| 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 |