NSX first STeP

[khalidology]

Hello World sorry gonna rAsk that I am a CCIE student well I have a strong knowledge with Routing Protocol and also Network Skills as you know MPLS VPNs and some other stuff Multicast so on so forth I am still a student college.

What I want to know I want to know how to Enter NSX world what should I learn from where to start how it works my Networking studies , does it gone or what ? what about Physical Devices what would be its role in the Organization

What Courses from the VMware should I master in order to have a very strong knowledge experince to compete in the Career markt so on so forth

What Books that should I read all the way Road-Map to get my VCDx-NV

Many thanks in Advance .

Regards ,

Khalidology

[lvschie]

Hi Khalidology,

You can best start by reading through the NSX design guide and by doing some NSX hands on labs

In order for you to pass the VCP-NV exam it's wise to know the design guide inside out (and understand it!)

After, when you want to go for VCIX-NV, I recommend alot of pratice (make sure to do all the NSX HOL a couple of times) and set up your own lab.

Good luck!

[Paul Mancuso]

Hi Khalidoligy:

Your first thing to do is determine where you are at in your VCP certification process.

If you have not attained any past VCP's: VCP6-NV Certification

If you do or have an expired one: VCP6-NV Certification  (Essentially same page, different tab on the table)

I wrote on the value of the certification process for NV and would be a good use of 10 minutes of your time to acquaint yourself with the Network Virtualization certification, process and value.

Making The Case For Network Virtualization Certification |

- Also, the http://www.beyondcli.com/ blog is a must read as Dwayne Sinclair provides excellent articles on NSX aspects and issues. There are many, many others and i do not wish to slight anyone one of them by attempting to list them and not mention one of them. So i will just say do a search on NSX Blogs and you will eventually find them. Many of them have links to others.

Paul

[khalidology]

gonna read surely

[khalidology]

Many thanks to all of you

last not least : ))

Questionair What is your opinion learning to VCP DCP then NV also who is that vendor that produce course material products like ine within the scope of NSX ?

Many thanks really again

[Matthew Larson]

When talking about certification, one must remember that it is more about the journey than the destination.

The material one must master to achieve the VCP-DCV provides a solid understanding of the the vSphere infrastructure, which is the the only hypervisor with which NSX-v integrated.  NSX-MH is available for other hypervisors, but there currently is no certification path for that product.  I'd recommend a VCP-DCV first, depending on your job duties, but I know plenty of network folks progressing through the NSX certification track without issues.

VMware's courses on NSX, starting with Install, Configure, Manage, is what most folks seem to take as a start.

There are also great free resources available - the exam blueprint available from VMware, the documentation on VMware's site, Hands on labs, and the dozens of great blogs www.routetocloud.com, www.yet.org, networkinferno.net, bradhedlund.com

[Paul Mancuso]

I would agree that a strong vSphere foundation is generally helpful with NSV-v since there are so many dependencies due to the products complete integration.

In addition, the certification should be the icing on the cake with the goal of learning in depth. Too often certification tracking being the main concern has the side benefit of a candidate only learning what provides a positive tracking to attaining the certificate. This may not provide the quality in depth learning required for better practical application of what has been learned.

There are so many wonderful blogs out there providing quality in depth understanding of all aspects of NSXv starting from installation, deployment, automation, operations, continuity, etc.

Paul