This course helps you prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center certifications. 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. This course may earn a Credly badge.

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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

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*

  • Hyper converged 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

Audience

Network designers Network administrators Network engineers Systems engineers Data center engineers Consulting systems engineers Technical solutions architects Field engineers Cisco integrators and partners Server administrator Network manager

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) These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites: Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)

$4,595

Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)

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