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VMware NSX: Design [V4.x]

The VMware NSX: Design [V4.x] course is an advanced five-day training program designed for professionals responsible for designing enterprise and data center networks using VMware NSX. It focuses on applying structured design frameworks and processes to translate business requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks into scalable NSX solutions. Participants develop the skills needed to design the NSX management and Edge infrastructure, logical switching and routing, security architecture, network services, physical network infrastructure, and multi-site deployments. The course also addresses NSX performance considerations and DPU-based acceleration, helping learners make informed architectural decisions for software-defined data center environments.
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Course Description

Key Takeaways
  • Apply structured NSX design frameworks and methodologies.
  • Translate business requirements into NSX architecture decisions.
  • Design NSX Manager and Edge clusters.
  • Design logical switching, routing, and security architectures.
  • Plan physical network infrastructure for NSX.
  • Design multi-site NSX environments.
  • Evaluate NSX performance and DPU-based acceleration options.
Course Outline

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Introduction and course logistics
  • Course objectives

Module 2: NSX Design Concepts

  • Identify design terms
  • Describe framework and project methodology
  • Describe the role of VMware Cloud Foundation in NSX design
  • Identify customer requirements, assumptions, constraints, and risks
  • Explain conceptual design
  • Explain logical design
  • Explain physical design

Module 3: NSX Architecture and Components

  • Recognize the main elements in the NSX architecture
  • Describe the NSX management cluster and management plane
  • Identify management, control, and data plane functions
  • Describe NSX Manager sizing options
  • Evaluate NSX Manager cluster design decisions
  • Identify NSX management cluster design options

Module 4: NSX Edge Design

  • Explain leading practices for Edge design
  • Describe NSX Edge VM reference designs
  • Describe bare-metal NSX Edge reference designs
  • Explain Edge cluster design practices
  • Evaluate stateful service placement
  • Understand Edge cluster growth patterns
  • Identify L2 bridging design considerations

Module 5: NSX Logical Switching Design

  • Describe logical switching concepts and terminology
  • Identify segment and transport zone design considerations
  • Identify virtual switch design considerations
  • Identify uplink profile and transport node profile considerations
  • Identify Geneve tunneling considerations
  • Identify BUM replication mode considerations

Module 6: NSX Logical Routing Design

  • Explain logical routing functions and features
  • Describe single-tier and multi-tier routing architectures
  • Identify routing topology selection guidelines
  • Describe BGP and OSPF configuration options
  • Explain gateway high availability and failure detection
  • Evaluate multi-tier architectures for stateful service placement
  • Identify EVPN requirements and design considerations
  • Identify VRF Lite requirements and considerations
  • Identify scalable NSX architectures

Module 7: NSX Security Design

  • Identify NSX security features
  • Describe the advantages of NSX Distributed Firewall
  • Describe NSX Gateway Firewall use cases
  • Determine security policy methodologies
  • Apply NSX security best practices

Module 8: NSX Network Services

  • Identify stateful services across Edge cluster HA modes
  • Describe failover detection mechanisms
  • Compare NSX NAT solutions
  • Select DHCP and DNS services
  • Compare policy-based and route-based IPsec VPN
  • Design L2 VPN connectivity between data centers
  • Identify NSX Advanced Load Balancer integration considerations

Module 9: Physical Infrastructure Design

  • Identify switch fabric design components
  • Assess Layer 2 and Layer 3 switch fabric implications
  • Review top-of-rack switch design guidelines
  • Evaluate transport host connectivity options
  • Design ESXi compute hosts with two pNICs
  • Design ESXi compute hosts with four or more pNICs
  • Differentiate dedicated and collapsed SDDC cluster approaches

Module 10: NSX Multilocation Design

  • Evaluate scale considerations in multi-site NSX deployments
  • Describe NSX Federation components
  • Describe stretched networking with Federation
  • Describe stretched security use cases
  • Compare Federation disaster recovery designs

Module 11: NSX Optimization and DPU-Based Acceleration

  • Describe Geneve Offload
  • Explain Receive Side Scaling and Geneve Rx Filters
  • Explain SSL Offload benefits
  • Evaluate Multi-TEP, MTU, and NIC speed considerations
  • Explain enhanced datapath modes and use cases
  • Identify performance factors for compute and NSX Edge nodes
  • Describe DPU-based acceleration
  • Identify NSX features supported by DPUs
  • Describe supported DPU hardware and networking configurations
Duration

5 days

Lab Outline
  • Apply an NSX design framework to a business scenario.
  • Gather and document design requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks.
  • Develop conceptual, logical, and physical NSX designs.
  • Design NSX Manager and management clusters.
  • Design NSX Edge clusters for traffic and service requirements.
  • Develop logical switching and routing designs.
  • Evaluate NSX security architecture and policy requirements.
  • Design NSX network services and connectivity.
  • Design the physical switch fabric for NSX.
  • Develop multi-site and NSX Federation designs.
  • Evaluate NSX performance and optimization requirements.
  • Assess DPU-based acceleration options.
Exam Details
  • Exam: VMware NSX 4.x Professional
  • Exam Code: 2V0-41.24
  • Questions: 70
  • Duration: 135 minutes
  • Passing Score: 300 scaled score
Who should attend
  • Network Architects
  • Network Security Architects
  • Network Consultants
  • Security Consultants
  • Data Center Architects
  • Infrastructure Architects
  • Professionals designing enterprise NSX environments
Prerequisites
  • Completion of VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0]
  • Good understanding of TCP/IP services and protocols
  • Working knowledge of L2/L3 switching and routing
  • Knowledge of L4–L7 network and application delivery services
  • Knowledge of L4–L7 firewalling
  • Experience with VMware vSphere environments
  • VCP-NV certification is recommended.

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FAQs

What is VMware NSX: Design [V4.x] focused on?

The course focuses on designing enterprise-grade NSX environments, rather than day-to-day NSX administration. It teaches professionals how to translate business and technical requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical network virtualization designs.

Who benefits most from VMware NSX Design training?

The course is particularly suited to network architects, security architects, network consultants, and professionals responsible for designing enterprise or data center NSX environments.

What design decisions are covered in the course?

Participants evaluate design decisions involving NSX Manager and Edge clusters, logical switching and routing, security policies, network services, physical switch fabrics, multi-site architectures, performance, and DPU-based acceleration.

How does NSX Design training help with enterprise network architecture?

The course provides a structured approach for evaluating requirements, constraints, assumptions, risks, scalability, availability, security, and performance before selecting an NSX architecture. This helps architects develop designs that align the virtual network infrastructure with business and operational requirements.

Is VMware NSX: Design [V4.x] suitable for professionals preparing for VCP-NV?

Yes. The course supports professionals pursuing the VCP-NV pathway and builds advanced NSX design knowledge. The Koenig reference identifies 2V0-41.24 as the associated exam and notes that the certification exam is separate from the training.

VMware NSX: Design [V4.x]

The VMware NSX: Design [V4.x] course is an advanced five-day training program designed for professionals responsible for designing enterprise and data center networks using VMware NSX. It focuses on applying structured design frameworks and processes to translate business requirements, constraints, assumptions, and risks into scalable NSX solutions. Participants develop the skills needed to design the NSX management and Edge infrastructure, logical switching and routing, security architecture, network services, physical network infrastructure, and multi-site deployments. The course also addresses NSX performance considerations and DPU-based acceleration, helping learners make informed architectural decisions for software-defined data center environments.

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