DCFNDU course – Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations

Course Certification

This course helps you prepare to take the:
Cisco Data Center Certifications;

Course Outline

• 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
• 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
• Explore the Cisco NX-OS CLI
• Explore Topology Discovery
• Describing Layer First-Hop Redundancy
• Default Gateway Redundancy
• Hot Standby Router Protocol
• Configure HSRP
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
• Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
• Describing Cisco FEX
• Server Deployment Models
• Cisco FEX Technology
• Cisco FEX Traffic Forwarding
• Configure the Cisco Nexus FEX
• Cisco Adapter FEX
• Describing Port Channels and vPCs
• Ethernet Port Channels
• Virtual Port Channels
• Supported vPC Topologies
• Configure vPCs
• Configure vPCs with Cisco FEX
• Describing Switch Virtualization
• Cisco Nexus Switch Basic Components
• Virtual Routing and Forwarding
• Configure VRF
• Cisco Nexus VDCs
• VDC Types
• VDC Resource Allocation
• VDC Management
• Explore the VDC Elements
• Describing Machine Virtualization
• Virtual Machines
• Hypervisor
• VM Manager
• Install VMware ESXi and vCenter
• Describing Network Virtualization
• Overlay Network Protocols
• VXLAN Overlay
• VXLAN BGP EVPN Control Plane
• VXLAN Data Plane
• Cisco Nexus VE Series Virtual Switch
• VMware vSphere Virtual Switches
• Introducing Basic Data Center Storage Concepts
• Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center
• Fiber Channel Storage Networking
• VSAN Configuration and Verification
• Configure VSANs
• Describing Fiber Channel Communication Between the Initiator Server and the Target Storage
• Fiber Channel Layered Model
• FLOGI Process
• Fibre Channel Flow Control
• Validate FLOGI and FCNS
• Describing Fiber Channel Zone Types and Their Uses
• Fiber Channel Zoning
• Zoning Configuration
• Zoning Management
• Configure Zoning
• Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
• Cisco NPV Mode
• NPIV Mode
• Describing Data Center Ethernet Enhancements
• IEEE Data Center Bridging
• Priority Flow Control
• Enhanced Transmission Selection
• DCBX Protocol
• Congestion Notification
• Describing FCoE
• Cisco Unified Fabric
• FCoE Architecture
• FCoE Initialization Protocol
• Configure Unified Ports on a Cisco Nexus Switch and Implement FCoE
• FCoE Adapters
• Describing Cisco UCS Components
• Physical Cisco UCS Components
• Cisco Fabric Interconnect Product Overview
• Cisco IOM Product Overview
• Cisco UCS Mini
• Cisco IMC Supervisor
• Cisco Intersight
• Describing Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS Manager Overview
• Explore the Cisco UCS Server Environment
• Identity and Resource Pools for Hardware Abstraction
• Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates
• Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile
• Cisco UCS Central Overview
• Cisco HyperFlex Overview
• Using APIs
• Common Programmability Protocols and Methods
• How to Choose Models and Processes
• Configure Cisco NX-OS with APIs
• Explore the Cisco UCS Manager XML API Management Information Tree
• 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
• Describing Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing Overview
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Cloud Computing Services

Laboratory Activities

• Explore the Cisco NX-OS CLI
• Explore Topology Discovery
• Configure HSRP
• Configure the Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX
• Configure vPCs
• Configure vPCs with Cisco FEX
• Configure VRF
• Explore the VDC Elements
• Install VMware 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

Course Mode

Instructor-Led Remote Live Classroom Training;

Trainers

Trainers are Cisco Official Instructors and certified in other IT technologies, with years of hands-on experience in the industry and in Training.

Lab Topology

For all types of delivery, the Trainee can access real Cisco equipment and systems in our laboratories or directly at the Cisco data centers remotely 24 hours a day. Each participant has access to implement the various configurations thus having a practical and immediate feedback of the theoretical concepts.
Here are some Cisco Labs network topologies available: