CCIE Data Center (v3.0) Training Course

1. Executing Data Center Switching Protocols
   • Spanning Tree Protocol
   • Port Channels Overview
   • Virtual Port Channels Overview

1. Executing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
   • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
   • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
   • First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6

1. Executing Routing in Data Center
   • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
   • Border Gateway Protocol

1. Executing 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

1. Executing Data Center Overlay Protocols
   • Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
   • Virtual Extensible LAN

1. Performing 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

1. In-detail Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
   • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
   • Cisco ACI Management
   • Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies

1. Overview of 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

1. Overview of Packet Flow in Data Center Network
   • Data Center Traffic Flows
   • Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
   • Packet Flow in Cisco ACI Fabric

1. Overview of Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
   • Cloud Architectures
   • Cloud Deployment Models

1. Overview of Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations
   • Time Synchronization
   • Network Configuration Management
   • Software Updates
   • Network Infrastructure Monitoring

1. Overview of Cisco Network Assurance Concepts
   • Need for Network Assurance
   • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview

1. Executing Fibre Channel Fabric
   • Fibre Channel Basics
   • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
   • SAN Port Channels Overview
   • Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process

1. Executing 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

1. Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
   • Fibre Channel over Ethernet
   • Describing FCoE
   • FCoE Topology Options
   • FCoE Implementation

1. Executing Storage Infrastructure Security
   • User Accounts and RBAC
   • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
   • Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding

1. Overview of Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations
   • Time Synchronization
   • Software Installation and Upgrade
   • Storage Infrastructure Monitoring

1. Explaining Cisco UCS Server Form Factors
   • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
   • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

1. Executing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
   • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
   • Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
   • Cisco UCS C-Series Integration

1. Executing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
   • Identity Abstraction
   • Service Profile Templates

1. Executing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
   • iSCSI Overview
   • Fibre Channel Overview
   • Implement FCoE

1. Implementing Unified Computing Security
   • User Accounts and RBAC
   • Options for Authentication
   • Key Management

1. Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems
   • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
   • Cisco HyperFlex Solution
   • Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness

1. Overview of Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations
   • Compute Configuration Management
   • Software Updates
   • Infrastructure Monitoring
   • Cisco Intersight™

1. Executing 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

1. Overview of 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

1. Overview of Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies
   • Power On Auto Provisioning
   • Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview
   • Cisco UCS Director Fundamentals
   • Cisco UCS PowerTool

Lab Outline

1. • Execute Overlay Transport Visualization (OTV)
   • Execute 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
   • Execute Fibre Channel
   • Execute Device Aliases
   • Execute Zoning
   • Execute NPV
   • Execute FCoE
   • Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
   • Execute Server and Uplink Ports
   • Execute VLANs
   • Execute a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
   • Execute Basic Identity Pools
   • Execute a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
   • Execute an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
   • Execute Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
   • Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python