Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) v1.0 course helps you prepare for the Cisco® CCNP® Data Center and CCIE® Data Center certifications and for advanced-level data center roles. In this course, you will master the skills and technologies you need to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure. You will also learn the essentials of automation and security in data centers. You will get hands-on experience with deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure including: Cisco MDS Switches and Cisco Nexus Switches; Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.

This course, including the 3 days of self-paced material, helps prepare you to take the exam, Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (300-601 DCCOR), which leads to to the new CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center, and the Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Core certifications. The exam will be available beginning February 24, 2020.

Who should attend

Network designers
Network administrators
Network engineers
Systems engineers
Data center engineers
Consulting systems engineers
Technical solutions architects
Field engineers
Cisco integrators and partners
Server administrator
Network manager

Learning Objectives

Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
Implement overlay networks in data center
Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
Implement Fibre Channel fabric
Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
Implement security features in data center
Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®)
Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies

Pre-Requisites

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)

• Course content

  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 Settlement Protocol (OSP) 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, Authorization, 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 Synchronization
  Software Installation and Upgrade
  Storage Infrastructure Monitoring
  Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors*

  Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
  Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity

  Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
  Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
  Cisco UCS C-Series 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
  * This section is self-study material that can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course.