCP, DNS and NAT services
An edge router/firewall wouldn’t be complete with services like DHCP, DNS and NAT (source and destination), so the NSX Edge Services Gateway has these … Read more

VCIX-NV Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

November 17, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and covers the Virtual Private Network connection (VPNs) options inside VMware NSX.

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Enable/Disable IPSec VPN service
Configure global IPSec VPN parameters
Generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
Enable and configure logging
Implement Network Access SSL VPN-Plus
Implement Web Access SSL VPN-Plus
Enable/Disable L2 VPN
Add and configure a L2 VPN server
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VCIX-NV Objective 3.1 – Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing

November 16, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and covers the Logical Load Balancers inside the NSX suite.

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Configure the Load Balancer service
Create/Modify/Remove a service monitor
Create/Modify/Remove a server pool
Create/Modify/Remove an application profile and rules
Create/Modify/Remove virtual servers

Load Balancing inside NSX
VMware NSX supplies a basic form of load balancing, which can enabled and configured inside the NSX Edge Services Gateway. It can provide you with basic load balancing tasks and it is mostly used to enable the scaling out of web applications on … Read more

VCIX-NV Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage Logical Routers

November 13, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and covers the Logical Distributed Routers in NSX.

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Configure default gateway parameters
Add/Remove static routes
Configure dynamic routing protocols:
- OSPF
- BGP
- IS-IS
Configure route redistribution

What is a Logical Distributed Router?
Logical distributed routing is an advanced feature of NSX. It enabled the virtual network to be way more efficient when routing between subnets, which requires a router. The Distributed Logical Router (DLR) is a feature that lives inside the ESXi kernel and acts … Read more

VCIX-NV Objective 2.3 – Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging

November 12, 2014 / Martijn / 0 Comments

This post is part of my VMware VCIX-NV Study Guide and is about the relation between a VXLAN and a VLAN and the bridge between the two.

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Add Layer 2 Bridging
Connect Layer 2 Bridging to the appropriate distributed virtual port group

Layer-2 Bridging
When you’re talking about Logical Switches, you’re talking about a VXLAN network. VXLAN packets and routing are handled by VTEPs, which are usually ESXi hosts or Top-of-Rack switches. The network packets are inherently different then regular VLAN network packets and … Read more

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VCIX-NV Objective 6.1 – Configure and Administer Firewall Services

VCIX-NV Objective 4.1 – Backup and Restore Network Configurations

VCIX-NV Objective 3.3 – Configure and Manage DHCP/DNS/NAT

VCIX-NV Objective 3.2 – Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

VCIX-NV Objective 3.1 – Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing

VCIX-NV Objective 2.4 – Configure and Manage Logical Routers

VCIX-NV Objective 2.3 – Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging


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