2V0-41.24 Question 262
Select 3An organization is deploying VMware NSX-T Data Center to secure its network and intends to configure a distributed firewall (DFW) to implement micro-segmentation. The security team has requested that you follow a specific workflow to ensure consistent and effective security policies are applied across the environment. Which steps should you include in the security configuration workflow to meet the team's request?
- A
Define the security groups based on dynamic membership criteria, such as VM names or tags.
- B
Configure the Tier-1 Gateway to route east-west traffic before applying firewall rules.
- C
Create distributed firewall rules by specifying source, destination, services, and actions.
- D
Publish the firewall rules to ensure they are enforced across the environment.
- E
Manually configure firewall rules on each ESXi host in the NSX-T environment.
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Correct answers: A, C, D
Explanation
The correct steps in the security configuration workflow for NSX-T distributed firewall involve defining security groups with dynamic criteria to simplify rule management, creating the actual firewall rules that define the security policies, and publishing the rules to enforce them across the environment. The distributed firewall operates at the hypervisor level, automatically applying policies without manual per-host configuration.
- A. Correct.
Defining security groups based on dynamic membership criteria is a critical step in the workflow as it allows rules to adapt to changes in the environment and simplifies policy management.
- B. Incorrect.
Configuring the Tier-1 Gateway is not a necessary step for the distributed firewall workflow, as the DFW operates at the hypervisor level and secures east-west traffic directly.
- C. Correct.
Creating distributed firewall rules is an essential part of the workflow, as these rules define the security policies to be enforced across the environment.
- D. Correct.
Publishing the firewall rules is required to activate and enforce the policies defined in the distributed firewall.
- E. Incorrect.
Manually configuring firewall rules on each ESXi host is not part of the NSX-T DFW workflow, as NSX-T automates rule enforcement across the environment through centralized management.