| 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 |