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

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.