Course Overview
This five-day, fast-paced course provides comprehensive training on how to install, configure, and manage a VMware NSX® Advanced Load Balancer™ (Avi Networks) solution. This course covers key NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) features and functionality offered in the NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2 release. The features covered include the overall infrastructure, virtual services and application components, global server load balancing, various cloud connectors. Also covered are application troubleshooting and solution monitoring. Access to a software-defined data center environment is provided through hands-on labs to reinforce the skills and concepts presented in the course.
Product Alignment
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer 18.2
Who should attend
Experienced system administrators or network administrators
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer architecture
- Describe the NSX Advanced Load Balancer components and main functions
- Explain the NSX Advanced Load Balancer key features and benefits
- Deploy and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer infrastructure within Private or Public Clouds leveraging Write and No Access Cloud Connectors
- Explain, deploy, and configure Service Engines
- Explain and configure Local Load Balancing constructors such as Virtual Services, Pools, Health Monitors, and related components
- Understand and modify application behavior leveraging Profiles, Policies, and DataScripts
- Configure advanced services such as Global Server Load Balancing
- Describe and leverage NSX Advanced Load Balancer REST API interfaces and related automation capabilities
- Describe and configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer application and infrastructure monitoring
- Gather relevant information and perform basic troubleshooting of applications leveraging built-in NSX Advanced Load Balancer tooling
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Virtual Services Configuration Concepts
- Profiles and Policies
- Pools Configuration Concepts
- Modifying Application Behavior
- NSX Advanced Load Balancer Infrastructure Architecture
- Introduction to Cloud Connectors
- Install, Configure, and Manage NSX ALB in No Access Clouds
- Install, Configure, and Manage NSX ALB in VMware environments
- Install, Configure, and Manage NSX ALB in Public Clouds (AWS)
- DNS Foundations
- Global Server Load Balancing
- Troubleshooting
- Monitoring NSX Advanced Load Balancer Solution
- Introduction to NSX ALB Programmability and Automation
English