| 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 |