VMware vSphere 6, Part 2 of 5: Networks and Storage
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VMware vSphere 6, Part 2 of 5: Networks and Storage

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Updated Feb 04, 2020

Welcome to VMware 6.0 Bootcamp. In this course we cover networking and storage as foundational topics from the host perspective. This course contains the following lessons:


Lesson 1:

  • Networking Terms
  • vSphere 6.0 Virtual Switch Types
  • Network Connection in ESXi
  • Add and Edit Networking
  • Standard Virtual Switches
  • Add Physical NICs
  • Virtual Switch & Connection Type Identification
  • VMWare Assigned MAC Addresses
  • Custom MAC Addresses.

Lesson 2:

  • Physical NIC Configuration Options
  • Cisco Discovery Protocols on vSS
  • Modifying vSS Properties
  • Ports: 5.5 and Higher
  • Modifying vSwitch Properties
  • VLAN Overview
  • VLAN Implementations
  • Set VLAN Configuration
  • Standard vSwitch Protection and VLANs
  • Standard Policy Settings: Security
  • Standard Policy Exceptions: Traffic Shaping
  • Standard Policy Exceptions: NIC Teaming
  • Network Failing and NIC Teaming Options
  • Load Balancing Methods
  • IP Hash Load Balancing Requirements
  • Port Group: Override vSwitch Failover Order
  • Multiple Policies Applied to a Single Team
  • Physical Switch Configuration.

Lesson 3:

  • vSphere Distributed Switch Overview
  • New Features in vSphere 5.0
  • New Features in vSphere 5.1
  • New Features in vSphere 5.5
  • New Features in vSphere 6.0
  • Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch
  • Edit vDS Settings
  • Edit VDS Uplink Settings
  • Edit vDS Port Group Settings
  • Private VLAN Tagging
  • Private VLANs
  • Migrating VMkernel Port to vDS
  • Network I/O Control
  • NIOC Best Practices
  • Create NetFlow
  • Using Port Mirroring
  • vDS Health Check
  • Traffic Filtering and Monitoring
  • Configure LACP on vDS 5.5
  • Per VM NIOC 3 Settings.

Lesson 4:

  • Cisco Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch
  • Nexus 1000v Architecture
  • IBM Distributed Virtual Switch 5000V
  • Networking Review.

Lesson 5:

  • Storage Terms
  • SAN vs. NAS in vSphere
  • Device and Path Naming
  • VAAI
  • Storage APIs: Array Integration
  • Multipathing
  • Storage APIs: Multipathing
  • Path Selection Considerations
  • Viewing Multipath from VIC
  • Viewing Multipathing: Web Client
  • Third Party NMP using VIC
  • All Paths Down
  • APD Updates in 5.1 and 5.5
  • Storage I/O Control
  • SIOC Enhancements in 5.1
  • SIOC Setup in Web Client
  • SIOC Monitoring.

Lesson 6:

  • iSCSI Overview and Terms for ESX/ESXi
  • ESX/ESXi and iSCSI SAN Environment and Addressing
  • Hardware vs. Software Initiators
  • Multipathing with iSCSI
  • Multipathing with Software-Based iSCSI
  • iSCSI Software Initiator Networking and Config
  • Jumbo Frames
  • CHAP Authentication
  • Troubleshoot Software iSCSI Initiator
  • iSCSI Vendors and Products.

Lesson 7:

  • What is Fiber Channel?
  • Fiber Channel Terms for ESXi
  • SAN Environment and Addressing
  • Multipathing with Fiber Channel
  • Fiber Channel Vendors and Products
  • Network/Storage Architecture Review.

Lesson 8:

  • Virtual Machine File System
  • VMFS Updates in 5.5
  • Upgrade VMFS-3 to VMFS-5
  • Viewing and Creating a VMFS-5 Datastore
  • Extending a VMFS Datastore Using Extents
  • Add an Extent to an Existing VMFS
  • Expand an ESXi 6.0 VMFS Volume
  • Defragmentation
  • VMFS Operations.

Lesson 9:

  • Network Attached Storage
  • NFS v4.1
  • NFS on Linux
  • NFS on Windows 2003 R2 and Higher
  • Mount NFS Datastore to Host.

Lesson 10:

  • RDM Compatibility Modes
  • Raw Device Mapping Benefits
  • Raw Device Mapping
  • Raw Device Mapping.

Lesson 11:

  • Virtual Flash
  • Failure to Identify SSDs and Using SMART
  • Virtual Flash Read Cache
  • Solid State Disks
  • Configure a Virtual Flash Resource and Host Swap
  • Host Cache Configuration.

Lesson 12:

  • vFoglight and vOptimizer Pro
  • VSAN
  • Datastores and VSAN
  • VSAN Architecture
  • VSAN 6.0: What's New.

Lesson 13:

  • vSphere Virtual Volumes: Characteristics
  • vSphere Virtual Volumes: Architecture
  • Considerations, Limitations, and Guidelines
  • VVols Certified Storage Vendors
  • vSphere Virtual Volumes: Concepts.