Table of Contents

1. Software-Defined Data Center
2. Networking Fundamentals
3. VMware Press NSX Section Series Lab
4. Management and Control Planes
5. Logical Switch Networks
6. Distributed Logical Router (DLR)
7. NSX Edge Routing and High Availability
8. Virtual Private Networks
9. NSX Edge Load Balancer
10. Additional NSX Edge Services
11. Distributed Firewalls
12. Automating the security architecture
13. Multi-vCenter NSX
14. Operations

About the Author

Anthony Burke is a Senior Systems Engineer within the Network and Security Business at VMware. He works with customers to see benefits of the Software Defined Data Centre and validates use cases in a technical pre-sales fashion. Previously he was Data Centre Enterprise Architect for the emergency services sector at ESTA 000. Anthony provided oversight into the architecture, design and day to day operation of a mission critical, emergency services network. His background includes numerous tours of duty working with Nexus 7000, 5000, ASA / SRX firewalls, and Catalyst switching. He now delivers scale out data centers and network virtualization with a focus on modern security architectures within VMware's Network and Security Business Unit. He lives in Melbourne with his wonderful wife Katrina and his son Felix. Anthony writes at networkinferno.net and is on Twitter as @pandom_

Ron Fuller is a Staff Engineer in the Network and Security Business Unit (NSBU) focused on NSX for VMware. He has 21 years of experience in the industry and has held certifications from VMware, Novell, HP, Microsoft, ISC2, SNIA, and Cisco including two CCIEs No. 5851 (Routing and Switching/Storage Networking). His focus is working with customers to address their challenges with comprehensive end-to-end Data Center architectures and how they can best utilize VMware technology to their advantage. He is the co-author of both editions of the Cisco Press title NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching, as well as Cisco Press' NX-OS Configuration Fundamentals LiveLesson and Cisco IP Multicast Fundamentals video series. He has had the opportunity to speak at Cisco Live in Europe, Australia and the United States on multiple topics. He lives in Ohio with his wife and four wonderful children and enjoys travel and auto racing. He can be found on Twitter @ccie5851.

Andreas la Quiante covers major customers in EMEAR as a SDDC Architect focusing on Network Virtualization and Security. He started in the networking field while studying Electrical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the Technical University of Berlin +20 years ago and enjoyed it ever since. He worked for a customer in the finance sector, as a trainer (Cisco CCSI# 99941), consultant in Europe and the USA and subject matter expert for an international consulting company. Before joining Vmware Andreas worked for Cisco Systems as a Product Manager for Nexus Data Center Switches. He believes in passing on knowledge and skills (e.g. presented at Cisco Live conferences in Europe, USA and Middle East). In his spare time he spends time with his wife Susanne and his son Carl and fixes their old house in Germany.