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VMware 2V0-642

2V0-642

Exam Code: 2V0-642

Exam Name: VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization 6.2 Exam

Updated: Jul 27, 2026

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VMware 2V0-642 Exam Certification Details:

Schedule ExamPEARSON VUE
Number of Questions77
Sample QuestionsVMware 2V0-642 Sample Questions
Exam Code2V0-642
Duration120 minutes
Exam NameVMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization (NSX v6.2) (VCP-NV 2020)
Passing Score300 / 500
Recommended Training / BooksVMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2]
VMware NSX for Internetworking Experts Fast Track [V6.2]
VMware NSX: Design & Deploy [V6.2]
Exam Price$250 USD

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VMware VCP-NV 2020 Exam Syllabus Topics:

SectionObjectives

Section 1: Understand VMware NSX Technology and Architecture

Compare and Contrast the Benefits of a VMware NSX Implementation-Determine challenges with physical network implementations
-Understand common VMware NSX terms
-Differentiate NSX network and security functions and services
-Differentiate common use cases for VMware NSX
Understand VMware NSX Architecture-Differentiate component functionality of NSX stack infrastructure components
- Compare and contrast with advantages/disadvantages of topologies (star, ring, etc.) as well as scaling limitations
-Compare and contrast VMware NSX data center deployment models
-Prepare a vSphere implementation for NSX
Prepare a vSphere implementation for NSX- Differentiate logical and physical topologies, components and services
-Differentiate logical and physical security constructs
  • Endpoint Security
  • Data Security
  • Flow Monitoring
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Distributed Firewall
  • Perimeter Firewall
Understand VMware NSX Integration with Third-Party Products and Services-Understand integration with third-party partner tools and systems using NSX REST APIs
-Determine integration with third-party services
  • Network services
  • Security services
  • Load Balancing
  • Anti-malware
  • IDS/IPS

-Determine integration with third-party hardware

  • Network Interface Cards (NICs)
  • Terminating overlay networks
  • HW VTEP
  • VXLAN offload
  • RSS

-Install/register a third-party service with NSX

Understand VMware NSX Integration with vRealize Automation (vRA)-Understand integration with vRealize Automation
-Demonstrate NSX deployment capabilities built into vRealize Automation
-Compare and contrast Network Profiles available in vRealize Automation
-Understand NSX preparation tasks for attaching a network profile to a blueprint
- Discern vRealize Automation preparation tasks for deploying a machine with on-demand network services

Section 2: Understand VMware NSX Physical Infrastructure Requirements

Compare and Contrast the Benefits of Running VMware NSX on Physical Network Fabrics-Differentiate physical network topologies
  • Differentiate physical network trends
  • Understand the purpose of a Spine node
  • Understand the purpose of a Leaf node

-Differentiate virtual network topologies

  • Enterprise
  • Service Provider Multi-Tenant
  • Multi-Tenant Scalable

-Given a specific physical topology, determine what challenges could be addressed by aVMware NSX implementation.
- Differentiate physical/virtual QoS implementation
- Differentiatesingle/multiplevSphereDistributedSwitch(vDS)/DistributedLogical Router implementations
-Differentiate NSX Edge High Availability (HA)/Scale-out implementations
-Differentiate Separate/Collapsed vSphere Cluster topologies
- Differentiate Layer 3 and Converged cluster infrastructures

Determine Physical Infrastructure Requirements for a VMware NSX Implementation-Discern management and edge cluster requirementsDifferentiateminimum/optimalphysicalinfrastructurerequirementsfora VMwareNSX implementation
-Determine how traffic types are handled in a physical infrastructure
-Determine use cases for available virtual architectures
-Describe ESXi host vmnic requirements
-Differentiate virtual to physical switch connection methods
-Compare and contrast VMkernel networking scenarios

Section 3: Configure and Manage vSphere Networking

Configure and Manage vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS)-Compare and contrast vDS capabilities
-Create/Delete a vDS
-Add/Remove ESXi hosts from a vDS
-Edit general vSphere vDS settings
-Add/Configure/Remove dvPortgroups
- Configure dvPort settings
-Add/Remove uplink adapters to dvUplinkgroups
-Create/Configure/Remove virtual adapters
-Migrate virtual machines to/from a vDS
-Monitor dvPort state
-Determine use cases for a vDS
Configure and Manage vDS Policies-Compare and contrast common vDS policies
-Configure dvPortgroup blocking policies
-Explain benefits of Multi-Instance TCP/IP stack
-Configure load balancing and failover policies
-Configure VLAN settings
-Configure traffic shaping policies
-Enable TCP Segmentation Offload (TOE) support for a virtual machine
-Enable Jumbo Frame support on appropriate components
-Determine appropriate VLAN configuration for a vSphere implementation
-Understand how DSCP is handled in a VXLAN frame

Section 4: Install and Upgrade VMware NSX

Configure Environment for Network Virtualization- Comprehend physical infrastructure configuration for NSX Compute, Edge and Management clusters (MTU, Dynamic Routing for Edge, etc.)
-Prepare a Greenfield vSphere Infrastructure for NSX Deployment
  • Configure Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Configure Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

-Configure a Brownfield vSphere Infrastructure for NSX
-Determine how IP address assignments work in VMware NSX
- Determine minimum permissions required to perform an NSX deployment task in a vSphere implementation

Deploy VMware NSX Components-Install/Register NSX Manager
-Prepare ESXi hosts
-Deploy NSX Controllers
-Understand assignment of Segment ID Pool and appropriate need for Multicast addresses
-Install Guest Introspection
-Create an IP pool
-Understand when to use IP Pools versus DHCP for VTEP configuration
Upgrade Existing vCNS/NSX Implementation- Based on a given upgrade scenario, identify requisite steps and components for upgrading to NSX 6.x
-Upgrade vCNS 5.5 to NSX 6.x
-Upgrade vCNS Virtual Wires to NSX Logical Switches
-Upgrade to NSX Components
  • Upgrade to NSX Firewall
  • Upgrade to NSX Edge
  • Upgrade vShield Endpoint from 5.5 to 6.x
  • Upgrade to NSX Data Security

-Upgrade NSX Manager from 6.0 to 6.x
-Update vSphere Clusters after NSX upgrade
-Understand the impact of availability to the aspects of NSX during an upgrade

Expand Transport Zone to Include New Cluster(s)-Understand the function of a Transport Zone
-Understand proper addition of a Transport Zone
-Understand necessity to expand or contract a Transport Zone
-Edit a Transport Zone
-Understand appropriate use of Control Plane mode modification of a Transport zone

Section 5: Configure VMware NSX Virtual Networks

Create and Administer Logical Switches-Given a scenario, demonstrate the proper way to add/remove a Logical Switch
-Determine use case for and contrast the three Control Plane Modes
  • Multi-cast
  • Hybrid
  • Unicast
  • Determine use case for connecting a Logical Switch to an NSX Edge gateway

-Deploy services to a Logical Switch
-Demonstrate multiple ways of adding or removing virtual machines from a Logical Switch
-Test Logical Switch connectivity

Configure VXLAN-Determine areas where VXLANs should be configured
-Understand physical network requirements for virtual topologies with VXLANs
-Understand how to prepare a vSphere cluster for VXLAN
-Determine the appropriate teaming policy for a given implementation
-Understand how to configure and modify the options of a Transport Zone
-Understand how prepare VXLAN Tunnel End Points (VTEPs) on vSphere clusters
Configure and Manage Layer 2 Bridging-Given a scenario, determine an appropriate High Availability configuration for Layer 2 Bridging
-Understand how to add a Layer 2 Bridge to an NSX Edge device
-Determine when Layer 2 Bridging would be required for a given NSX implementation
-Determine use cases for multiple Layer 2 Bridges
-Compare and contrast software and hardware bridging
Configure and Manage Logical Routers-Install NSX Edge
-Understand how to connect/disconnect a Logical Switch from a logical router
-Understand and describe the different types of router interfaces
-Determine NSX components needed to build out topologies with logical routers
-Understand how to add and configure a new logical router
-Determine use case for and configure a management interface
-Determine use case for and configure High Availability for a logical router
-Configure routing protocols
  • Static
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • IS-IS

-Configure default gateway
-Determine if cross-protocol route sharing is needed for a given NSX implementation
-Understand how to configure administrative distances for routing
-Understand configuration differences between iBGP and eBGP
-Understand and configure route redistribution

Section 6: Configure and Manage NSX Network Services

Configure and Manage Logical Load Balancing-Differentiate when to use the two topologies for load balancing
-Understand how to configure load balancing
-Configure and understand service monitors
-Understand how to Add/Edit/Delete a server pool
-Understand how to Add/Edit/Delete an application profile
-Understand how to Add/Edit/Delete virtual servers
-Determine appropriate NSX Edge instance size based on load balancing requirements
Configure and Manage Logical Virtual Private Networks (VPN)-Understand how to configure IPSec VPN
  • Configure IPSec VPN parameters
  • Enable logging

-Understand how to configure Layer 2 VPN

  • Add Layer 2 VPN Client/Server
  • View Layer 2 VPN Statistics

-Configure Network Access/Web Access SSL VPN-Plus

  • Edit Client Configurations
  • Edit General Settings
  • Edit Web Portal Designs
  • Add/Edit/Delete IP Pools
  • Add/Edit/Delete Private Networks
  • Add/Edit/Delete Installation Packages
  • Add/Edit/Delete Users
  • Add/Edit/Delete Login/Logoff script

-Determine appropriate VPN service type for a given NSX implementation

Configure and Manage DHCP/DNS/NAT-Understand proper use and addition of a DHCP IP Pool
-Enable a DHCP IP pool
-Determine use and proper implementation of DNS services
-Determine when and how to configure Source NAT
-Determine when and how to configure Destination NAT
-Given a scenario, compare and contrast proper DHCP uses
Configure and Manage Edge Services High Availability-Given a scenario, compare and contrast proper HA uses
-Determine service availability during an Edge High Availability failover
-Differentiate NSX Edge High Availability and vSphere High Availability
-Configure NSX Edge High Availability
  • Configure heartbeat settings
  • Configure management IP addresses

-Modify and existing Edge High Availability deployment
-Determine resource pool requirements for a given Edge High Availability configuration
-Configure Equal-Cost Multi-Path Routing (ECMP)

  • Determine ECMP timers
  • Understand process flows

- Combine ECMP with other stateful services

Section 7: Configure and Administer Netw Network Security

Configure and Administer Logical Firewall Services-Add/Edit/Delete an Edge Firewall rule
-Configure Source/Destination/Service/Action rule components
- Compare and contrast between Edge Rule Types (PreRules/Internal/User Rules/Default Rules)
-Change the order of an Edge User Firewall rule
-Demonstrate how to configure an Edge Firewall PreRule
-Understand the limitations of ECMP and Edge Firewall Policy
Configure Distributed Firewall Services-Understand VM IP Address learning for the purposes of DFW vCenter attribute learning
-Differentiate between Layer 2 and Layer 3 rules
-Differentiate between entity-based and identity-based rules
-Understand firewall rule entities
-Determine rule processing order
-Understand rule segregation
-Demonstrate steps to Add/Delete a Distributed Firewall rule
-Demonstrate configuration of Source/Destination/Service/Action rule components
-Change the order of a Distributed Firewall rule
-Add/Merge/Delete a Distributed Firewall rule section
-Determine publishing requirements for rules in a given NSX implementation
-Demonstrate Import/Export Distributed Firewall Configuration
-Load Distributed Firewall configuration
-Determine need for excluding virtual machines from distributed firewall protection
-Describe SpoofGuard Operation and Default Policy and Actions
-Describe SpoofGuard IP Address Learning
-Determine requirements for a Spoofguard Policy
-Demonstrate how to Create and Edit a SpoofGuard Policy
  • IP Local Addresses
  • Approve IP addresses
  • Edit/Clear IP addresses
Configure and Manage Service Composer-Understand assets that can be used with a Security Group
-Differentiate services contained in a Security Policy
-Compare and contrast common Service Composer use cases
-Differentiate third party integration and service redirection
-Differentiate Security Groups and Security Policies
-Demonstrate the ability to redirect specific flows (e.g. 80) to network introspection services
- Differentiate between vCenter attribute based Firewall rules (including IP Sets) vs Active Directory identity-based rule
-Create/Edit a Security Group in Service Composer
-Create/Edit/Delete a Security Policy in Service Composer
-Map a Security Policy to a Security Group
-Add/Edit/Delete a Security Tag
-Assign and view a Security Tag

Section 8: Deploy a Cross-vCenter NSX environment

Differentiate single and Cross-vCenter NSX deployments-Understand the benefits/use cases for Cross-vCenter NSX
-Contrast single and Cross-vCenter deployment models
-Determine the appropriate NSX topology for a given use case
-Understand options for ingress and egress traffic flows in a multi-site topology
-Describe and differentiate Universal components
  • Universal Firewall rules
  • Universal Network and Security objects
  • Universal Logical Switches
  • Universal Distributed Logical Routers
Determine Cross-vCenter Requirements and Configurations-Deploy a Cross-vCenter NSX environment
  • Create and configure the Primary NSX Manager
  • Create and configure the Secondary NSX Manager

-Migrate an NSX deployment to Cross-vCenter
-Create and configure Cross-vCenter components

  • Universal Segment ID Pool
  • Universal Transport Zone
  • Universal Logical Switch
  • Universal Distributed Logical Router

-Compare and contrast Local and Universal Firewall Rules

Section 9: Perform Operations Tasks in a VMware NSX Environment

Configure Roles, Permissions, and Scopes-Understand default roles
-Understand Single Sign-On (SSO) integration
-Configure SSO
-Assign a role to a vCenter Server user or group
-Compare and contrast the uses for the various NSX Security Roles
- Determine how roles can be applied to a subset of the vCenter infrastructure for multi Tenancy purposes
-Understand how to apply NSX Roles to an AD group
-Assign objects to a user
-Enable/Disable a user account
-Edit/Delete a user account
Understand NSX Automation-Discern common use cases that require the NSX REST API
- Compare and contrast how the NSX REST API works and how it is used with a support browser
-Understand how NSX REST API Calls are sent to the NSX Manager
-Differentiate common NSX REST API verbs
-Determine how to use NSX REST API calls to learn the network topology
Monitor a VMware NSX Implementation-Compare and contrast available monitoring methods (UI, CLI, API, etc.)
-Monitor infrastructure components
  • Control Cluster Health
  • Manager Health
  • Hypervisor Health

-Perform Inbound/Outbound activity monitoring
-Enable data collection for single/multiple virtual machines
-Perform virtual machine activity monitoring
-Monitor activity between inventory containers (security groups, AD groups)
-Analyze network and security metrics in vRealize Operations
-Monitor logical networks and services

  • Identify available statistics/counters
  • Network/service health
  • Configure and collect data from network
Perform Auditing and Compliance-Given an auditing scenario, determine where applicable log information can be located
-Differentiate permissions for auditing
-Differentiate common data security regulations supported by NSX Data Security
-Differentiate information available in audit logs
-Use flow monitoring to audit firewall rules
-Audit deleted users
-Audit infrastructure changes
-View NSX Manager audit logs and change data
-Configure NSX Data Security
-Create a Data Security Policy
-Install Data Security
-Run a Data Security scan
-View and download compliance reports
-Create a regular expression
-Configure Guest Introspection (Install vShield Endpoint)
Administer Logging- Given a scenario, utilize information contained in technical support bundles/logs to assist in troubleshooting
-Explain usage of CLI for logging
-Configure Syslog(s)
-Configure logging for Dynamic Routing information
-Log Distributed Firewall rule processing information
-Log Edge Firewall rule processing information
-Log address translation information
-Log VPN traffic
-Configure basic/advanced Load Balancer logging
-Log DHCP assignments
-Log DNS resolutions
-Log security policy session information
-Download NSX Edge tech support logs
-Generate NSX Manager tech support logs
Backup and Recover Configurations-Understand how to backup and recover various components
-Schedule backups
-Export/Restore vSphere Distributed Switch configuration
-Import/Export Service Composer profiles
-Perform NSX Manager backup and restore operation

Section 10: Troubleshoot a VMware Network Virtualization Implementation

Compare and Contrast Tools Available for Troubleshooting-Capture and trace uplink, vmknic, and physical NIC packets
-Audit NSX infrastructure changes
-Output packet data for use by a protocol analyzer
-Capture and analyze traffic flows
-Mirror network traffic for analysis
-Perform a network health check
-Configure vSphere Distributed Switch alarms
Troubleshoot Common NSX Installation/Configuration Issues-Troubleshoot lookup service configuration
-Troubleshoot vCenter Server link
-Troubleshoot licensing issues
-Troubleshoot permissions issues
-Troubleshoot host preparation issues
-Troubleshoot IP pool issues
Troubleshoot Common NSX Component Issues-Differentiate NSX Edge logging and troubleshooting commands
-Verify NSX Controller cluster status and roles
-Verify NSX Controller node connectivity
-Check NSX Controller API service
-Validate VXLAN and Logical Router mapping tables
-List Logical Router instances and statistics
-Verify Logical Router interface and route mapping tables
-Verify active controller connections
-View Bridge instances and learned MAC addresses
-Display Logical Router instances
-Verify NSX Manager services status
-View Logical Interfaces and routing tables
-Analyze NSX Edge statistics
Troubleshoot Common Connectivity Issues-Review netcpa logs for control plane connectivity issues
-Verify VXLAN, VTEP, MAC, and ARP mapping tables
-List VNI configuration
-View VXLAN connection tables and statistics
-Perform VTEP connectivity tests
Troubleshoot Common vSphere Networking Issues-Verify network configuration
-Verify a given virtual machine is configured with the correct network resources
-Troubleshoot virtual switch and port group configuration issues
-Troubleshoot physical network adapter configuration issues
-Determine the root cause of a network issue based on troubleshooting information

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