CONTENUTI

Describing the Data Center Network Architectures

• Cisco Data Center Architecture Overview
• Three-Tier Network: Core, Aggregation, and Access
• Spine-and-Leaf Network
• Storage Area Networks
• Hypoconverged Storage Systems

 

Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software

• Cisco Nexus Data Center Product Overview
• Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture
• Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Tools
• Cisco NX-OS Virtual Routing and Forwarding

 

Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy

• Default Gateway Redundancy
• Hot Standby Router Protocol
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
• Gateway Load Balancing Protocol

 

Describing Port Channels and vPCs

• Ethernet Port Channels
• Virtual Port Channels

 

Describing Switch Virtualization

• Cisco Nexus Switch Basic Components
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding

 

Describing Machine Virtualization

• Virtual Machines
• Hypervisor
• Virtual Machine Manager

 

Describing Network Virtualization

• Overlay Network Protocols
• VXLAN Overlay
• VXLAN BGP EVPN Control Plane
• VXLAN Data Plane
• VMware vSphere Virtual Switches

 

Introducing Basic Data Center Storage Concepts

• Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center
• Fibre Channel Storage Networking
• VSAN Configuration and Verification

 

Describing the Cisco MDS Family

• Cisco MDS Overview

 

Describing Fibre Channel Communication Between the Initiator Server and the Target Storage

• Fibre Channel Layered Model
• FLOGI Process
• Fibre Channel Flow Control

 

Describing Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses

• Fibre Channel Zoning
• Zoning Configuration
• Zoning Management

 

Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV

• Cisco Switch Mode
• NPIV Mode

 

Describing FCoE

• FCoE Architecture

 

Describing Cisco UCS and UCS-X Components 

• Cisco UCS Server Hardware
• Cisco Intersight
• Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix

 

Describing Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight

• Cisco UCS Manager Overview
• Identity and Resource Pools for Hardware Abstraction
• Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates
• Cisco Intersight Overview

 

Automating the Data Center

• Cisco NX-OS Programmability
• Cisco NX-OS Model-Driven Programmability
• Cisco Nexus API
• Python
• Ansible
• HashiCorp Terraform

 

Describing Cisco Nexus Dashboard

• Cisco Nexus Dashboard Overview
• Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Overview

 

Describing Cisco ACI

• Cisco ACI Overview
• Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
• Cisco ACI Policy Model
• Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
• Cisco ACI and VMM Integration
• Cisco ACI and Layer4-Layer 7 Integration
• Cisco ACI Management and Automation
• Cisco ACI Anywhere

 

Describing Cloud Computing

• Cloud Computing Overview
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Cloud Computing Services

 

Labs

• Discovery Lab 1: Explore the Cisco NX-OS CLI 
• Discovery Lab 2: Explore Topology Discovery 
• Discovery Lab 3: Configure HSRP 
• Discovery Lab 4: Configure vPCs 
• Discovery Lab 5: Configure VRF 
• Discovery Lab 6: Explore CoPP and Spanning Tree on Cisco Nexus Switches 
• Discovery Lab 7: Install VMware ESXi and vCenter 
• Discovery Lab 8: Configure VSANs 
• Discovery Lab 9: Validate FLOGI and FCNS 
• Discovery Lab 10: Configure Zoning 
• Discovery Lab 11: Review Unified Ports on a Cisco Nexus Switch and Implement FCoE 
• Discovery Lab 12: Explore the Cisco UCS Server Environment 
• Discovery Lab 13: Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile 
• Discovery Lab 14: Configure Cisco NX-OS with APIs 
• Discovery Lab 15: Explore the Cisco UCS Manager XML API Management Information Tree 
• Discovery Lab 16: Explore Cisco ACI