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VMware vSphere: Configure and Manage Networking

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Overview

Learn how to set up a vSphere network with ESXi components, VMkernel, and vSphere standard switches. Explore virtual neterwork configuration and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know
1. ESXi Networking Components
  • Networking basics
  • The virtual switch
  • Connect VNICs
  • Connect physical NICs
2. vSphere Standard Switches
  • Create a vSwitch and portgroup
  • Configure MTU and VLANs
  • Configure security policy
  • Configure traffic shaping
  • Configure NIC teaming and failover
  • Understand NIC teaming options
  • Configure CDP
  • Get performance data from the web client
  • Get performance data from esxtop
3. VMkernel Networking
  • How the ESXI host communicates
  • Configure VMkernel Interfaces
  • Manage routing and TCP/IP stacks
  • Configure routing and TCP/IP stacks
  • Configure VMkernel firewall and services
Conclusion
  • Best practices
  • What's next?

Taught by

Brandon Neill

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