Solution Overview

Software-defined networking is the future of data center networking. NSX-T provides that framework. This on-demand lab will allow to explore the basics of NSX-T, with labs to help build out the environment by preparing your ESXi Hosts. Users can then explore both switching and routing configurations. There is a three tier application provisioned to assist in demonstrating the distributed firewall capabilities of NSX-T.

Once you are complete with all the labs, feel free to explore the capabilities of NSX-T even further. It is the perfect environment to test how you configure a specific feature if needed. You may not be able to test all features but you will be able to configure the constructs. Don't hesitate to explore!

The goal of this lab is to help familiarize you with VMware NSX-T constructs. In this lab you will learn how to:

Add a new vSphere distributed switch
Add a compute manager
Prepare compute and edge nodes
Configure logical switching
Configure logical routing
Configure distributed firewall

Hardware and Software

The current NSX-T virtual lab is based on NSX-T 3.1 in a completely virtual environment. Virtual routers are used to emulate Top of Rack L3 switches for BGP Peering.

NSX-T Virtual Lab 1: Explore NSX-T Environment

Contributors

Technologies