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VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design

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The call: Take it if the published exam domains match a concrete work or learning goal and you meet the background VMware recommends below. Compare or skip it if your target does not value this credential, or if you need hands-on or professional-level proof beyond this exam.

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Best fit
The VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design (VCAP-NV Design) certification verifies an individual's advanced skills in designing VMware NSX solutions, including network security, segmentation, and integration with other technologies. Job-roles associated with this certification include Network Virtualization architects and consultants.
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The vendor’s recommended background does not describe you, or the credential is not used in your target lane.
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Formal prerequisite: None stated in the candidate extraction. Vendor guidance: The VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design (VCAP-NV Design) certification verifies an individual's advanced skills in designing VMware NSX solutions, including network security, segmentation, and integration with other technologies. Job-roles associated with this certification include Network Virtualization architects and consultants. VMware (Broadcom) — Broadcom VMware Certification Program · checked
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Who this certification is designed for

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Per VMware: The VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design (VCAP-NV Design) certification verifies an individual's advanced skills in designing VMware NSX solutions, including network security, segmentation, and integration with other technologies. Job-roles associated with this certification include Network Virtualization architects and consultants. VMware (Broadcom) — Broadcom VMware Certification Program · checked

What VMware asks for

Recommended background: The VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design (VCAP-NV Design) certification verifies an individual's advanced skills in designing VMware NSX solutions, including network security, segmentation, and integration with other technologies. Job-roles associated with this certification include Network Virtualization architects and consultants. [vendor page] A recommendation, not a registration requirement.

Prerequisites: None stated in the candidate extraction.

Cost & upkeep

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Exam price (US)
$250 Vmware Advanced Professional Network Virtualization Design — official vendor page · checked verified 2026-06-26T18:23:04Z · read from the official vendor page
3-year self-study cost
$250Learnerside total: the exam price shown above. We have no renewal fee recorded for this credential, so nothing is added for renewal — the real three-year cost may be higher.

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Exam domains and weighting

Skills measured

Vendor-published objective domains, normalized for display; use the cited official objectives for exact wording. Vmware Advanced Professional Network Virtualization Design — official vendor page · checked

—NSX architecture, components, management cluster, and design optionsPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for NSX architecture, components, management cluster, and design options. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—NSX design terminology, methodology, VCF design context, requirements, assumptions, constraints, risks, and design modelsPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for NSX design terminology, methodology, VCF design context, requirements, assumptions, constraints, risks, and design models. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—NSX Edge design, reference architectures, cluster design, stateful services, growth, and L2 bridgingPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for NSX Edge design, reference architectures, cluster design, stateful services, growth, and L2 bridging. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—Logical switching design, transport zones, virtual switches, profiles, tunneling, and replicationPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Logical switching design, transport zones, virtual switches, profiles, tunneling, and replication. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—Logical routing design, topologies, routing protocols, HA, stateful services, VRF Lite, EVPN, and scale patternsPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Logical routing design, topologies, routing protocols, HA, stateful services, VRF Lite, EVPN, and scale patterns. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—NSX security design, distributed firewall, gateway firewall, policy methodology, and leading practicesPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for NSX security design, distributed firewall, gateway firewall, policy methodology, and leading practices. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—Network services design for HA modes, failover, Avi integration, NAT, DHCP, DNS, IPSec VPN, and L2 VPNPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Network services design for HA modes, failover, Avi integration, NAT, DHCP, DNS, IPSec VPN, and L2 VPN. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—Physical infrastructure design for switch fabric, transport host connectivity, pNIC layouts, and cluster patternsPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Physical infrastructure design for switch fabric, transport host connectivity, pNIC layouts, and cluster patterns. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—Multi-location NSX design, Federation, stretched networking/security, and disaster recoveryPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Multi-location NSX design, Federation, stretched networking/security, and disaster recovery. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked
—NSX optimization and acceleration design including Geneve offload, RSS, SSL offload, Multi-TEP, MTU, NIC speed, Enhanced Datapath, and DPU accelerationPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for NSX optimization and acceleration design including Geneve offload, RSS, SSL offload, Multi-TEP, MTU, NIC speed, Enhanced Datapath, and DPU acceleration. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design Exam Guide PDF (3V0-42.23) · checked

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Prerequisites

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  • NSX architecture, components, management cluster, and design options—
  • NSX design terminology, methodology, VCF design context, requirements, assumptions, constraints, risks, and design models—
  • NSX Edge design, reference architectures, cluster design, stateful services, growth, and L2 bridging—
  • Logical switching design, transport zones, virtual switches, profiles, tunneling, and replication—
  • Logical routing design, topologies, routing protocols, HA, stateful services, VRF Lite, EVPN, and scale patterns—
  • NSX security design, distributed firewall, gateway firewall, policy methodology, and leading practices—
  • Network services design for HA modes, failover, Avi integration, NAT, DHCP, DNS, IPSec VPN, and L2 VPN—
  • Physical infrastructure design for switch fabric, transport host connectivity, pNIC layouts, and cluster patterns—
  • Multi-location NSX design, Federation, stretched networking/security, and disaster recovery—
  • NSX optimization and acceleration design including Geneve offload, RSS, SSL offload, Multi-TEP, MTU, NIC speed, Enhanced Datapath, and DPU acceleration—

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CIT-01Public official credential page for VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design.vmware-advanced-professional-network-virtualization-design2026-06-26T18:23:04Z
CIT-02Supports official facts for VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design.Official Broadcom VMware objective source2026-06-26T18:23:04Z
CIT-03Supports official facts for VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Network Virtualization Design.Official Candidate Bundle2026-06-26T18:23:04Z

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