Overview
The Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) course provides a detailed understanding of the Cisco Nexus switch platform. It teaches you how to install, configure and manage Cisco Nexus switch platforms in scalable and highly available data center environments.
Through instructor-led lessons and hands-on labs, you will explore Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including their implementation, management, redundancy, routing, security, programmability, monitoring and storage capabilities.
The training covers Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels, First Hop Redundancy Protocols, Cisco NX-OS routing and forwarding, Virtual Extensible LAN, Quality of Service and system-management tools. You will also work with Cisco NX-OS programmability, containers and Ansible-based configuration.
Storage networking topics include Cisco Nexus storage services, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, device aliases, zoning, N-Port Identifier Virtualization and N-Port Virtualization modes. The course provides practical experience that helps learners build operational expertise across Cisco Nexus switching and fabric technologies.
The course qualifies for 40 Cisco Continuing Education credits toward recertification.
What You Will Learn
- Describe, implement, configure and manage Cisco Nexus product families and platforms in a scalable data center environment.
- Configure redundancy protocols, routing, security, monitoring and Quality of Service features on Cisco Nexus platforms.
- Gain hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus switches, NX-OS programmability, storage services and fabric technologies.
- Develop practical expertise with Port Channels, vPC, VXLAN, Fibre Channel, FCoE, NPIV and NPV.
Who Should Enrol
- Data center systems engineers
- Field engineers
- Data center and network architects
- Cisco partners working with Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms
Course Outline
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Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation
Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management
Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols
Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features
Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
Configuring System Management and Monitoring
Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability
Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
Configuring Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Cisco data center technologies.
- An understanding of networking protocols, routing and switching.
Detailed Course Objectives
- Describe the platforms that make up the Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 3000 and 2000 product families.
- Describe Cisco Nexus platform implementation options and deployment considerations.
- Explain how Cisco Nexus platforms are managed.
- Describe and configure Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels.
- Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocols.
- Configure security features on Cisco Nexus devices.
- Describe routing and forwarding on Cisco Nexus devices running Cisco NX-OS.
- Describe Virtual Extensible LAN and its role in data center networking.
- Describe and configure Quality of Service on Cisco Nexus devices.
- Explain system-management and monitoring processes.
- Describe Cisco NX-OS programmability capabilities.
- Describe Cisco Nexus storage services.
- Configure Fibre Channel device aliases and zoning.
- Configure Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
- Configure N-Port Identifier Virtualization and N-Port Virtualization modes.
Lab Outline
- Test Cisco Nexus platforms.
- Configure user management.
- Configure Virtual Port Channels.
- Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocols.
- Configure Cisco Nexus security features.
- Configure Open Shortest Path First.
- Configure Virtual Extensible LAN.
- Configure Quality of Service.
- Configure system management.
- Configure Cisco NX-OS on-box programmability.
- Configure containers on Cisco NX-OS.
- Configure Cisco NX-OS using Ansible.
- Configure basic Fibre Channel features.
- Configure Fibre Channel over Ethernet.
- Configure Fibre Channel device aliases and zoning.
- Configure N-Port Virtualization.