Describing High Availability on Layer 2 |
• Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms |
• Virtual Port Channels |
• Cisco FabricPath |
• Virtual Port Channel+ |
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Designing Layer 3 Connectivity |
• First Hop Redundancy Protocols |
• Improve Routing Protocol Performance and Security |
• Enhance Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness |
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Designing Data Center Topologies |
• Data Center Traffic Flows |
• Cabling Challenges |
• Access Layer |
• Aggregation Layer |
• Core Layer |
• Spine-and-Leaf Topology |
• Redundancy Options |
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Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV |
• Cisco OTV Overview |
• Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes |
• Failure Isolation |
• Cisco OTV Features |
• Optimize Cisco OTV |
• Evaluate Cisco OTV |
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Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol |
• Locator/ID Separation Protocol |
• Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) Virtual Machine (VM) Mobility |
• LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) Multihop Mobility |
• LISP VPN Virtualization |
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Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks |
• Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN |
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay |
• Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane Overview |
• VXLAN Data Plane |
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Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization |
• Hardware-Based High Availability |
• Device Virtualization |
• Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization |
• Server Virtualization |
• SAN Virtualization |
• N-Port ID Virtualization |
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Describing Cisco FEX Options |
• Cisco Adapter FEX |
• Access Layer with Cisco FEX |
• Cisco FEX Topologies |
• Virtualization-Aware Networking |
• Single Root I/O Virtualization |
• Cisco FEX Evaluation |
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Describing Basic Data Center Security |
• Threat Mitigation |
• Attack and Countermeasure Examples |
• Secure the Management Plane |
• Protect the Control Plane |
• RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) |
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Describing Advanced Data Center Security |
• Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture |
• Cisco TrustSec Operation |
• Firewalling |
• Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks |
• Cisco Firepower® Portfolio |
• Firewall Virtualization |
• Design for Threat Mitigation |
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Describing Management and Orchestration |
• Network and License Management |
• Cisco UCS Manager |
• Cisco UCS Director |
• Cisco Intersight |
• Cisco DCNM Overview |
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Describing Storage and RAID Options |
• Position DAS in Storage Technologies |
• Network-Attached Storage |
• Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) |
• Evaluate Storage Technologies |
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Describing Fibre Channel Concepts |
• Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses |
• Fibre Channel Communication |
• Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN |
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Describing Fibre Channel Topologies |
• SAN Parameterization |
• SAN Design Options |
• Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution |
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Describing FCoE |
• FCoE Protocol Characteristics |
• FCoE Communication |
• Data Center Bridging |
• FCoE Initialization Protocol |
• FCoE Design Options |
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Describing Storage Security |
• Common SAN Security Features |
• Zones |
• SAN Security Enhancements |
• Cryptography in SAN |
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Describing SAN Management and Orchestration |
• Cisco DCNM for SAN |
• Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry |
• Cisco UCS Director in the SAN |
• Cisco UCS Director Workflows |
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Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases |
• Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis |
• Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards |
• Stateless Computing |
• Cisco UCS Mini |
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Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity |
• Use of Fabric Interconnect Interfaces |
• VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain |
• Southbound Connections |
• Northbound Connections |
• Disjoint Layer 2 Networks |
• Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy |
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Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems |
• Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview |
• Cisco HyperFlex™ Solution |
• Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness |
• Cisco HyperFlex Clusters |
• Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain |
• External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex |
• Cisco HyperFlex Positioning |
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Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters |
• Cisco UCS Setup and Management |
• Cisco UCS Traffic Management |
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Describing Cisco UCS RBAC |
• Roles and Privileges |
• Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager |
• Locales and Effective Rights |
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
• Two-Factor Authentication |
• Cisco UCS C-Series Servers |
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Describing Pools for Service Profiles |
• Global and Local Pools |
• Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) Address Pools |
• World Wide Name (WWN) Pools |
• Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools |
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Describing Policies for Service Profiles |
• Global vs. Local Policies |
• Storage and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Policies |
• Boot and Scrub Policies |
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Maintenance Policies |
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Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies |
• LAN Connectivity Controls |
• SAN Connectivity Controls |
• Virtual Access Layer |
• Connectivity Enhancements |
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Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager |
• Cisco UCS Templates |
• Service Profile Templates |
• Network Templates |
• Designing Data Center Automation |
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Model-Driven Programmability |
• Cisco NX-API Overview |
• Programmability Using Python |
• Cisco Ansible Module |
• Use the Puppet Agent |
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Lab Outline |
• Design Virtual Port Channels |
• Design First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) |
• Design Routing Protocols |
• Design Data Center Topology for a Customer |
• Design Data Center Interconnect Using Cisco OTV |
• Design Your VXLAN Network |
• Create a Cisco FEX Design |
• Design Management and Orchestration in a Cisco UCS Solution |
• Design a Fibre Channel Network |
• Design and Integrate an FCoE Solution |
• Design a Secure SAN |
• Design Cisco UCS Director for Storage Networking |
• Design a Cisco UCS Domain and Fabric Interconnect Cabling |
• Design a Cisco UCS C-Series Server Implementation |
• Design Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Network and Storage Connectivity |
• Design Systemwide Parameters in a Cisco UCS Solution |
• Design an LDAP Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain |
• Design Pools for Service Profiles in a Cisco UCS Solution |
• Design Network-Specific Adapters and Policies in a Cisco UCS Solution |