Description
Course Name: Configuring Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCCNX) v1.0
Duration: 3 Days
What you’ll learn in this course:
The Configuring Cisco Nexus Switches (DCCNX) v1.0 course shows you how to install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus® Series Switch platforms using Cisco® NX-OS to support highly available, secure, scalable virtualized data centers. Through expert instruction and hands-on practice, you will learn how to deploy Cisco NX-OS software features including networking, virtualization, security, storage services, system management, and monitoring. You will also gain an introduction to automating Cisco Nexus devices using Cisco NX-OS Software programmability features.
For a technical overview of the Cisco Nexus Switches, you may consider taking Introducing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCINX) v1.0 along with this course.
How you’ll benefit:
- Gain deep-dive knowledge and skills to deploy the advanced capabilities of Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software and Cisco Nexus Series data center switches
- Learn through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
- Succeed in today’s demanding data center operations roles
Who should enroll:
- Data center systems engineers
- Data center field engineers
- Data center architects
- Technical decision makers
- Network architects
- Cisco integrators and partners
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding
- Describe Overlap Transport Virtualization (OTV)
- Describe and configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Describe Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
- Describe the key features of Cisco Nexus devices
- Describe Cisco Intelligent Traffic Director
- Describe Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco Nexus devices
- Understand Cisco Nexus storage services
- Configure device alliances and zoning
- Configure Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
- Configuring N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) Modes
- Describe NX-API and network orchestration solutions, and program Cisco NX-OS with Python
- Explain system management, monitoring, and troubleshooting processes
- Explain the troubleshooting processes
Course Prerequisites:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Familiarity with Cisco data center technologies
- Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching
These are the recommended Cisco courses that may help you meet these prerequisites:
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA®)
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
- Introducing Cisco Nexus Series Switches (DCINX)
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN)
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT)
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Enterprise Network Core Technologies (ENCOR)
Course Outline:
- Describing the Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
- Routing Overview
- Multicast Routing
- Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
- Unicast and Multicast Routing Information Base (RIB) and Forwarding Information Base (FIB)
- Describing Overlay Transport Virtualization
- Cisco OTV Overview
- Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes
- Failure Isolation
- Cisco OTV Features
- Optimizing Cisco OTV
- Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
- VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
- VXLAN Multiprotocol-Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane
- VXLAN Data Plane
- Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- LISP VM Mobility
- LISP Embedded Syslog Manager (ESM) Multihop Mobility
- LISP VPN Virtualization
- Explaining Cisco Nexus Security Features
- Access Control Lists
- Port Security
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DCHP) Snooping
- Dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Inspection
- IP Source Guard
- Unicast Reverse-path Forwarding (RPF)
- Traffic Storm Control
- Control Plane Policing
- Cisco Intelligent Traffic Director
- Cisco ITD Overview
- Cisco ITD Deployment Models
- Cisco ITD Configuration and Verification
- Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
- QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
- Configure QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
- Monitor QoS Statistics
- Introducing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
- Fibre Channel
- Fibre Channel Flow Control
- Fibre Channel Domain Initialization
- Fibre Channel Addressing
- Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) Protocol
- Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
- Distributed Device Alias Services Overview
- Zoning Overview
- Zone Merging
- Recovering from Zone Merge Failures
- Enhanced Zoning Overview
- Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
- Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
- FCoE Requirements
- Data Center Bridging
- FCoE Addressing Scheme
- FCoE Initialization Protocol
- FCoE Port Types
- Storage Virtual Device Context (VDC)
- Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes
- Cisco NPV Mode
- N-Port ID Virtualization
- Managing Automation and Programmability of Cisco Nexus Devices
- Cisco NX-OS Representational State Transfer (RESTful) API
- Network Orchestration
- Programming Cisco NX-OS with Python
- Configuring System Management and Monitoring
- System Management Overview
- System Monitoring Tools
- Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus Switches
- Cisco Nexus Troubleshooting Tools
- Shell Access and Linux Containers
- Troubleshooting Memory and Packet Flow Issues
Labs Outline:
- Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Configure Cisco OTV
- Configure VXLAN
- Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
- Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features
- Configure Device Aliases and Zoning
- Configure FCoE
- Configure NPV
- Manage Switch over Cisco NX-API
- Program a Switch with Python
- Configure System Management and Monitoring
- Troubleshoot Cisco Nexus Switches CPU and Memory Issues