Cisco Data Center & Storage

It is recommended that a learner has the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• Describe data center networking concepts
• Describe data center storage concepts
• Describe data center virtualization
• Describe Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
• Describe data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco ACI and Cisco UCS Director
• Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
• Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs, including switching and routing

The Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) course is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP® Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is implementation of LANs, SANs, and data center unified fabric using Cisco MDS switches, Cisco Nexus switches, and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEXs). The course provides rich hands-on experience with implementing Cisco data center infrastructure. You’ll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to implement Cisco data center infrastructure, including key protocols, routing and switching protocols, maintenance, management, operations, security, and storage.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Configure Rapid PVST+, MST and available STP options
• Configure FEX in static, dynamic, and enhanced vPC setup
• Configure port channels and virtual port channels
• Implement FabricPath and describe DFA
• Configure OTV and VXLAN
• Describe LISP
• Configure first hop redundancy protocols
• Configure routing on a Cisco Nexus switch
• Implement multicast functionality in a Cisco Data Center network architecture
• Manage user accounts, SSH, and AAA on Cisco NX-OS
• Describe and configure system security features
• Perform basic Fibre Channel configuration
• Manage FC domains
• Configure port security and fabric binding
• Describe and configure FCoE
• Describe and configure distributed device aliases
• Describe and configure zoning
• Configure NPIV and NPV
• Describe and configure FCIP
• Configure system management and infrastructure monitoring
• Configure infrastructure monitoring and programmability

    Module 1: Data Center Protocols
    Lesson 1: Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol
    Lesson 2: Configuring Port Channels
    Lesson 3: Configuring Fabric Extenders
    Lesson 4: Implementing Cisco FabricPath
    Lesson 5: Understanding Overlay Transport Virtualization
    Lesson 6: Implementing VXLAN
    Lesson 7: Implementing LISP

    Module 2: Layer 3 Switching Features in the Data Center
    Lesson 1: Configuring First-Hop Redundancy
    Lesson 2: Configuring Routing
    Lesson 3: Configuring IP Multicast

    Module 3: Data Center Infrastructure Security
    Lesson 1: Configuring User Management
    Lesson 2: Configuring System Security Features

    Module 4: Data Center Infrastructure Storage Fabric
    Lesson 1: Basic Fibre Channel Configuration
    Lesson 2: Managing Domains
    Lesson 3: Implementing Port Security and Fabric Binding

    Module 5: FCoE Unified Fabric
    Lesson 1: Describing FCoE
    Lesson 2: Implementing FCoE

    Module 6: Data Center Infrastructure Storage Services
    Lesson 1: Describing FCoE
    Lesson 2: Implementing FCoE

    Module 7: Data Center Infrastructure Maintenance, Management, and Operations
    Lesson 1: Configuring System Management
    Lesson 2: Configuring Infrastructure Monitoring