| 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 |