| Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols* |
| • Spanning Tree Protocol |
| • Port Channels Overview |
| • Virtual Port Channels Overview |
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| Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols* |
| • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview |
| • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview |
| • First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6 |
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| Implementing Routing in Data Center* |
| • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v3 |
| • Border Gateway Protocol |
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| Implementing Multicast in Data Center* |
| • IP Multicast in Data Center Networks |
| • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) |
| • Multicast Distribution Trees and Routing Protocols |
| • IP Multicast on Cisco Nexus Switches |
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| Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols |
| • Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization |
| • Virtual Extensible LAN |
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| Implementing Network Infrastructure Security* |
| • User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) |
| • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS |
| • Keychain Authentication |
| • First Hop Security |
| • Media Access Control Security |
| • Control Plane Policing |
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| Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure |
| • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery |
| • Cisco ACI Management |
| • Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies |
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| Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration |
| • Tenant-Based Components |
| • Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG) |
| • Controlling Traffic Flow with Contracts |
| • Virtual Switches and Cisco ACI VMM Domains |
| • VMM Domain EPG Association |
| • Cisco ACI Integration with Hypervisor Solutions |
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| Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network* |
| • Data Center Traffic Flows |
| • Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches |
| • Packet Flow in Cisco ACI Fabric |
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| Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models |
| • Cloud Architectures |
| • Cloud Deployment Models |
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| Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations* |
| • Time Synchronization |
| • Network Configuration Management |
| • Software Updates |
| • Network Infrastructure Monitoring |
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| Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts* |
| • Need for Network Assurance |
| • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview |
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| Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric |
| • Fibre Channel Basics |
| • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview |
| • SAN Port Channels Overview |
| • Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process |
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| Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services |
| • Distributed Device Aliases |
| • Zoning |
| • N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) |
| • Fibre Channel over IP |
| • Network Access Server (NAS) Concepts |
| • Storage Area Network (SAN) Design Options |
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| Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric |
| • Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
| • Describing FCoE |
| • FCoE Topology Options |
| • FCoE Implementation |
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| Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security* |
| • User Accounts and RBAC |
| • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
| • Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding |
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| Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations* |
| • Time Synchronization |
| • Software Installation and Upgrade |
| • Storage Infrastructure Monitoring |
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| Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors* |
| • Cisco UCS BSeries Blade Servers |
| • Cisco UCS CSeries Rack Servers |
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| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity |
| • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect |
| • Cisco UCS BSeries Connectivity |
| • Cisco UCS CSeries Integration |
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| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction |
| • Identity Abstraction |
| • Service Profile Templates |
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| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity |
| • iSCSI Overview |
| • Fibre Channel Overview |
| • Implement FCoE |
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| Implementing Unified Computing Security |
| • User Accounts and RBAC |
| • Options for Authentication |
| • Key Management |
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| Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems* |
| • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview |
| • Cisco HyperFlex Solution |
| • Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness |
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| Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations* |
| • Compute Configuration Management |
| • Software Updates |
| • Infrastructure Monitoring |
| • Cisco Intersight™ |
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| Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools* |
| • Cisco NX-OS Programmability |
| • Scheduler Overview |
| • Cisco Embedded Event Manager Overview |
| • Bash Shell and Guest Shell for Cisco NX-OS |
| • Cisco Nexus API |
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| Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms |
| • Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview |
| • Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview |
| • Python in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco UCS |
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| Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies* |
| • Power On Auto Provisioning |
| • Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview |
| • Cisco UCS Director Fundamentals |
| • Cisco UCS PowerTool |
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