Network Administrators, Network Engineers, Network Designers, System Engineers, and Network Managers involved with Data Center Infrastructure.
The course assumes a good understanding of a lot of networking technologies and procedures. Students not fulfilling these prerequisites will have difficulties following the course and succeeding in the included lab exercises. It is recommended that you have CCNP or CCIE Routing and Switching certification status or equivalent knowledge.
Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure-2 (DCNI-2) is a 4-day hands-on training that teaches you how to implement an enterprise Data Center routing and switching infrastructure with the next-generation Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 platforms. The first 3 days will focus on the Nexus 7000, with an overview of the Nexus 5000 and FCoE on Day 4. This course provides a technical overview of the Nexus platform architecture, deployment, and operations, including Virtual Device Contexts, Layer 2 and Layer 3 features, QoS, and security. You will explore the features of NX-OS and the Nexus platform by performing hands-on labs using a Nexus 7000 simulator.
Module 1 Deploying the Nexus 7000
- Nexus 7000 Hardware Architecture
- Nexus 7000 CMP
- Nexus 7000 Power and Environment
Module 2 Introduction to NXOS
- Introduction to the NXOS command line
Module 3 Nexus 7000 VDC support
Module 4 Nexus 7000 L2 services
- Nexus 7000 VLAN Implementation
- Nexus 7000 Portchannel Implementation
- Nexus 7000 Spanning Tree features
- Layer 2 Frame Flow on the Nexus 7000 platform
Module 5 Nexus 7000 L3 services
- Nexus 7000 Layer 3 Interface Configuration
- Implementing FHRP on the nexus 7000
- Nexus 7000 Unicast Routing Protocol Support
- Nexus 7000 Unicast Packet flow
- Nexus 7000 Multicast Routing Protocol Support
- Nexus 7000 Multicast Packet flow
Module 6 Nexus 7000 QoS
- Nexus 7000 QoS Implementation
- Configuring QoS on the Nexus 7000 platform
Module 7 Nexus 7000 security
- Nexus 7000 Data Plane security features
- Nexus 7000 Control Plane Protection
- Nexus 7000 integrated security features
- Implementing RBAC and AAA on the Nexus 7000
Module 8 System Administration for the Nexus 7000 platform
- NXOS In-Service-Software-Updates on the Nexus 7000
- Network Management for the Nexus 7000 platform with NetConf (XML) and SNMP
Module 9 Troubleshooting a Nexus 7000 system
- Implementing Smart CallHome
- Using SPAN on the Nexus 7000
- Using Ethanalyser and WireShark for Control Plane Troubleshooting
- Using GOLD and EEM on the Nexus 7000 platform
Module 10 Overview of the Nexus 5000
- Overview of the Nexus 5000
- Implementing an FCoE Network using Nexus 5000 switches
- Understanding the Fibre Channel
- Understanding the FCoE Protocol
Module 11 Managing the data center network with DCNM
- Discovering the data center network with DCNM
- Configuring the Nexus 7000 platform with DCNM
- Monitoring the Data Center network with DCNM
