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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