Course Objectives

• This course will focuse in the Data Center technologies with the benefit and help you to increase/improve your:
• Describe the characteristics and benefits of the Ethernet protocol
• List Ethernet standardization
• Describe the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and TCP/IP models
• Describe IPv4 and IPv6 network layer addressing
• Describe the packet delivery process
• Examine the Cisco data center network architectures, the 2- and 3-tier network design, and the spine/leaf network design Compare and contrast TCP/IP with the OSI model
• Describe Cisco Nexus® products and explain the basic functionalities and tools of Cisco NX-OS
• Describe issues with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Describe the routing process on Nexus switches
• Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy
• Describe and configure user security features
• Describe Access Control List (ACL) object groups
• Describe storage connectivity options in the data center
• Compare SCSI over IP (iSCSI), Fibre Channel, and Network-Attached
• Storage (NAS) connectivity for remote server storage
• Describe Fibre Channel storage networking, VLANs, VSANs, N-Port
• Virtualization (NPV), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)
• Describe communication between the initiator and target
• Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses
• Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
• Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
• Describe the components of a Cisco UCS server
• Describe the Cisco UCS physical connectivity for a fabric interconnect cluster
• Describe the Cisco UCS Manager interfaces
• Describe Fibre Channel storage networking
• Describe VSANs
• Describe communication between the initiator and target
• Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses
• Describe NPV and NPIV
• Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
• Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
• Describe the components of a Cisco UCS server
• Describe the Cisco UCS physical connectivity for a Fabric Interconnect

Who Should Attend?

• IT professionals with one to three years of experience in the roles below:
• Data center engineer
• Network administrator
• Network engineer
• System administrator
• Systems engineer
• Network designer
• Consulting systems engineer
• Technical solutions architect

Course Schedule

Day-1

• Ethernet Functions and Standards.
• Ethernet Hardware and Switching.
• OSI and TCP/IP Models.
• IPv4 and IPv6 Network Layer Addressing.
• Packet Delivery on a Hierarchical Network.
• TCP/IP Transport Layer.

Day-2

• Basic Data Centre Networking Concepts.
• Data Centre Network Architectures.
• the Cisco Nexus Family and NX-OS.
• Implementing VLANs and Trunks.

Day-3

• Advanced Data Centre Networking Concepts.
• Routing Process on Nexus Switches.
• Routing Protocols on Nexus Switches.
• Layer 3 First Hop Redundancy
• AAA on Nexus Switches.
• ACLs on Nexus Switches.

Day-4

• Basic Data Centre Storage.
• Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Centre.
• Fibre Channel Storage Networking.
• VSANs.
• Advanced Data Centre Storage.
• Communication Between Initiator and Target.
• Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses.