The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) v1.1 course helps you prepare for the Cisco® CCNP® Data Center and CCIE® Data Center certifications for advanced-level data center roles. In this course, you will master the skills and technologies you need to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure. You will also learn the essentials of automation and security in data centers. You will gain hands-on experience deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure including: Cisco MDS Switches and Cisco Nexus Switches; Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. This course also earns you 64 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
Implement overlay networks in data center
Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
Implement Fibre Channel fabric
Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
Implement security features in data center
Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®)
Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies

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  • Course Outline

  • 1 - IMPLEMENTING DATA CENTER SWITCHING PROTOCOLS
    • Spanning Tree Protocol
    • Port Channels Overview
    2 - IMPLEMENTING FIRST-HOP REDUNDANCY PROTOCOLS
    • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
    • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
    3 - IMPLEMENTING ROUTING IN DATA CENTER
    • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
    • Border Gateway Protocol
    4 - IMPLEMENTING MULTICAST IN DATA CENTER
    • IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
    • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
    5 - IMPLEMENTING DATA CENTER OVERLAY PROTOCOLS
    • Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
    • Virtual Extensible LAN
    6 - IMPLEMENTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
    • User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
    • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
    7 - DESCRIBING CISCO APPLICATION-CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
    • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
    • Cisco ACI Management
    8 - DESCRIBING CISCO ACI BUILDING BLOCKS AND VMM DOMAIN INTEGRATION
    • Tenant-Based Components
    • Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
    9 - DESCRIBING PACKET FLOW IN DATA CENTER NETWORK
    • Data Center Traffic Flows
    • Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
    10 - DESCRIBING CISCO CLOUD SERVICE AND DEPLOYMENT MODELS
    • Cloud Architectures
    • Cloud Deployment Models
    11 - DESCRIBING DATA CENTER NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATIONS
    • Time Synchronization
    • Network Configuration Management
    12 - EXPLAINING CISCO NETWORK ASSURANCE CONCEPTS
    • Need for Network Assurance
    • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
    13 - IMPLEMENTING FIBRE CHANNEL FABRIC
    • Fibre Channel Basics
    • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
    14 - IMPLEMENTING STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
    • Distributed Device Aliases
    • Zoning
    15 - IMPLEMENTING FCOE UNIFIED FABRIC
    • Fibre Channel over Ethernet
    • Describing FCoE
    16 - IMPLEMENTING STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
    • User Accounts and RBAC
    • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
    17 - DESCRIBING DATA CENTER STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS
    • Time Synchronization
    • Software Installation and Upgrade
    18 - DESCRIBING CISCO UCS SERVER FORM FACTORS
    • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
    • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
    19 - IMPLEMENTING CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
    • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
    • Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
    20 - IMPLEMENTING CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SERVER ABSTRACTION
    • Identity Abstraction
    • Service Profile Templates
    21 - IMPLEMENTING CISCO UNIFIED COMPUTING SAN CONNECTIVITY
    • iSCSI Overview
    • Fibre Channel Overview
    22 - IMPLEMENTING UNIFIED COMPUTING SECURITY
    • User Accounts and RBAC
    • Options for Authentication
    23 - INTRODUCING CISCO HYPERFLEX SYSTEMS
    • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
    • Cisco HyperFlex Solution
    24 - DESCRIBING DATA CENTER UNIFIED COMPUTING MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATIONS
    • Compute Configuration Management
    • Software Updates
    25 - IMPLEMENTING CISCO DATA CENTER AUTOMATION AND SCRIPTING TOOLS
    • Cisco NX-OS Programmability
    • Scheduler Overview
    26 - DESCRIBING CISCO INTEGRATION WITH AUTOMATION AND ORCHESTRATION SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
    • Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview
    • Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview
    27 - DESCRIBING CISCO DATA CENTER AUTOMATION AND ORCHESTRATION TECHNOLOGIES (SELF-STUDY)
    • Power On Auto Provisioning
    • Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview

Audience

This course will help you: Gain experience implementing, securing and automating network, compute, and storage infrastructure Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco's unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software Qualify for professional and expert-level job roles in the high-demand area of enterprise-class data center environments

Language

English

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills: Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking Familiarity with SANs Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture Understanding of server system design and architecture Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)

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Cost: $ 4,595

Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)

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