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Course Overview
The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) training helps you prepare for the Cisco® CCNP® Data Center and CCIE® Data Center certifications 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 gain hands-on experience 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 also earns you 64 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.
This course, including the self-paced material prepares you to take the exam: 350-601 Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
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
Course 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
Course Outline
1. Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- Port Channels Overview
2. Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
- Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
3. Implementing Routing in Data Center*
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
- Border Gateway Protocol
4. Implementing Multicast in Data Center*
- IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
5. Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
- Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization Virtual Extensible LAN
6. Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*
- User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
7. Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
- Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery Cisco ACI Management
8. Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
- Tenant-Based Components
- Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
9. Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
- Data Center Traffic Flows
- Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
10. Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
- Cloud Architectures
- Cloud Deployment Models
11. Describing Data Center Network
- Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
- Time Synchronization
- Network Configuration Management