Describing the Data Center Network Architectures |
• Cisco Data Center Architecture Overview |
• Three-Tier Network: Core, Aggregation, and Access |
• Spine-and-Leaf Network |
• Two-Tier Storage Network |
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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 |
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Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy |
• Default Gateway Redundancy |
• Hot Standby Router Protocol |
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
• Gateway Load Balancing Protocol |
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Describing Cisco FEX |
• Server Deployment Models |
• Cisco FEX Technology |
• Cisco FEX Traffic Forwarding |
• Cisco Adapter FEX |
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Describing Port Channels and VPCs |
• Ethernet Port Channels |
• Virtual Port Channels |
• Supported VPC Topologies |
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Describing Switch Virtualization |
• Cisco Nexus Switch Basic Components |
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding |
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs) |
• VDC Types |
• VDC Resource Allocation |
• VDC Management |
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Describing Machine Virtualization |
• Virtual Machines |
• Hypervisor |
• VM Manager |
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Describing Network Virtualization |
• Overlay Network Protocols |
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Overlay |
• VXLAN Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane |
• VXLAN Data Plane |
• Cisco Nexus 1000VE Series Virtual Switch |
• VMware vSphere Virtual Switches |
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Introducing Basic Data Center Storage Concepts |
• Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center |
• Fibre Channel Storage Networking |
• Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Configuration and Verification |
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Describing Fibre Channel Communication Between the Initiator Server and the Target Storage |
• Fibre Channel Layered Model |
• Fabric Login (FLOGI) Process |
• Fibre Channel Flow Control |
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Describing Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses |
• Fibre Channel Zoning |
• Zoning Configuration |
• Zoning Management |
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Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV |
• Cisco NPV Mode |
• NPIV Mode |
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Describing Data Center Ethernet Enhancements |
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Data Center Bridging |
• Priority Flow Control |
• Enhanced Transmission Selection |
• Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) Protocol |
• Congestion Notification |
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Describing FCoE |
• Cisco Unified Fabric |
• FCoE Architecture |
• FCoE Initialization Protocol |
• FCoE Adapters |
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Describing Cisco UCS Components |
• Physical Cisco UCS Components |
• Cisco Fabric Interconnect Product Overview |
• Cisco I/O Module (IOM) Product Overview |
• Cisco UCS Mini |
• Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) Supervisor |
• Cisco Intersight™ |
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Describing Cisco UCS Manager |
• Cisco UCS Manager Overview |
• Identity and Resource Pools for Hardware Abstraction |
• Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates |
• Cisco UCS Central Overview |
• Cisco HyperFlex™ Overview |
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Using APIs |
• Common Programmability Protocols and Methods |
• How to Choose Models and Processes |
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Describing Cisco ACI |
• Cisco ACI Overview |
• Multitier Applications in Cisco ACI |
• Cisco ACI Features |
• VXLAN in Cisco ACI |
• Unicast Traffic in Cisco ACI |
• Multicast Traffic in Cisco ACI |
• Cisco ACI Programmability |
• Common Programming Tools and Orchestration Options |
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Describing Cloud Computing |
• Cloud Computing Overview |
• Cloud Deployment Models |
• Cloud Computing Services |
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Lab Outline |
• Explore the Cisco NX-OS CLI |
• Explore Topology Discovery |
• Configure Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) |
• Configure the Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX |
• Configure VPCs |
• Configure VPCs with Cisco FEX |
• Configure Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) |
• Explore the Virtual Device Contexts (VDC) Elements |
• Install VMware Elastic Sky X Integrated (ESXi) and vCenter |
• Configure VSANs |
• Validate FLOGI and FCNS |
• Configure Zoning |
• Configure Unified Ports on a Cisco Nexus Switch and Implement FCoE |
• Explore the Cisco UCS Server Environment |
• Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile |
• Configure Cisco NX-OS with APIs |
• Explore the Cisco UCS Manager XML API Management Information Tree |