NETLAB+ Content Additions: Palo Alto, VMware and Cisco

NDG is pleased to announce the following additions to our supported curriculum content options for NETLAB+.

Palo Alto Networks Firewall 8.0 Essentials (EDU-210) 

These labs will enhance the student’s understanding of how to configure and anage Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. The student will gain hands-on experience configuring, managing and monitoring a firewall in a lab environment.

• Access to the Firewall 8.0 Essentials labs is available to customers who have joined the Palo Alto Networks Academy.
• Please see the NDG website for details regarding the Palo Alto Firewall 8.0 Essentials labs.

VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage v6.5

These labs provide hands-on training in the skills needed to install, configure and manage VMware vSphere using a variety of vSphere functions and features.

• Please be aware that VCP6.5-DCV certification requires training in addition to VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage v6.5.
• Information on obtaining software and licenses can be found in the VMware vSphere ICM v6.5 Pod Installation and Configuration Guide (section 3).
• For additional information, please see our quick reference page for the VMware vSphere ICM 6.5 labs.

CCNA Security 2.0 – Updated Lab Design

The CCNA Security curriculum prepares you to design, implement, and support security for networked devices. Add a security specialty to your CCNA networking skills and expand your career opportunities. This course will help you will aid you in developing a working knowledge of network security principles, tools and configurations.

• The lab design has been updated to support the use of an ASA-5506 device. Labs have been added to support the use of the ASA-5506 for CCNA Security 2.0 labs that require an ASA. Do note that labs with the tagging of [ASA 5506] are to be completed using only the ASA-5506 device in the MAP w/ASA pod topology, otherwise the labs without the tagging can be completed using previously recommended models of the ASA.
• Please see the NDG website for details on the CCNA Security 2.0 labs, including compatible topologies and class settings.
• Please refer also to the details on implementing a Multi-purpose Academy Pod with ASA.