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Lab Topology

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Lab Topology Overview Distributed
Logical Router
.1 DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24
.1 App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24
.1 Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

.2

.3
Transit
Network
10.1.100.0/27

Controllers .11 .12 .11 .11

.1

Your Desktop Perimeter

Gateway

.3

nsxmgr-a vcva-a
Student 172.20.10.42 172.20.10.94

vdc-<kitname>-a.vmeduc.com 172.20.10.80
Green Desktop background

sa-esxi-01 sa-esxi-02 sa-esxi-03 sa-esxi-04

172.20.10.51 172.20.10.52 172.20.10.53 172.20.10.54

Storage Windows7:172.20.10.150 Windows7-2:172.20.10.151

vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24
Production-A; 172.20.11.0/24
Management-A: 172.20.10.0/24
dc-rras
.10 on each network To
Sit
e- B

nsxmgr-b vcsa-b Esxi-b-01

172.20.110.43 172.20.110.95 172.20.110.61

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Subnet IP Addressing

Physical
Management A 172.20.10.0/24 Management B 172.20.110.0/24
Production A 172.20.11.0/24 Production B 172.20.111.0/24
vMotion A 172.20.12.0/24 vMotion B 172.20.12.0/24

Virtual
Web Tier A 10.1.10.0/24 Web Tier B 10.2.10.0/24
App Tier A 10.1.20.0/24
DB Tier 10.1.30.0/24
Transit 10.1.100.0/27

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 Infrastructure (Management Network) IP Addressing

Infrastructure (Management Networks)

Student Desktop 172.20.10.80 (on Management A)
NSX Manager A 172.20.10.42 NSX Manager B 172.20.110.43
vCenter Server A 172.20.10.94 vCenter Server B 172.20.110.95
SA-ESXI-01 172.20.10.51 SB-ESXi-01 172.20.110.61
SA-ESXi-02 172.20.10.52
SA-ESXi-03 172.20.10.53
SA-ESXi-04 172.20.10.54
RRAS Server 172.20.0.10 (Fence)
(.10 on each attached network) 172.20.10.10 (Management A) 172.20.110.10 (Management B)
172.20.11.10 (Production A) 172.20.111.10 (Production B)

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 Perimeter Gateway IP Addressing

Perimeter Gateway (Site A) Remote Gateway (Site B)

Primary IP Address 172.20.11.3 Primary Address 172.20.111.8
(on Production A network 172.20.11.0/24) (on Production B network 172.20.111.0/24)

L2VPN & IPSec VPN 172.20.11.3

1:1 NAT for web-sv-01a 172.20.11.5
1:1 NAT for web-sv-02a 172.20.11.6
Load Balancer 172.20.11.7
Transit 10.1.100.1

Perimeter Gateway – ECMP (Site A)

Primary IP Address 172.20.11.4
Transit 10.1.100.4

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DLR and VM IP Addressing

Distributed Logical Router (Site A)

Web Tier 10.1.10.1
App Tier 10.1.20.1
DB Tier 10.1.30.1
Transit 10.1.100.2

Virtual Machines (Site A) Virtual Machines (Site B)

web-sv-01a 10.1.10.11 web-sv-01b 10.2.10.11
web-sv-02a 10.1.10.12
app-sv-01a 10.1.20.11
db-sv-01a 10.1.30.11

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Lab 1: Configuring NSX Manager

Student nsxmgr-a vcva-a

172.20.10.80 172.20.10.42 172.20.10.94

SA-ESXI-01 SA-ESXI-02 SA-ESXI-03 SA-ESXI-04

172.20.10.51 172.20.10.52 172.20.10.53 172.20.10.54

Storage
vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24 .10 on each network
Production-A; 172.20.11.0/24
Management-A: 172.20.10.0/24 dc-rras
To
S ite
-B

nsxmgr-b vcsa-b Esxi-b-01

172.20.110.43 172.20.110.95 172.20.110.61

NTP/Syslog Server: 172.20.10.10

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Lab 2: Configuring and Deploying an NSX Controller Cluster

Controller-Pool
172.20.10.240-172.20.10.254

Student nsxmgr-a vcva-a

172.20.10.80 172.20.10.42 172.20.10.94

SA-ESXI-01 SA-ESXI-02
172.20.10.51 SA-ESXI-03 SA-ESXI-04
172.20.10.52
172.20.10.53 172.20.10.54

Storage
vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24 .10 on each network
Production-A; 172.20.11.0/24
Management-A: 172.20.10.0/24
dc-rras

To Site-B

Note: In a production network, VMware requires that each NSX Controller cluster contain three controller nodes,
regardless of the size of the NSX deployment. For our lab purpose only, you only deploy one controller.

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Lab 3: Preparing for Virtual Networking

Local Transport Zone

VXLAN ID Pool: 5000-5999

SA-ESXI-01 SA-ESXI-02 SA-ESXI-03 SA-ESXI-04

172.20.10.51 172.20.10.52 172.20.10.53 172.20.10.54

SA-Management SA-Compute

Production-A 172.20.11.0/24 .10

dc-rras

To Site-B

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Lab 4: Configuring Logical Switch Networks

Transit Network Web Tier App Tier DB Tier

Controllers

web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a

10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

Management-A
172.20.10.240 (controller -1)

Student
172.20.10.80

dc-rras
Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

To Site-B

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Lab 5: Configuring and Deploying an NSX Distributed Router
Logical Router Distributed DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24
Control VM Logical Router
App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit network:
10.1.100.2/27

Controllers

web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a

10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11
Management-A
172.20.10.240 (controller -1)

Student
172.20.10.80

dc-rras
Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

To Site-B

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Lab 6: Deploying an NSX Edge Services Gateway and
Configuring Static Routing
Static Route on
Transit-Network
Logical Router 172.20.10.0/24 Distributed DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24
Control VM Next Hop: Logical Router
10.1.100.1 App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit network:
10.1.100.2/27

Static Route on
Transit-Network
10.1.10.0/16
Controllers Next Hop: Transit-Interface
10.1.100.2 10.1.100.1/27

Perimeter
Gateway

Uplink-Interface web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a

172.20.11.3/24 10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

dc-rras

Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

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Lab 7: Configuring and Testing Dynamic Routing on NSX
Edge Appliances

Logical Router Distributed DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

Control VM Logical Router
App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Enable Static
Route
Controllers Redistribution
Transit-Interface
into OSPF
10.1.100.1/27

Perimeter
Gateway

Uplink-Interface web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a

Static Route 172.20.11.3/24
on Uplink-Interface: 10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11
172.20.10.0/24
Next Hop:
172.20.11.10

dc-rras

Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

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Lab 8: Configuring Equal Cost Multipathing

Logical Router ECMP Distributed DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

Control VM enabled Logical Router
App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface Transit-Interface
10.1.100.1/27 10.1.100.4/27
Controllers OSPF Area 829 OSPF Area 829

Perimeter Perimeter
Gateway Gateway

Uplink-Interface Uplink-Interface web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a

172.20.11.3/24 172.20.11.4/24 10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

dc-rras

Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

DLR is enabled with ECMP. The two ESGs are used for N-S traffic.

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Lab 9: Configuring NSX Edge High Availability
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router .1 DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

.1 App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

.1
Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

.2
Protocol Address .3
10.1.100.3/27 Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Heartbeat Network
192.168.222.1/30
192.168.222.2/30
.1 .11 .12 .11 .11
Perimeter
Gateway

Controllers

.3

Student nsxmgr-a vcva-a

172.20.10.80 172.20.10.42 172.20.10.94

SA-ESXI-01 SA-ESXI-02
SA-ESXI-03 SA-ESXI-04

.10 on each network

Storage
vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24
Production-A; 172.20.11.0/24 To
dc-rras S ite
Management-A: 172.20.10.0/24 -B

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Lab 10: Configuring L2 Bridging
Distributed
Logical Router

.1 Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

L2PG
VLAN 10
10.1.10.0/24

Bridge Instance
.12 .11

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Lab 11: Configuring and Testing NAT on an NSX ESG

Logical Router Distributed

Control VM Logical Router
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface
Controllers 10.1.100.1/27
OSPF Area 829

Perimeter
Gateway
web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
Uplink-Interface
*172.20.11.3/24
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT)
DNAT Rules: SNAT Rules:
Original Translated Original Translated
172.20.11.5 10.1.10.11 10.1.10.11 172.20.11.5
172.20.11.6 10.1.10.12 10.1.10.12 172.20.11.6

dc-rras

Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24

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Lab 12: Configuring Load Balancing with NSX Edge Gateway (1)
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface
Controllers 10.1.100.1/27
OSPF Area 829

Perimeter
Gateway
(Load Balancer) web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11
Application Profile
HTTPS
Uplink-Interface Name App-Profile
*172.20.11.3/24
Type HTTPS
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) HTTPS
Enable SSL Passthrough Enable

172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Pool Member Config

Name Server Pool web-sv-01a /
Name
web-sv-02a
Algorithm Round-Robin 10.1.10.11 /
IP Address
Monitors None 10.1.10.12
web-sv-01a Port 443
Members
web-sv-02a Monitor Port Blank
Weight 1
Virtual Server Max Connections Blank
Min Connections blank
Enable Virtual Server Checked
dc-rras Application Profile App-Profile
Name VIP
Description blank
Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 IP Address 172.20.11.7
172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24 Protocol HTTPS
Port 443
Default Pool Server-Pool
Connection Limit Blank
Connection Rate Limit Blank

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Lab 12: Configuring Load Balancing with NSX Edge Gateway (2)
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface
Controllers 10.1.100.1/27
OSPF Area 829

Perimeter Web Tier-Temp

Gateway 10.1.10.1 (VIP)
(Load Balancer) web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

Application Profile
HTTPS

HT
Uplink-Interface Name App-Profile

TP
*172.20.11.3/24

S
Type HTTPS
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) Enable SSL Passthrough Enable
172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Pool Member Config
Name Server Pool web-sv-01a / web-sv-
Name
02a
Algorithm Round-Robin
10.1.10.11 /
IP Address
Monitors None 10.1.10.12
web-sv-01a Port 443
Members
web-sv-02a Monitor Port Blank
Weight 1
Virtual Server Max Connections Blank
Min Connections blank
Enable Virtual Server Checked
dc-rras Application Profile App-Profile
Name VIP
Description blank
Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 IP Address 10.1.10.1
172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24 Protocol HTTPS
Port 443
Default Pool Server-Pool
Connection Limit Blank
Connection Rate Limit Blank

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Lab 13: Advanced Load Balancing (1)
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface
Controllers 10.1.100.1/27
OSPF Area 829

Perimeter Web Tier-Temp

Gateway 10.1.10.1 (VIP)
(Load Balancer) web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

Application Profile

HT
Uplink-Interface HTTP
Name App-Profile

TP
*172.20.11.3/24

S
Type HTTPS
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) Enable SSL Passthrough Disabled
172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Pool Member Config
Name Server Pool web-sv-01a /
Name
web-sv-02a
Algorithm Round-Robin
10.1.10.11 /
IP Address
Monitors None 10.1.10.12
web-sv-01a Port 80
Members
web-sv-02a Monitor Port 80
Weight 1
Virtual Server Max Connections Blank
Min Connections blank
Enable Virtual Server Checked
dc-rras Application Profile App-Profile
Name VIP
Description blank
Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 IP Address 10.1.10.1
172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24 Protocol HTTPS
Port 443
Default Pool Server-Pool
Connection Limit Blank
Connection Rate Limit Blank

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Lab 13: Advanced Load Balancing (2)
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Web Tier: 10.1.10.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address
OSPF Area 829
10.1.100.3/27

Transit-Interface
Controllers 10.1.100.1/27
OSPF Area 829

Perimeter
Gateway
(Load Balancer) web-sv-01a web-sv-02a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11
Application Profile
HTTP
Uplink-Interface Name App-Profile
*172.20.11.3/24
Type HTTPS
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) Enable SSL Passthrough Disabled
HTTPS
172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Pool Member Config
Name Server Pool web-sv-01a / web-sv-
Name
02a
Algorithm Round-Robin 10.1.10.11 /
IP Address
Monitors None 10.1.10.12
web-sv-01a Port 443
Members
web-sv-02a Monitor Port Blank
Weight 1
Virtual Server Max Connections Blank
Min Connections blank
Enable Virtual Server Checked
dc-rras Application Profile App-Profile
Name VIP
Description blank
Student Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 IP Address 172.20.11.7
172.20.10.80 Management-A: 172.20.10.10/24 Protocol HTTPS
Port 443
Default Pool Server-Pool
Connection Limit Blank
Connection Rate Limit Blank

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Lab 14: Configuring Layer 2 VPN Tunnel
Site A Site B
Logical Router Distributed
web-sv-01b
Control VM Logical Router DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24
10.1.10.13
App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24 (GW 10.1.10.1)

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
Tunnel ID 10 L2VPN-RemoteSiteTrunk
10.1.10.1/24
Protocol Address
10.1.100.3/27
Subint-to-Web-Tier
Transit-Interface Tunnel ID 10
10.1.100.2/27 10.1.10.1/24
OSPF Area 829
Controllers
Perimeter
Gateway
Remote Gateway
Uplink-Interface
web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a 172.20.111.8
10.1.10.11 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11 Client
Perimeter Gateway L2VPN Global Configuration
Uplink-Interface Site Configuration Client
Listener IP 172.20.11.3
*172.20.11.3/24 Server Address 172.20.11.3
172.20.11.5 (NAT) Listener Port 443 Server Port 443
172.20.11.6 (NAT) Encryption Algorithm AES128-SHA Encryption
AES128-SHA
172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Use System Algorithm
Yes Stretched
Generated Certficate Subint-to-Web-Tier
Interfaces
Egress
Site Configuration Server Blank
Optimization
Enable Peer Site Yes Enable Unstretched
no
Networks
Name LPVN – Site A
User ID vpnuser
Description Blank Password VMware1!
User iD Vpnuser

Student Password VMware1!

172.20.10.80c Stretched Interfaces Subint-to-Web-Tier Production-B: 172.20.111.10/24

Egress Optimization Blank
Enable Unstretched
Networks
no dc-rras Site B Distributed Port Groups:
Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 • L2VPN-RemoteSiteTrunk
• VPN-Web Tier

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Lab 15: Configuring IPsec Tunnels
Site A Site B
Logical Router Distributed web-sv-01b
Control VM Logical Router 10.2.40.11
DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24
App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
Tunnel ID 10 L2VPN-RemoteSiteTrunk
10.1.10.1/24
Protocol Address
10.1.100.3/27
Static Route: Subint-to-Web-Tier
Transit-Interface
10.1.0.0/16 10.2.40.1
10.1.100.2/27
Next Hop:
10.1.100.2 OSPF Area 829
Controllers
Perimeter
Gateway
Remote Gateway
Uplink-Interface
web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a 172.20.111.8
10.1.10.11 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11 Client
Perimeter Gateway IPSec VPN IPSec VPN
Uplink-Interface Configuration Configuration
*172.20.11.3/24 Enabled Yes
172.20.11.5 (NAT) Enabled Yes
172.20.11.6 (NAT) Enable PFS Yes Enable PFS Yes
172.20.11.7 (VIP) Server Name Local-Remote Name Local-Remote
Local ID Local Local ID Remote
Local Endpoint 172.20.11.3 Local Endpoint 172.20.111.8
Local Subnets 10.1.10.0/24 Local Subnets 10.1.40.0/24
Peer ID Remote Peer ID Local
Peer Endpoint 172.20.11.8 Peer Endpoint 172.20.11.3
Peer Subnets 10.2.40.0/24 Peer Subnets 10.2.10.0/24
Encryption Algorithm AES Encryption Algorithm AES
Student Authentication PSK Authentication PSK
172.20.10.80 Pre-shared Key VMware1! Pre-shared Key VMware1!
Diffie-Hellman Group DH2
dc-rras Diffie-Hellman Group DH2
Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24 Extension blank Extension blank

Production-B: 172.20.111.10/24

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Lab 16: Configuring and Testing SSL VPN-Plus
SSL VPN-Plus Server Settings SSL VPN-Plus Private Networks

Site A Site B IPv4 Address

IPv6 Address
172.20.111.8
None
Network
Description
10.2.40.0/24
None
Port 443
Send Traffic Over Tunnel
CipherList AES256-SHA
Enable TCP Optimization Checked
web-sv-01b Use Default Server
10.1.10.13 Checked Ports Blank
Certificate
Status Enabled
SSL VPN-Plus Authentication Server
Server Type Local SSL VPN-Plus Installation package
Enable Password Policy Unchecked Gateway 172.20.111.8
Enable Account Lockout Unchecked Port 443
L2VPN-RemoteSiteTrunk
Status Enables Create Package for Windows only
Use for Secondary Auth Unchecked Description Empty
Subint-to-Web-Tier Status Enabled
Remote Gateway Tunnel ID 10
(SSL VPN Server) Start Client on logon Unchecked
10.1.10.1/24 SSL VPN-Plus User
Allow Remember Password Checked
User ID Vpn-user
Enable Silent mode Install Checked
Password VMware1! Hide SSL client adapter Unchecked

First Name Blank Create Desktop icon Checked

Remote Gateway Enable Silent Mode operation Unchecked

Last name Blank
Uplink-Interface Server Certificate
Unchecked
172.20.111.8 Validation
Description Blank
SSL
VPN-Plus Password never expires Checked

Allow Change password Checked

Change on Next login Unchecked

Status Enabled

SSL VPN-Plus IP Pool

IP Range 192.168.170.2-254
Netmask 255.25.255.0
Gateway 192.168.170.1
Description Blank
Status Enabled
Student
Primary DNS Blank
172.20.10.80 dc-rras Secondary DNS Blank
DNS Suffix Blank
Management A: 172.20.11.10/24 Production-B: 172.20.111.10/24 WINS Server Blank

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Lab 17: Using the VMware NSX Distributed Firewall Rules to
Control Network Traffic
DFW Rule Name Source Destination Service Action
Logical Switch: Logical Switch: Tomcat-
Allowed Web to App ALLOW
Web-Tier App-Tier 8443
Logical Switch: Logical Switch:
Allowed App to DB MySQL ALLOW
App-Tier DB-Tier
Logical Switch: HTTP
Allowed to Web Servers Any ALLOW
Web Tier HTTPS
Default ANY ANY ANY BLOCK
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
10.1.100.3/27 Tunnel ID 10
10.1.10.1/24

Transit-Interface
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829
Controllers

Perimeter
Gateway
web-sv-01a web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

HTTP
Uplink-Interface
*172.20.11.3/24
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) HTTPS
172.20.11.7 (VIP)

dc-rras

Student
172.20.10.80 Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24
Production-B: 172.20.10.10/24

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Lab 18: Using NSX Edge Firewall Rules to Control Network
Traffic

Logical Router Distributed

Control VM Logical Router DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
10.1.100.3/27 Tunnel ID 10
10.1.10.1/24

Transit-Interface
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829
Controllers

Perimeter
Gateway
web-sv-01a web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

HTTP
Uplink-Interface
Edge FW Rule *172.20.11.3/24
Source Destination Service Action
Name 172.20.11.5 (NAT)
Allowed to Web IP Set: Local Web HTTP 172.20.11.6 (NAT)
ANY ACCEPT 172.20.11.7 (VIP) HTTPS
Servers Servers HTTPS
Default ANY ANY ANY DENY

dc-rras

Student
172.20.10.80 Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24
Production-B: 172.20.10.10/24

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Lab 19: Configuring and Using SpoofGuard and IP Discovery

Untrusted IP Trusted IP
Address Address
172.20.10.151 172.20.10.150

Windows7-2 Windows7 virtual

virtual machine machine

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DFW Rule Name Source Destination Service Action
Security Group:
Allowed SSH to Admins Cluster: Compute SSH ALLOW
AD-SSH
Blocked SSH for
ANY Cluster Compute SSH BLOCK
Normal Users
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
10.1.100.3/27 Tunnel ID 10
10.1.10.1/24

Transit-Interface
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829
Controllers

Perimeter
Gateway
web-sv-01a web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

HTTP
Uplink-Interface
*172.20.11.3/24
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) HTTPS
172.20.11.7 (VIP)

dc-rras Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

Production-B: 172.20.10.10/24
Student
172.20.10.80
Security Group Activity Monitoring Data Collection Security Group Isolate Compromised VMs
Dynamic Inclusion VM Name Contains virus Guest Introspection None
Static Inclusion None Firewall Rules Block all Traffic
Static Exclusion DV Port Group: Management Network Introspection none
Apply Policy To Quarantine Group

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Lab 21: Configuring an Identity-Aware Firewall
DFW Rule Name Source Destination Service Action
Security Group:
Allowed SSH to Admins Cluster: Compute SSH ALLOW
AD-SSH
Blocked SSH for
ANY Cluster Compute SSH BLOCK
Normal Users
Logical Router Distributed
Control VM Logical Router DB Tier: 10.1.30.0/24

App Tier: 10.1.20.0/24

Transit-Network
10.1.100.2/27
Protocol Address OSPF Area 829 Submit-to-Web-Tier
10.1.100.3/27 Tunnel ID 10
10.1.10.1/24

Transit-Interface
10.1.100.2/27
OSPF Area 829
Controllers

Perimeter
Gateway
web-sv-01a web-sv-01a app-sv-01a db-sv-01a
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.12 10.1.20.11 10.1.30.11

HTTP
Uplink-Interface
*172.20.11.3/24
172.20.11.5 (NAT)
172.20.11.6 (NAT) HTTPS
172.20.11.7 (VIP)

dc-rras Production-A: 172.20.11.10/24

Production-B: 172.20.10.10/24
Student
172.20.10.80

Security Group Activity Monitoring Data Collection Security Group AD-SSH

Dynamic Inclusion None Dynamic Inclusion None
Static Inclusion Compute Static Inclusion Directory Group: AD-SSH
Static Exclusion None Static Exclusion none

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Lab 22: Micro-segmentation with Application Rule Manager

Web Web App DB

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Lab 23: Guest Introspection and Endpoint Monitoring

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 Lab 24: Configuring Cross-vCenter VMware NSX

Site A Universal Section Site B

Universal DFW Rule Name Source Destination Service Action
IP Address: HTTP
web-sv-01a ANY ALLOW
10.1.10.11 HTTPS
web-sv-01a web-sv-01b
10.1.10.11 10.1.10.13
Universal
Controller
Cluster

Universal Web-Tier

Student nsxmgr-a vcva-a nsxmgr-b vcva-b

172.20.10.80 172.20.10.42 172.20.10.94 172.20.110.43 172.20.110.95
Primary Secondary

SB-ESXI-01
SA-ESXI-01 SA-ESXI-02 SA-ESXI-03 SA-ESXI-04

.10 on each network

Storage vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24 vMotion: 172.20.12.0/24
Production-A; 172.20.11.0/24 dc-rras Production-B; 172.20.11.0/24
Management-A: 172.20.10.0/24 Management-B: 172.20.10.0/24

Site A VXLAN ID Pool: 5000-5999 (Segment ID Pool) Site B VXLAN ID Pool: 6000-6999 (Segment ID Pool)

Universal Segment ID Pool: 7000-7999

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