A qui s'adresse cette formation
- Network Designers
- Network Administrators
- Network Engineers
- Systems Engineers
- Data Center Engineers
- Consulting Systems Engineers
- Technical Solutions Architects
- Cisco Integrators and Partners
- Field Engineers
- Server Administrators
- Network Managers
- Storage Administrators
- Program Managers
- Project Managers
Pré-requis
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
- Familiarity with SANs
- Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol
- Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
- Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture
- Understanding of server system design and architecture
- Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)
These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:
Objectifs
This course provides you with the following skills & knowledge;
- Implement spanning tree protocol, port channels, and virtual port channels in the data center
- Implement first-hop redundancy protocols in the data center using Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)
- Implement routing in the data center by using Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)v2, OSPFv3, and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
- Implement multicast functionality in the data center on the Cisco Nexus switches
- Implement overlay networks in the data center by using Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Implement network infrastructure security features on the Cisco Nexus switches
- Understand the architecture and features of high-performance Ethernet fabrics
- Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) concepts and describe various fabric discovery parameters
- Describe Cisco ACI building blocks and Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) domain integration
- Describe packet flow for various traffic types (unicast, multicast, and broadcast) in the data center
- Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
- Describe Cisco ACI fabric setup
- Implement network configuration management, describe software updates and their impacts, and implement network infrastructure monitoring
- Describe Cisco network assurance concepts such as Cisco Streaming Telemetry
- Implement Fibre Channel fabric
- Implement storage infrastructure services in the data center such as distributed device aliases, zoning, N Port Virtualization (NPV), and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
- Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
- Implement storage infrastructure security features in the data center
- Describe storage infrastructure software updates and their impacts, and implement infrastructure monitoring
- Describe Cisco UCS Server form factors
- Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and establish network connectivity for the Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
- Implement Cisco Unified Computing Server abstraction
- Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco UCS
- Implement Cisco UCS security features in the data center
- Implement Cisco UCS configuration management, describe software updates and their impacts, and implement infrastructure monitoring
- Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in the data center
- Describe and evaluate the Cisco integration with automation and orchestration software platforms, such as Ansible, Puppet, and Python
- Describe and evaluate Cisco data center automation and orchestration technologies
Detailed Course Outline
- Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols
- Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
- Implementing Routing in Data Center
- Implementing Multicast in Data Center
- Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
- Implementing Network Infrastructure Security
- High-Throughput Converged Fabrics
- Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
- Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
- Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network
- Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
- Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management
- Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts
- Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
- Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
- Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
- Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security
- Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations
- Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors
- Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
- Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
- Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
- Implementing Cisco Unified Computing System Security
- Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations
- Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools
- Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
- Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies