Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course objectives
• Identify additional resources for after this course
• Identify other VMware Education offerings

Network Scalability

• Configure and manage vSphere distributed switches
• Explain distributed switch features such as port mirroring, LACP, QoS tagging, and NetFlow

Storage Scalability

• Explain VMware vSphere® Storage APIs – Array Integration and VMware vSphere® API for Storage Awareness™™, and vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering
• Configure and assign virtual machine storage policies
• Configure VMware vSphere® Storage DRS™ and VMware vSphere® Storage I/O Control

Host and Management Scalability

• Define and use content libraries
• Describe and use host profiles
• Describe and use VMware vSphere® ESXi™
• Image Builder CLI and vSphere Auto Deploy

CPU Optimization

• Explain the CPU scheduler operation, NUMA support, and other features that affect CPU performance
• Use esxtop to monitor key CPU performance metrics

Memory Optimization

• Explain ballooning, memory compression, and host-swapping techniques for memory reclamation when memory is overcommitted
• Use esxtop to monitor key memory performance metrics

Storage Optimization

• Describe storage queue types and other factors that affect storage performance
• Use esxtop to monitor key storage performance metrics

Network Optimization

• Explain the performance features of network adapters
• Explain the performance features of vSphere networking
• Use esxtop to monitor key network performance metrics

vCenter Server Performance Otimization

• Identify the factors that influence vCenter Server performance
• Monitor VMware vCenter® Server Appliance™ resource usage

vSphere Security

• Configure ESXi host access and authorization
• Secure ESXi, vCenter Server, and virtual machines
• Use VMware Certificate Authority to configure vSphere certificate management
• Configure vSphere to encrypt virtual machines, core dumps, and VMware vSphere® vMotion® migrations