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Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Data Center Core Technologies v1.1 (DCCOR)

The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) v1.1 course helps you prepare for the Cisco® CCNP® Data Center and CCIE® Data Center certifications for advanced-level data center roles. In this course, you will master the skills and technologies you need to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure. You will also learn the essentials of automation and security in data centers. You will gain hands-on experience deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure including: Cisco MDS Switches and Cisco Nexus Switches; Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. This course also earns you 64 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

This course may earn a Credly Badge.

Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Data Center Core Technologies v1.1 (DCCOR)

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
  • Implement overlay networks in data center
  • Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
  • Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
  • Implement Fibre Channel fabric
  • Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
  • Implement security features in data center
  • Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
  • Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
  • Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®)
  • Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
  • Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
  • Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies

     

    Course Details

    Course Outline

    1 - Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols
  • Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Port Channels Overview
    • 1 - Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols (Self-study)
  • Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Port Channels Overview
  • Virtual Port Channels Overview
    • 2 - Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
  • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
  • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
    • 2 - Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (Self-study)
  • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
  • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
  • First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6
    • 3 - Implementing Routing in Data Center
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
  • Border Gateway Protocol
    • 3 - Implementing Routing in Data Center (Self-study)
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
  • Border Gateway Protocol
    • 4 - Implementing Multicast in Data Center
  • IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
    • 4 - Implementing Multicast in Data Center (Self-study)
  • 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
    • 5 - Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
  • Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
  • Virtual Extensible LAN
    • 6 - Implementing Network Infrastructure Security
  • User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
    • 6 - Implementing Network Infrastructure Security (Self-study)
  • 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
    • 7 - Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
  • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
  • Cisco ACI Management
  • Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies
    • 7 - Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
  • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
  • Cisco ACI Management
    • 8 - Describing 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
    • 8 - Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
  • Tenant-Based Components
  • Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
    • 9 - Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network
  • Data Center Traffic Flows
  • Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
    • 9 - 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
    • 10 - Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
  • Cloud Architectures
  • Cloud Deployment Models
    • 11 - Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations
  • Time Synchronization
  • Network Configuration Management
    • 11 - Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations (Self-study)
  • Time Synchronization
  • Network Configuration Management
  • Software Updates
  • Network Infrastructure Monitoring
    • 12 - Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts
  • Need for Network Assurance
  • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
    • 12 - Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts (Self-study)
  • Need for Network Assurance
  • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
    • 13 - Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
  • Fibre Channel Basics
  • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
  • SAN Port Channels Overview
  • Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process
    • 13 - Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
  • Fibre Channel Basics
  • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
    • 14 - Implementing 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
    • 14 - Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
  • Distributed Device Aliases
  • Zoning
    • 15 - Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • Describing FCoE
  • FCoE Topology Options
  • FCoE Implementation
    • 15 - Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • Describing FCoE
    • 16 - Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
    • 16 - Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security (Self-study)
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
  • Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding
    • 17 - Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations
  • Time Synchronization
  • Software Installation and Upgrade
    • 17 - Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations (Self-study)
  • Time Synchronization
  • Software Installation and Upgrade
  • Storage Infrastructure Monitoring
    • 18 - Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
    • 18 - Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors (Self-study)
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
    • 19 - Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
  • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Integration
    • 19 - Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
  • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
    • 20 - Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
  • Identity Abstraction
  • Service Profile Templates
    • 21 - Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
  • iSCSI Overview
  • Fibre Channel Overview
  • Implement FCoE
    • 21 - Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
  • iSCSI Overview
  • Fibre Channel Overview
    • 22 - Implementing Unified Computing Security
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Options for Authentication
  • Key Management
    • 22 - Implementing Unified Computing Security
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Options for Authentication
    • 23 - Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems
  • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
  • Cisco HyperFlex Solution
    • 23 - Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems (Self-study)
  • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
  • Cisco HyperFlex Solution
  • Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
    • 24 - Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations
  • Compute Configuration Management
  • Software Updates
    • 24 - Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations (Self-study)
  • Compute Configuration Management
  • Software Updates
  • Infrastructure Monitoring
  • Cisco Intersight™
    • 25 - Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools
  • Cisco NX-OS Programmability
  • Scheduler Overview
    • 25 - 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
    • 26 - 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
    • 26 - Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
  • Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview
  • Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview
    • 27 - 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
  • The self-study material can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course
    • 27 - Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies (Self-study)
  • Power On Auto Provisioning
  • Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview

    • Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

    Who is it For?

    Target Audience

    This course will help you:

    Gain experience implementing, securing and automating network, compute, and storage infrastructure

    Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software

    Qualify for professional and expert-level job roles in the high-demand area of enterprise-class data center environments

    Other Prerequisites

    To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

    Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking

    Familiarity with SANs

    Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol

    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)

    Cisco® Implementing Cisco® Data Center Core Technologies v1.1 (DCCOR)

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    Course Length : 5 Days

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