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 Centre 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, Authorisation, 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 |
- Virtualisation in Fibre Channel SAN |
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Describing Fibre Channel Topologies |
- SAN Parameterisation |
- SAN Design Options |
- Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution |
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Describing FCoE |
- FCoE Protocol Characteristics |
- FCoE Communication |
- Data Centre 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, Authorisation, 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 |