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 |