CCNP Data Center - DCCOR

Course Description

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) v1.0 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.

Course Objectives:

• Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
  Spanning Tree Protocol
  Port Channels Overview
  Virtual Port Channels Overview
• Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
  Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
  Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
  First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6
• 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)
  Multicast Distribution Trees and Routing Protocols
  IP Multicast on Cisco Nexus Switches
• Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
  Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
  Virtual Extensible LAN
• Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*
  User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
  Keychain Authentication
  First Hop Security
  Media Access Control Security
  Control Plane Policing
• Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
  Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
  Cisco ACI Management
  Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies
• Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
  Tenant-Based Components
  Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
  Controlling Traffic Flow with Contracts
  Virtual Switches and Cisco ACI VMM Domains
  VMM Domain EPG Association
  Cisco ACI Integration with Hypervisor Solutions
• Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
  Data Center Traffic Flows
  Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
  Packet Flow in Cisco ACI Fabric
• Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
  Cloud Architectures
  Cloud Deployment Models
• Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
  Time Synchronization
  Network Configuration Management
  Software Updates
  Network Infrastructure Monitoring
• 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
• SAN Port Channels Overview
  Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
  Distributed Device Aliases
  Zoning
  N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) and N-Port Virtualization (NPV)
  Fibre Channel over IP
  Network Access Server (NAS) Concepts
  Storage Area Network (SAN) Design Options
• Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
  Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  Describing FCoE
  FCoE Topology Options
  FCoE Implementation
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security*
  User Accounts and RBAC
  Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
  Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding
• Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*
  Time Synchronization
  Software Installation and Upgrade
  Storage Infrastructure Monitoring
• 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
  Cisco UCS C-Series Integration
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
  Identity Abstraction
  Service Profile Templates
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
  iSCSI Overview
  Fibre Channel Overview
  Implement FCoE
• Implementing Unified Computing Security
  User Accounts and RBAC
  Options for Authentication
  Key Management
• Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems*
  Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
  Cisco HyperFlex Solution
  Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
• Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
  Compute Configuration Management
  Software Updates
  Infrastructure Monitoring
  Cisco Intersight™
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools*
  Cisco NX-OS Programmability
  Scheduler Overview
  Cisco Embedded Event Manager Overview
  Bash Shell and Guest Shell for Cisco NX-OS
  Cisco Nexus API
• Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
  Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview
  Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview
  Python in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco UCS
• Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies*
  Power On Auto Provisioning
  Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview
  Cisco UCS Director Fundamentals
  Cisco UCS PowerTool

Program of Study

• Configure Overlay Transport Visualization (OTV)
• 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
• Configure FCoE
• 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
• Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python

Calendar

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Course Conditions and Fees

Prerequisites:
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)

Our prices are in Euros and don’t include VAT/TAX.

Fees: € 3.500,00

Fees include:  Live instructors’ presentations at our facilities, course material ( Cisco official Kits) and CLP Certificate of course completion. 

Transport, accommodation, meals and other supplementary expenses are not included in the training fees.

​The admissions will be confirmed by email.

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