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Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

Length 5 days
Price $6590 inc GST
Version 1.2

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course 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.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

Aligns to certification

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Data Center

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, students will be able to:

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

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Who is the course for?

Network designers
Network administrators
Network engineers
Systems engineers
Data centre engineers
Consulting systems engineers
Technical solutions architects
Field engineers
Cisco integrators and partners
Server administrators
Network managers

Course subjects

Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*

Spanning Tree Protocol
Port Channels Overview

Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview

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)

Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols

Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualisation
Virtual Extensible LAN

Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*

User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Authentication, Authorisation, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS

Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure

Cisco ACI Overview, Initialisation, and Discovery
Cisco ACI Management

Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration

Tenant-Based Components
Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)

Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*

Data Center Traffic Flows
Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches

Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models

Cloud Architectures
Cloud Deployment Models

Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*

Time Synchronisation
Network Configuration Management

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

Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services

Distributed Device Aliases
Zoning

Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric

Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Describing FCoE

Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security*

User Accounts and RBAC
Authentication, Authorisation, and Accounting

Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*

Time Synchronisation
Software Installation and Upgrade

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

Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction

Identity Abstraction
Service Profile Templates

Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity

iSCSI Overview
Fibre Channel Overview

Implementing Unified Computing Security

User Accounts and RBAC
Options for Authentication

Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems*

Hyper converged and Integrated Systems Overview
Cisco HyperFlex Solution

Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations*

Compute Configuration Management
Software Updates

Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools*

Cisco NX-OS

* This section is self-study material that can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course.

Lab Outline

Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
Configure Fibre Channel
Configure Device Aliases
Configure Zoning
Configure NPV
Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
Configure Server and Uplink Ports
Configure VLANs
Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
Configure Basic Identity Pools
Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
Configure Cisco Nexus Switches with Ansible
Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
Automate Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure Configuration

Prerequisites

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)

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