I would like bring everyone’s attention that VMware has released a new free eLearning course ” VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals”. This training is so relevant to our dvswitch series of posts. This training will definetly helps everyone to easily understand the concepts of virtual networking and also helps to understand the overview about  VMware networking virtualiation concepts.

This Course Provides the fundamental overview of VMware’s network virtualization products, components and features. It will match business, management, security and operations challenges with their respective VMware solutions.This eLearning consists of 3 Modules.

Module 1: Establish the Requirements for Network Virtualization (Duration: 45 Minutes)
Module 2: Compare and Contrast Virtual and Physical Networking Solutions (Duration: 60 Minutes)
Module 3: Describe Advanced VMware Network Virtualization Solutions (Duration: 70 Minutes)

Below are the detailed contents of each module

Module 1: Establish the Requirements for Network Virtualization

Module 1 will establish the requirements for network virtualization.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:
•  Explain the data center before virtualization
•  Trace the evolution of virtualization in the data center
•  Define network virtualization
•  Compare physical network components to virtual network components
•  Recognize why we need network virtualization
•  Identify the challenges customers face in a modern data center
•  Catalog how VMware network virtualization solves business challenges

Module 2: Compare and Contrast Virtual and Physical Networking Solutions

Module 2 will compare and contrast virtual and physical networking solutions.

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

•  Review a typical physical network
•  Distinguish a virtual network from a physical network
•  Explain how a virtual network is implemented with a vSphere Virtual Standard Switch
•  Discuss how a virtual network is implemented with a vSphere Virtual Distributed Switch
•  Correlate business, management, security, and operations challenges with the VMware virtual networking solutions

Module 3: Describe Advanced VMware Network Virtualization Solutions

Module 3 will describe advanced VMware network virtualization solutions.

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

•  Classify VMware advanced network virtualization solutions
•  Discuss VMware vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS)
•  Explain VXLAN
•  Discover VMware NSX
•  Distinguish between vCloud Networking and Security, and NSX
•  Correlate business, management, security, and operations challenges with their solutions