| Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols* |
| - Spanning Tree Protocol |
| - Port Channels Overview |
| - Virtual Port Channels Overview |
|
| Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols* |
| - Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview |
| - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview |
| - First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6 |
|
| Implementing Routing in Data Center* |
| - Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v3 |
| - Border Gateway Protocol |
|
| 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 |
|
| Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols |
| - Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization |
| - Virtual Extensible LAN |
|
| Implementing Network Infrastructure Security |
| - User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC) |
| - Authentication, Authorisation, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS |
| - Keychain Authentication |
| - First Hop Security |
| - Media Access Control Security |
| - Control Plane Policing |
|
| Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure |
| - Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery |
| - Cisco ACI Management |
| - Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies |
|
| 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 |
|
| Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network* |
| - Data Center Traffic Flows |
| - Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches |
| - Packet Flow in Cisco ACI Fabric |
|
| Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models |
| - Cloud Architectures |
| - Cloud Deployment Models |
|
| Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations* |
| - Time Synchronization |
| - Network Configuration Management |
| - Software Updates |
| - Network Infrastructure Monitoring |
|
| Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts* |
| - Need for Network Assurance |
| - Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview |
|
| Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric |
| - Fibre Channel Basics |
| - Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview |
| - SAN Port Channels Overview |
| - Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process |
|
| 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 |
|
| Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric |
| - Fibre Channel over Ethernet |
| - Describing FCoE |
| - FCoE Topology Options |
| - FCoE Implementation |
|
| Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security |
| - User Accounts and RBAC |
| - Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting |
| - Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding |
|
| Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations* |
| - Time Synchronisation |
| - Software Installation and Upgrade |
| - Storage Infrastructure Monitoring |
|
| Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors* |
| - Cisco UCS BSeries Blade Servers |
| - Cisco UCS CSeries Rack Servers |
|
| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity |
| - Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect |
| - Cisco UCS BSeries Connectivity |
| - Cisco UCS CSeries Integration |
|
| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction |
| - Identity Abstraction |
| - Service Profile Templates |
|
| Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity |
| - iSCSI Overview |
| - Fibre Channel Overview |
| - Implement FCoE |
|
| Implementing Unified Computing Security |
| - User Accounts and RBAC |
| - Options for Authentication |
| - Key Management |
|
| Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems* |
| - Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview |
| - Cisco HyperFlex Solution |
| - Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness |
|
| Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations* |
| - Compute Configuration Management |
| - Software Updates |
| - Infrastructure Monitoring |
| - Cisco Intersight™ |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|