Overview
Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) is a five-day course covering the skills and technologies required to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure.
You will learn the essentials of data center automation and security while gaining hands-on experience deploying, securing, operating and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure. Technologies include Cisco MDS and Nexus switches, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.
The course, together with its self-paced material, helps prepare you for the Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR) exam. The exam supports the CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center and Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Core certifications.
This course earns 64 Cisco Continuing Education credits toward recertification.
What You Will Learn
- Implement routing and switching protocols in a data center environment.
- Implement overlay networks in the data center.
- Describe high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine Manager domain integration.
- Describe Cisco cloud service and deployment models.
- Implement a Fibre Channel fabric.
- Implement a Fibre Channel over Ethernet unified fabric.
- Implement data center security features.
- Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring.
- Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and server abstraction.
- Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System.
- Describe Cisco HyperFlex infrastructure concepts and benefits.
- Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in the data center.
- Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies.
Who Should Enrol
- Network designers.
- Network administrators.
- Network engineers.
- Systems engineers.
- Data center engineers.
- Consulting systems engineers.
- Technical solutions architects.
- Field engineers.
- Cisco integrators and partners.
- Server administrators.
- Network managers.
Course Outline
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Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols (Self-Study)
Spanning Tree Protocol
Port Channels Overview
Virtual Port Channels Overview
Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (Self-Study)
Hot Standby Router Protocol Overview
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Overview
First Hop Redundancy Protocol for IPv6
Implementing Routing in Data Center (Self-Study)
Open Shortest Path First v2 and v3
Border Gateway Protocol
Implementing Multicast in Data Center (Self-Study)
IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
Internet Group Management Protocol and Multicast Listener Discovery
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 (Self-Study)
User Accounts and Role-Based Access Control
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting 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
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 (Self-Study)
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 (Self-Study)
Time Synchronization
Network Configuration Management
Software Updates
Network Infrastructure Monitoring
Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts (Self-Study)
Need for Network Assurance
Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
Fibre Channel Basics
Virtual Storage Area Network Overview
SAN Port Channels Overview
Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
Distributed Device Aliases
Zoning
N-Port Identifier Virtualization and N-Port Virtualization
Fibre Channel over IP
Network Access Server Concepts
Storage Area Network Design Options
Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Describing FCoE
FCoE Topology Options
FCoE Implementation
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security (Self-Study)
User Accounts and Role-Based Access Control
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding
Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations (Self-Study)
Time Synchronization
Software Installation and Upgrade
Storage Infrastructure Monitoring
Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors (Self-Study)
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 Role-Based Access Control
Options for Authentication
Key Management
Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems (Self-Study)
Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
Cisco HyperFlex Solution
Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance and Operations (Self-Study)
Compute Configuration Management
Software Updates
Infrastructure Monitoring
Cisco Intersight
Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools (Self-Study)
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 (Self-Study)
Power On Auto Provisioning
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview
Cisco UCS Director Fundamentals
Cisco UCS PowerTool
Certification and Exam Preparation
- Prepares learners for the 350-601 DCCOR exam.
- Supports the CCNP Data Center certification.
- Supports the CCIE Data Center certification path.
- Supports the Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Core certification.
- Earn 64 Cisco Continuing Education credits toward recertification.
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking.
- Familiarity with storage area networks.
- Familiarity with the Fibre Channel protocol.
- Ability to 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.
Technology Areas
- Cisco Nexus and Cisco MDS switching.
- Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers.
- LAN, SAN, Fibre Channel and FCoE.
- Cisco ACI and VMM integration.
- Cisco HyperFlex and Cisco Intersight.
- Data center security, assurance and infrastructure monitoring.
- Cisco NX-OS programmability, APIs, Ansible, Puppet and Python.
Course Details
- Duration: 5 days.
- Exam: 350-601 DCCOR.
- Continuing Education: 64 CE credits.
- Includes instructor-led and self-paced course material.
- Self-study topics can be completed after the instructor-led portion at the learner’s own pace.