Course subjects
Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
Spanning Tree Protocol
Port Channels Overview
Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
Implementing Routing in Data Center*
Implementing Multicast in Data Center*
Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
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
Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
Cloud Architectures
Cloud Deployment Models
Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts*
Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security*
Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*
Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors*
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
iSCSI Overview
Fibre Channel Overview
Implementing Unified Computing Security
Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems*
Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools*
* 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